Earlier I listened to the fifth program of "The Organ Loft" dedicated to bringing the sounds of authentic reproductions of instruments built in the United States of America... A new instrument constructed for Cornell University featured in the latest... http://baroqueorgan.cornell.edu/index.cfm (http://baroqueorgan.cornell.edu/index.cfm)
But in the past few weeks the reproduction of the Casparini instrument at the Eastman School of Music... the "Craighead-Saunders" organ-- has also been featured... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIHDHlTtuWk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIHDHlTtuWk) Both these instruments were products of the GOArt program http://www.goart.gu.se/ (http://www.goart.gu.se/)... Another "GOArt organ" has been installed in Seoul, South Korea :o And the organ that began it all, the "North German Baroque" Organ in Gotheborg, tuned in... Meantone :o An instrument organists from all over the world travel to in order to record their Buxtehude or Bach series upon...
Then in Pitea, Sweden one finds a university in the process of constructing what will likely be one of the largest concert hall organs in Europe-- mentioned elsewhere in this forum-- the 208 stop Acusticum organ... Tracker action with touchscreen stop control no less-- "the organ of the future"...
currently mechanically complete, and voicing is underway...
This year's Gotheborg Organ Academy is intriguing... The British Organ in the 19th Century... featuring
British-built organs in Gotheborg...
QuoteThe Academy is unique in bringing together students, teachers, instrument builders, scholars, performers and friends of the organ art to offer them an international forum for dialog and discussion within an inspiring and exciting Scandinavian environment.
...Maybe its the "inspiring and exciting Scandinavian environment ??? ??? ???"
Eric
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