Dear Friends,

I have had a fantastic time in Nantucket, with a vacation week
consisting of organ practice and outdoors time, culminating in an
all-Bach recital at st. Paul's Episcopal Church for an audience of 95.
During the week I grew to know and love the 100-year-old
Hutchings-Votey tracker, and hopefully soon I will be able to transfer
some of the pieces I played that day from tape into digital format to
share. On the following Sunday I was also the guest organist for two
services, where I had a chance to play my favorite Bach for the
prelude, communion and postlude.

I have also had a chance to visit some other historic instruments on
the Island: Goodrich organ at the Unitarian Church (lovely and very
different from the H-V), and the Appleton at the Methodist church
(organ locked at the time of my visit and is slated for a
reconstruction starting later this fall).

St. Paul's music director Joe Dudzinski did an excellent job of
publicizing the recital. An ad ran in the local papers for 3 weeks
preceding the recital, and he pasted posters at public places
including pharmacies and anouncement stands. An early version of the
poster mentioned the recital, my name, the date and a link to one of
my mp3's on OrganFocus.com. The later version also included the
complete program.

Here is the program, again:

* Prelude XXI from Well-Tempered-Clavier vol 1

* Schuebler-Chorales:
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645
Wo soll ich fliehen hin BWV 646
Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 649

*Orgelbuchlein:
O Mensch, bewein dein Sunde gross BWV 622

* Fantasia super Komm, Heiliger Geist BWV 651a

* Fugue from Toccata and Fugue in F, BWV 540


Here is a link to the ad that ran in the newspapers;
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/organfocus-newsletter/files/Announcements-P\
R/LK_recital_StPauls_09082007.pdf

Here are my vacation photos - enjoy! (lots of Nantucket houses and
vistas up top, scroll down to see the organ photos)
http://picasaweb.google.com/organaut/LanaNantucket?authkey=gC7nxWmE3JU

Link to St. Paul's Church:
http://www.stpaulschurchnantucket.org/

Why Nantucket? I was inspired by Peter Sykes' CD, "A Nantucket Organ
Tour" to come and spend some quality time with historic instruments on
this whaling port island, and I had a whale of a time :)
http://www.amazon.com/Nantucket-Organ-Tour-Johann-Sebastian/dp/B000004AMA/organf\
ocuscom

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** OrganFocus.com site undergoing redesign

Sometime later this year, you will see OrganFocus.com in its new
incarnation. Lots of changes will take place, making the site more
dynamic and easy/convenient to use. Here is your chance to let me know
what you'd like to see on the site! It means a lot to me to hear your
thoughts.

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** Protecting an organ from visual "destruction"

Please visit the link below to read and sign the a petition concerning
the conflict on the design of the great organ in St. Nikolai's Church,
Halmstad, Sweden.


"The undersigned - who are all organ experts, church musicians,
concert organists, organ professors, organ builders or in other
respects engaged in the art of the organ - hereby appeal to the
Committee of the County Administration Board to withdraw the demand by
the Senior County Antiquary (ultimately Custodian of National
Monuments) to reinstate the façade of the previous organ."
http://www.halmstadorgel.se/english.html

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** Improvi-Palooza

Celebrate the art of organ improvisation with a series of
masterclasses with Robert Ridgell, Gerben Mourik; Sophie Veronique
Couchefer-Choplin, Otto Kraemer, and Robert Houssart in New York City.
The event runs from October 15th through the 19th at St. Michael's
Episcopal Church in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Information for
the improvisation festival can be found at:

http://www.improvipalooza.org

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** A new CD of the Silbermann organ in Freiberger Dom has been
released by Querstand. Read about it here:
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/organfocus-newsletter/files/Announcements-P\
R/Querstand_VKJK_0719_engl.pdf

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** Hynm-Tune Variations for Organ

Drew Krause (drkrause@...) writes:

Hello organists,

Ten new sets of organ variations on hymn-tunes (full scores in pdf
format) are now available for free download at

www.wordecho.org/organ/index.html

Carlisle Variations
Dover Variations
Duke Street Variations
Fairfield Variations
Hanover Variations
Hesperus Variations
Lancashire Variations
Royal Oak Variations
Southwell Variations
St. Frances Variations

Each set of variations is between six and twenty minutes duration and
is based on a traditional four-part chorale setting. The variations
are a mixture of traditional and experimental approaches to the
material.

I would love to hear from any organists who are interested in
performing these pieces. You can learn more about me as a composer at
www.wordecho.org.

Best wishes,
Drew Krause

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** Women in Classical Music book!

Anne Gray(annegray@...) writes:

Dear Friends
You are either IN the book, or know people who are in it~~~~SO Here is
the opportunity to get your 1st Edition author-autographed copies NOW!
The Prize you are getting:
The WORLD of WOMEN in Classical Music by Dr. Anne Gray - 1072 pages -
Pulitzer Prize and ASCAP Deems Taylor Award Nominations! An amazing
book! The result of over twelve years' research, The WORLD of WOMEN in
Classical Music, by Dr. Anne K. Gray, fulfills every expectation in
the uniqueness of its packed 1072 pages! A sequel to her The Popular
Guide to Classical Music, this new treasure trove of knowledge is
filled with biographies of famous and lesser known pioneers over the
centuries. A fantastic compilation of historical facts and present day
information, thoroughly researched and extremely well-written, the
book verifies that women have been continuously composing and
performing through the ages. They also made and continue to make their
mark as conductors, and have captured the stronghold of musicology,
writing and teaching in the academia. The unique section on women's
activities in the Business of music, breaks new ground, highlighting
such positions as orchestra managers, opera company directors,
publishing and recording company executives, success as agents and
impresarios, plus a myriad of other roles. In the final chapter, Dr.
Gray pays tribute to The Unforgotten, lady philanthropists whose
generosity has kept classical music alive. Each entry in the book
gives biographical, personal glimpses of talented women who defied the
limiting social conventions to forge a path for themselves and future
generations. The book covers every musical era from Ancient-Medieval
to the 21st century––always within the context of historical events.
Containing photographs, illustrations, an intensive bibliography,
discography, glossaries, appendices and 26 pages of index, this
exceedingly professional work manages to present its wealth of
information in an interesting style, full of wit and brilliance, yet
never skimping in depth of scholarship. With this definitive,
scintillatingly powerful volume, Dr. Gray has drawn back the veil
enshrouding women in music throughout history, revealing a detailed
and colorful tapestry of their world. A must have for libraries,
university music and women's studies departments, students, teachers,
classical music and history lovers! Global in scope, the book
highlights women from North and South America, Europe, Russia plus its
new independent satellites, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and even
Iceland.!

As of this writing, The WORLD of WOMEN in Classical Music, is in line
for both the ASCAP Deems Taylor Music Award and a Pulitzer Prize.

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/organfocus-newsletter/files/Announcements-P\
R/WomenClassicalMusic_Flyer-Resv_Wm.doc

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Have a great week!

Lana