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A glimpse into the world of organ music
The articles featured here offer a taste of the stories, insights, and artistry that fill every issue of Organists’ Review.
From in-depth interviews with world-renowned performers and organ builders to reflections on repertoire, history, and innovation, these excerpts capture the magazine’s unique blend of expertise and passion.
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The Organ Works of Théodore Dubois
Théodore Dubois is known to most organists primarily through no more than a handful of works, notably the famous Toccata. Yet these are but a fraction of the total of just over 100 works for organ.
The Orgelbewegung (Organ Reform Movement) in Europe and Britain, Part I
The Organ Reform Movement stems from the musical experience, thinking and writing of Albert Schweitzer – scholar in both music and theology, and organist.
A postcard from Greece
Greetings from Greece, a country where organs are as scarce as hen’s teeth… The ancestor of the organ was the hydraulis (hydravlis – or ὕδραυλις in Greek), an invention of the great engineer and inventor Ktesibius (3rd century BC) from Alexandria.
Bernard Aubertin’s triumphant success in East Sussex
The epitaph, placed by his son, to Sir Christopher Wren in his masterpiece St Paul’s Cathedral, Si Monumentum Requiris, Circumspice, does more than record his name and the results of his prodigious endeavours.
In conversation with ... James O’Donnell
James O’Donnell is known around the world as a distinguished organist and award-winning choral conductor. Following positions at Westminster Cathedral and Westminster Abbey, he moved to Yale University as Professor in the Practice of Organ and Sacred Music at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and the Yale School of Music in 2023.
