Organ news & features

Bach in the Berliner Dom

Organist’s thundering Bach ‘Toccata’ played in Berlin Cathedral is a terrifying experience

6 of the creepiest sounding instruments, ranked

6 of the creepiest sounding instruments, ranked

In a dark cave, the Great Stalacpipe Organ plays haunting Moonlight Sonata

Immense stalacpipe organ plays out haunting Beethoven ‘Moonlight’ Sonata in a dark cave

Jonathan Scott on the organ of The Bridgewater Hall

Vivaldi’s ‘Summer Storm’ played on a mighty organ is a thunderous whirlwind of sound.

Vivaldi

Imposing organ rendition of Wagner’s ‘Ride of the Valkyries’ will get your heart racing

Imposing organ rendition of Wagner’s ‘Ride of the Valkyries’ will get your heart racing

Royal Albert Hall organ

Mighty Royal Albert Hall organ roars ‘It’s Coming Home’ ahead of England football match

Dobson Pipe Organ Builders

Tragedy as important organ-building workshop is engulfed in flames

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

Coronavirus

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

Zimmer

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

Grieg