Organists and Organ Playing

Happy memories

Those of you who attended the Mass in B Minor performances at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu in May 2011 (and there were hundreds of you!) surely will not forget the heart-stopping and “time standing still” performance by mezzo-soprano, Meg Bragle and her poignant rendition of the “Agnus Dei.” For many listeners, her performance was… Read More Happy memories

Organists and Organ Playing

Bach to the familiar

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eChEWK_4B3Q] I found this excellent performance of Cantata 191 from the J. S. Bach Foundation (http://www.bachstiftung.ch/) on YouTube. Each month, one of Bach’s over 200 cantatas is performed in the town of Trogen, Switzerland. On Christmas Eve at LCH, there will be two fifteen-minute cantatas presented with orchestra in the half-hour before the late… Read More Bach to the familiar