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A website dedicated to building a community of people who love the pipe organ music of Johann Sebastian Bach
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The Monster Still Lives!, November 12, 2006
This weekend someone mentioned the "organ" down at Trinity Church here in New York City. It reminded me that I had written a Rampage around the time of that instrument's installation (see below). The instrument in question was promoted as a "temporary (More...)
What's a Poor Organist to Do?, October 18, 2006
Last week I subbed for a friend at a church that I'd never played at. I had basically two days to prepare the music, an hour with the organ on Sunday morning before the service, and I hadn't touched an organ in over three months. It was with great relief that (More...)
It's Been a While, October 12, 2006
It's been a while. Over six months, in fact. What happened? No, I wasn't kidnapped by agents of the International Musicological Society in a move to protest my last Rampage about an imaginary Bach (April 1, 2006). While that would be a much more exciting explanation, (More...)
Interpretation Debate Heats Up!, April 1, 2006
The debate over the interpretation of music by a certain Baroque composer has intensified in recent weeks. On one side of the debate is a camp generally referred to as The Purists. On the other side is a group that might best be described as The Pragmatists. (More...)
Freedom in the Balance, March 22, 2006
I found a worthwhile article in BusinessWeek, of all places, about creativity, specifically about its relationship with constraints. The writer of the article suggests that successful artistic (More...)
Caution: Approach with Reverence, March 18, 2006
This past Sunday I played Bach's Prelude and Fugue in B Minor (BWV 544) for the postlude. It is such an extraordinary experience to play this composition. When I start to play and those notes come out, Bach's notes, I am instantly somewhere else. I am transformed. (More...)
Easter Services Canceled?!?, March 10, 2006
Some months ago, I received an email from a BACHorgan.com community member informing me of a book entitled "Why I Left the Contemporary Christian Music Movement: Confessions of a Former Worship Leader." I ordered the book, by Dan Lucarini, and, when I finally (More...)
Let's Get Ready to Rampaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaage!, March 1, 2006
I'm not always in the mood to write a Rampage but anytime I see an injustice committed by the police, you know, bullying the citizenry, I immediately get riled up. But since some of you have complained that you like your music talk straight up without politics, (More...)
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