american guild of organist
Concert Repertoire for the Pipe Organ
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The Binghamton Chapter of the American Guild of Organists welcomes organist Bryan Dunnewald.
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The ‘King of Instruments’ Shows Off in Binghamton
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The Binghamton Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and Binghamton’s United Presbyterian Church present organist Jean Herman Henssler in concert on Sunday, May 20. John Holt joins her as we talk about the difference between church and concert repertoire, and the multi-tasking it takes to perform on such a complicated and powerful instrument.
Photo credit: John Holt
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The Geneva Music Festival Opens this Week
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The Geneva Music Festival opens this week. Geoffrey Herd, the director and also one of the performers, talks about the wide-ranging music being performed in the festival, and about the rather wide-ranging venues for them. http://wskg.org/audio/genevagoeff.mp3
Photo credit: Cavani String Quartet for the Geneva Music Festival
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Organist Peter Browne is Honored with a Memorial Concert
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Organist, choral conductor, and composer Peter Browne died last year. He was long-time organist/choirmaster at Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church and conductor of the Harpur Chorale at Binghamton University. This year a memorial concert has been organized in his memory. Conductor Bruce Borton and organist Timothy Smith join us to talk about this concert. http://wskg.org/audio/browneconcert.mp3
Photo credit: Timothy Smith
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"Ho! Ho! Ho!" brings a festive start to December
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Organist Jonathan Biggers and friends present a varied program at United Presbyterian Church in Binghamton as part of the First Friday celebration. Biggers is joined by singers Stacey Geyer and Lindsay Brown, clarinetist Timothy Perry, pianists Pej Reitz and Christopher Bartlette, and the BU French Horn Quartet. http://wskg.org/audio/jonathanho.mp3
Photo courtesy Till Westermeyer via Flickr
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Jonathan Biggers presents "Ho, Ho, Ho!" at United Presbyterian Church
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Organist Jonathan Biggers talks with WSKG’s Bill Snyder about his holiday concert at United Presbyterian Church. The First Friday event includes music by Tchaikovsky, J.S. Bach, Olivier Messiaen and there’s even a sing-along. http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wskg/local-wskg-1037709.mp3
Photograph courtesy Aidan-Sally via Flickr
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Broome County's Pipe Organ
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The Forum Theater in Binghamton, NY houses a musical treasures which over the years has become a symbol of pride for its community: a 1926 Robert-Morton pipe organ. The pipe organ is commonly used in churches, but some of the instrument’s most memorable sounds and beautiful music accompanied fims during the silent movie era. The segment celebrates the history of this 80-year-old local treasure, from silent films back in the 20’s to complete abandonment and almost its destruction in a chicken coop, to the restoration and renewed vibrancy and life in Broome County. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vqz5BJ_gk8