Organists often get the chance to just make up their own music on the spot! We celebrate some favorite improvisateurs this week.
Playlist
Title: Organ Improvisation – Sortie
Organist: Kevin Clarke
Album: Kindle Our Hearts – Pro Organo CD 7120
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Organ: 1961 IV/65 Aeolian-Skinner/Noack, Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, Dallas, Texas USA
Title: Improvisation sur Be Thou My Vision
Organist: Gilles Maurice Leclerc
Album: Gilles Maurice Leclerc Oeuvres pour Orgue – GML GML2005-1
Organ: 1988 II/31 Guilbault-Therien, Church of St. Francis of Assisi, Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Title: Improvisation on Come Thou Almighty King
Organist: Gordon Turk
Album: Organ Echoes II –
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Organ: 1908 V/165 Hope-Jones, Ocean Grove Auditorium, Ocean Grove, New Jersey USA
Title: Improvisation
Organist: Olivier Latry
Album: From Ashes To Glory – Pro Organo CD 7250
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Organ: 1954 IV/151 Aeolian-Skinner/Quimby, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City, New York USA
Title: Improvisation on the Star Spangled Banner
Organist: Gereon Krahforst
Recorded Live in 2013
Organ: 1949 IV/118 Kilgen/Moller/Wicks, Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri USA