Category Archives: pipe organ

Sunday Pipes #65

Posted on April 30, 2022 by Ray V.

I decided on something a little different for today. A short, yet interesting and entertaining news report about the very special Casavant organ at the Lewis & Clark Colleges’s Agnes Flanagan Chapel. What caught my ear was the two female  … Continue reading →

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Sunday Pipes #61

Posted on April 2, 2022 by Ray V.

It’s that time of year again as we are just a few days away from the start of the 2022 Baseball season. A bit of a departure from my usual serious approach to the organ, but what’s a baseball game … Continue reading →

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Sunday Pipes #60*

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Ray V.

*I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends I wasn’t motivated to go searching for a piece for this week.  I gave up and thought that no one would notice.   As I perused my news feeds this morning, … Continue reading →

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Sunday Pipes #59

Posted on March 20, 2022 by Ray V.

“The Incubator” I have added a sub-title to this post as the organ featured served as the “gateway organ” for my subsequent love of the instrument. I do not remember how I found out about it, but I recall driving … Continue reading →

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Sunday Pipes #57

Posted on March 6, 2022 by Ray V.

“The Cannon” Pachelbel’s Canon is an accompanied canon by the German Baroque composer Johann Pachelbel in his Canon and Gigue for 3 violins and basso continuo (German: Kanon und Gigue für 3 Violinen mit Generalbaß) (PWC 37, T. 337, PC 358). It is sometimes called Canon and Gigue in … Continue reading →

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Sunday Pipes #52

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Ray V.

“Pavane”, composed by Gabriel  Fauré in 1886/1187, is regarded  as one of the most peaceful pieces of music ever written. Jonathan Scott performs his solo organ transcription of Pavane Op. 50 by Gabriel Fauré at the organ of Henry Le … Continue reading →

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Sunday Pipes #47 (Special Edition)

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Ray V.

Somewhere on this planet, is there living a man/woman who is as talented and has the “Reverence for Life”  that  Dr. Albert Schweitzer displayed and is lauded for? A noted physician, theologian, Nobel Prize Laureate, musician/organist and philosopher,  Schweitzer (1875-1965) … Continue reading →

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Filler. But Dam Good Filler

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Ray V.

Realizing that I haven’t posted much lately, I thought it wise to let you all know I was still out here, with lots of things on my  mind, but lacking the energy to write about them. I found this earlier … Continue reading →

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Sunday Pipes #46

Posted on December 12, 2020 by Ray V.

Here is a special treat…. from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, this is Winter.  This piece was was written for four violins, but the pipe organ adaptation is nothing less than stunning plus it has a little more  power behind it. As … Continue reading →

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Sunday Pipes #45

Posted on December 5, 2020 by Ray V.

How could I pass this up?….listen while you are doing something else… and you’ll do it better. Recorded earlier today across the pond.  

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