The pipe organ. No harmonica, now is it? It can be as big as a bus, a building, and produce a massive sound. (SOUNDBITE OF FRANK MARTIN'S "PRELUDE NO. 3") SIMON: Let us introduce Michael Barone, host ...
Every imaginable type of popular music has invaded church music, but some congregations still celebrate centuries of tradition by installing new pipe organs. Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church is a ...
On Sunday mornings in Paris, I enjoy Mass in St. Sulpice, a church with perhaps Europe’s finest pipe organ. While I’m surrounded by towering vaults, statues of saints and centuries of tradition, it’s ...
When I attend church services in Europe, surrounded by vast drafty buildings, statues of weary saints, foreign-language sermons and tiny congregations, it’s the music that sends me. And in Paris’ St.
On Sunday mornings in Paris, I enjoy Mass in St. Sulpice, a church with perhaps Europe's finest pipe organ. While I'm surrounded by towering vaults, statues of saints, and centuries of tradition, it's ...
After 110 years, the Wanamaker organ has developed its own fan base. The largest fully operational pipe organ in the world was performed for its own birthday on Tuesday, inside the 5-story Grand Court ...
If you haven’t experienced the pipe organ in the Brigham Young University Music Building yet, you’re in for a treat. With 4,613 pipes and 81 ranks (sets of pipes), it’s the third-largest organ in Utah ...