Our concert tonight was in the Musiikkitalo, also known as the Helsinki Music Centre and it was a program for choir and organ. My attention was drawn to the unusual sculpture of pipes outside of the case, and when Bill Potter asked me whether those were working pipes, I thought yes, they were. Here’s what… Read More The Helsinki Music Centre (Musiikkitalo) organ
For the first time ever in my professional career (that’s almost six decades!), I am working in a parish which will formally recognize the efforts of its choir. In this week’s parish newsletter at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, The Rev. Paul Lillie wrote: … at the High Mass Aloha Hour there will be a reception… Read More Choir Recognition
Today Hans-Ulrich Erbsloeh and I traveled to Lübeck, about 80 km from Hamburg. Our first stop was at a music conservatory (Musikhochschule) which has a Beckerath organ in a see-through case. That is to say that there is plexiglass everywhere so you can see inside—even plexiglass swell shades! This, I assume, is for teaching purposes—what… Read More Plexiglass in the organ!