The Organ at Saint Vincent, Roquevaire, France

A springtime review of some interesting new CD releases of organ music from around the world.

We ring out the old and ring in the new with reflections on happenings in 2006 and some projections for the future in 2007.

…between Marseille and Toulouse, we audition some of the instruments to be visited during our spring tour in the south of France.

…a celebration of composers and performers, in anticipation of International Women’s Day [observed on March 8].

…some aural postcards from our spring visits to organs in the region from Provence to the Pyrenees.

…you don’t want to be left all alone when things go bump in the night in the organ loft!

…a second tribute to the famous blind French organist, master improviser and prolific composer, featuring performances and comments by his students, friends and wife.

…this multi-faceted English organist concertizes, improvises, transcribes and composes with equal enthusiasm.

…a centenary tribute to imaginative and virtuosic American composer-organist Robert Elmore (1913-1985).

…an independent approach leads to compelling results in the hands of those who prefer ‘doing it their way’!