Organ news & features

Bach on a fire organ

Someone built an organ that shoots out massive flames as you play Bach

Church organist plays utterly spine-chilling version of ‘The Exorcist’ main theme

Church organist plays utterly spine-chilling version of ‘The Exorcist’ main theme

Salisbury Cathedral becomes a vaccination centre

Beautiful organ music at Salisbury Cathedral’s COVID-19 vaccination centre is now an album

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This little terraced house seems ordinary outside. But has an enormous musical surprise…

This little terraced house seems ordinary outside. But has an enormous musical surprise…

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‘Musicians need to be able to make mistakes. Now they live online forever’ – organist Anna Lapwood

‘Young musicians need to be able to make mistakes. Now they live online forever’ – organist Anna Lapwood

Organist Anna Lapwood plays along with on-hold music

An organist was put on hold for 70 minutes, so she played along with the hold music.

Fire devastates beloved Brussels concert hall, organ suffers ‘significant damage’

Fire devastates beloved Brussels concert hall, organ suffers ‘significant damage’

joyous organ man

Listen to the 1926 instrument used to soundtrack silent films: the American Fotoplayer

Church organ playing Hans Zimmer’s epic ‘Interstellar’ theme makes our world feel tiny

Church organ playing Hans Zimmer’s epic ‘Interstellar’ theme makes our world feel tiny

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Organ at Burchardi Church

John Cage chord change: what’s the story behind ‘As Slow As Possible’?

Grieg played on the organ at Müpa Budapest is terrifying

Budapest’s mighty organ ringing out ‘Hall of the Mountain King’ is a terrifying sound

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'Nimrod' on Asia's largest pipe organ

Elgar’s ‘Nimrod’ played on Asia’s largest pipe organ is a life-affirming musical experience

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This cover of Hans Zimmer's 'Interstellar' is hauntingly mesmerising

Hans Zimmer’s ‘Interstellar’ theme, performed on a terrifyingly eerie crystal organ

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Baby Shark, but by two organists

‘Baby Shark’, but it’s played by two organists in Washington Cathedral

Anna Lapwood talks to Classic FM

‘Young girls can be organists too,’ says pioneering musician Anna Lapwood

1693 Schnitger Organ

You can now play a majestic 17th-century Baroque organ (from your laptop)

Beverley Palin with a 100-year-old trench organ

This 100-year-old organ was played in the trenches of the First World War

Glass harp Bach toccata

We are completely mesmerised by Bach’s Toccata and Fugue on wine glasses

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