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27.6.08

news - organist: muddled messiaen, Baseball and Bouvard

Speaking of ST MAGNUS (written by Clarke, you know), there's the St. Magnus Festival in Orkney (where?).

Gillian Weir played, and wouldn't you know it

. . . a sour note on the organ - a crucial one in Messiaen's Dieu Parmi Nous - rather hampered her performance. Intended for BBC Radio 3's festival coverage, it will have to be re-recorded if it is to be broadcast.
Smith, Rowena. Music: St Magnus Festival, Orkney. The Herald 23 June 2008.

So, that means the organ was out of tune? I find that easier to believe than Gillian Weir missing a note.

In an article that references the "slow death of organ music", the New York Times profiles the 50-year veteran organist of the College World Series.

And "French pipe organist" Michel Bouvard plays the largest pipe organ in Asia.

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