Listen to an hour of piano or organ music from the
pianonoise archives. All from the fingers of Michael
Hammer, webmaestro, concert pianist and organist.
The Current program:
Music for the organ recital I gave at
Westminster Presbyterian Church in
Upper St. Clair, PA. Due to various issues
ranging from lack of time to technical
incompetence on my part, this is not a live
recording of the recital; in fact, only the Lefebre-Wely was recorded on the fine Austin
organ on which I played the concert (though I
may be able to post more of those later). The
first two come from a Schantz organ in Illinois,
and were recorded several years ago, and the
last was recorded a week before the concert on a
Casavant near Cincinnati, Ohio where I happened
to be giving a piano recital. Still, going on
my usual idea that it is the music I played that
is important rather than always being on
location (and current) here is the program in
the order in which it was played. Next month,
I'll do something similar when I post the music
for the St. Paul Cathedral concert, the live
recording of which will at some point be
broadcast on the classical radio station here in
Pittsburgh, WQED, which streams around the world. I'll
let you know when that happens. Meantime, here
is some of my recent and not as recent organ
playing! Enjoy.
p.s. Pittsburgh area persons (yinzers) can still
attend the remaining concerts in the Westminster
summer series. These concerts take place on
Thursdays at 5 p.m. to coincide with the
farmer's market across the street. On July 11,
Chaz Bowers, recently elected dean of our guild
chapter, will perform. On July 18, you can hear
Stephen Schall, and on July 25 Daniel Ficcari
performs. The concerts are 30 minutes long and
FREE. (donations gratefully accepted).
click the poster on the right for more
details.
