Organ Concert Series 2026 (4)

In fact this is the fifth concert, I missed the fourth one for Squonk -- sorry! And it's the last one for this season. Which is a pity.

However, this concert took place at August 16, 2026, with organist 

Nicholas Will.

This concert, to honour this wonderful Rudolf von Beckerath organ, went under the headline "B for Beckerath", and so all composers whose works we heard today started with B: Nikolaus Bruhns (1665-1691), Adriano Banchieri (1568-1634), Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707), Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897), Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) and Dudley Buck (1839-1901). 

My special discovery this time was Léon Boëllmann's Suite Gothic, Op. 25 in four movements. Very impressing.

And of course Brahms -- I really love his music, but I never knew he composed works for organ. It's indeed only a small number of pieces, but I will check them out.

As always, this concert was recorded for WQED-FM. 

Squonk

Live open air today afternoon:

Pittsburgh's very own 

SQUONK

 

 

Their current show is entitled Joy Machine, 

and now they will hit the road.

Organ Concert Series 2026 (3)

 The third concert from August 2, 2026, with

Neil Stahurski.

Works by Georg Muffat (1653-1704), Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676-1749), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Jehan Alain (1911-1940)

My special discovery his time was the "Suite pour Orgue" by Jehan Alain. Very impressing. I've never heard of him, but I'm sure he listened a lot to Olivier Messiaen.

The concert was recorded for WQED-FM.