Music Samples

"O Morning Star"

P. Nicolai's arrangement of "O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright" ("Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern"), played on the Principals of the Great Division, the foundation sound of this and any organ. The Mixtures are off for this mellow Christmas hymn, otherwise the sound would be much brighter.

"Break Forth"

"Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light", another sample from the Great Division, this time somewhat brighter due to the addition of the Mixtures.

"Festive Proclamation"

"Festive Proclamation", a brilliant modern fanfare by Samuel Adler played on the Trumpet stops of the Great Division.

"Still, Still, Still"

The Austrian melody "Still, Still, Still", played on the narrow-scale pipes of the Swell Division, which have the sound of strings. They are enclosed in a swell chamber to allow the dynamics to be controlled with an expression pedal.

"Come, Sweet Death"

Bach's "Come, Sweet Death", in an arrangement by Virgil Fox, is played on the Swell Division's "strings", i.e. pipes with a narrow scale which emphasizes the higher harmonics.

"Fugue in d"

An excerpt from Bach's Fugue in D Minor, op. 565, the fugue following the popular Toccata. Bach's score permits the performer to play alternate Divisions in echo fashion. You can hear the dialogue between the contrasting pipes in the Great and the Positiv.

"Once in Royal David's City"

"Once in Royal David's City", played on flute stops. All of the divisions have such stops, many made of wood. They have a mellow sound with few harmonics. In this instance, you can hear the 'chiff' at the onset of each note; this is characteristic of classic voicing. This organ embraces both classic and and romantic voicing styles.