Organ news & features

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

'Nimrod' on Asia's largest pipe organ

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

Elgar

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

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

Zimmer

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

Bach

Blackpool Tower Phil Kelsall

Watch the amazing organist of the Wurlitzer Organ of Blackpool Tower Ballroom in action

metallica for organ and drums

Now we’ve seen everything: Metallica for church organ and drums

Organ stock photo

The 10 worst things about playing the organ

tiny pipe organ made of paper and cardboard

This tiny pipe organ is made ONLY from paper and cardboard

musician every day tips

10 extremely simple things musicians can do every day to make life a little easier

star wars organ improvisation

Somehow, this organist improvised a Christmas carol into the Star Wars theme (and it’s magnificent)

Williams

Wayne Marshall on the Royal Albert Hall organ

We got one of the best organists in the world to play on one of the biggest organs ever made – improvising on themes suggested by you
worst things to happen to a classical musician

The 13 worst things to happen to a classical musician

Wayne Marshall organ

Watch this incredible improvisation on the mighty Royal Albert Hall organ featuring Star Wars, Elgar and Beethoven