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The Magic of Saint-Saëns

Posted on March 9, 2012 by admin

I have just finished 26 Children’s Concerts (Adventures in Music) with the San Francisco Symphony, playing excerpts from Strauß (Also sprach Zarathustra), Poulenc (Organ Concerto), and most notably Saint-Saëns (Symphony III – The “Organ Symphony”). Punctuating these performances over the … Continue reading →

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Playing Poulenc’s Organ Concerto

Posted on February 21, 2012 by admin

This has been a banner winter for me and Monsieur Poulenc; I’ve had the opportunity to play all or part of his organ concerto sixteen times in performance.  Once, last November, with the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony (B.A.R.S.), twice in … Continue reading →

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Losses in the Musical Family

Posted on February 1, 2012 by admin

This week, two titans of church music passed from this world to the next; each had an enormous influence on me. The first of these, Gustav Leonhardt, was actually only an acquaintance of mine, having met him while still a … Continue reading →

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The Abbey as Fishbowl

Posted on January 5, 2009 by admin

It’s only been within the past 200 years or so that the role of Organist/Choirmaster has been considered professional or artistic. Prior to that, the musician (all musicians) were little more than an indentured servant, performing at the discretion of … Continue reading →

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