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...Celebrity Recital Featuring John Scott Tuesday, Feb. 21, 8:00 PM Adolphus Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland Street. $15/10 students Organs aren’t just for hymns and Halloween. This Tuesday, organ legend John Scott will come to Harvard, drawn by the opportunity to play on the exceptional 1958 Flentrop organ. For those used to the muddy and sometimes overpowering groans of Memorial Church’s giant organ, the bright, clean sound of the Flentrop will be a welcome relief, especially when combined with Scott’s brilliant technique. Organ recitals have become increasingly rare since the instrument?...
Sunday, Oct. 16. E. Power Biggs Celebrity Organ Recital. Herman Jordaan, a star South African organist, will play a solo recital on Harvard’s 1958 D.A. Flentrop Organ. 7:30 p.m. Adolphus Busch Hall. Tickets $15; students and seniors $10. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office or online...
...part of the series that honors organ great E. Power Biggs, Harvard invites Emmanuel Hocde, the winner of the 2002 Chartres Organ Competition and organist for the St. Eloi in Paris. He will play on the historic Flentrop organ in the Romanesque Hall of Adolphus Busch Hall. Tickets $15, $10 w/ Harvard I.D. 4 p.m. Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Kirkland Street...
...Busch-Reisinger, founded in 1903 and later supported by prominent benefactors including Aldophus Busch of Anheuser-Busch, Inc. and his son-in-law, Hugo Reisinger, is considered the foremost museum of German art on this continent. The Gothic building, which boost a Flentrop organ and original arches, houses works by Walter Gropius and Lyonel Feininger as well as Renaissance and Medieval...
Perhaps it is only necessary that the organist become more familiar with the quirks of the Frobenius to produce a more enjoyable sound. (Johnson playing on the Busch-Reisinger's Flentrop is outstanding). But the problems of the Frobenius are noticeable: not enough foundation, raucous reeds, and questionable tone-regulation. The site for the instrument was promising, but the organ itself disappointing. It will be here for a long time--the previous instrument, a Hook and Hastings, lasted over 90 years...