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An organ recital is a concert
Concert

A concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. The music may be performed by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band....
 at which music
Music

Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
 especially written for the organ
Organ (music)

The organ is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard played either Manual or Pedal clavier. The organ is one of the oldest musical instruments in the European classical music....
 is played.

The music played at such recital
Recital

A recital is a musical performance. It can highlight a single performer, sometimes accompanied by piano, or a performance of the works of a single composer....
s was typically written for pipe organ
Pipe organ

The pipe organ is a keyboard musical instrument that produces sound by venting mechanically compressed air through resonant Organ pipe. Each pipe produces sound at one fixed pitch, so they are provided in sets or "ranks" with one pipe or more per note, each rank having a common timbre and loudness throughout....
, which includes church organs, and symphonic organ
Symphonic organ

The symphonic organ is a design of pipe organ which flourished during the first third of the twentieth century in town halls and other secular public venues ....
s (also known as concert organs). However restoration of theatre and cinema organs (such as the Wurlitzer
Wurlitzer

The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to simply as Wurlitzer, is an American company, formerly a producer of stringed instruments, woodwind, brass instruments, theatre organs, fairground organ, orchestrions, electronic organs, Wurlitzer electric piano and jukeboxes....
s) allows performances of many pieces that can only be played on theatre organ
Theatre organ

A theatre organ is a pipe organ originally designed specifically for imitation of an orchestra, but in latter years new designs have tended to be around some of the sounds and blends unique to the instrument itself....
s.
tals appear to have arisen from playing before and after religious services.






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Organ Recital
An organ recital is a concert
Concert

A concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. The music may be performed by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band....
 at which music
Music

Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
 especially written for the organ
Organ (music)

The organ is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard played either Manual or Pedal clavier. The organ is one of the oldest musical instruments in the European classical music....
 is played.

The music played at such recital
Recital

A recital is a musical performance. It can highlight a single performer, sometimes accompanied by piano, or a performance of the works of a single composer....
s was typically written for pipe organ
Pipe organ

The pipe organ is a keyboard musical instrument that produces sound by venting mechanically compressed air through resonant Organ pipe. Each pipe produces sound at one fixed pitch, so they are provided in sets or "ranks" with one pipe or more per note, each rank having a common timbre and loudness throughout....
, which includes church organs, and symphonic organ
Symphonic organ

The symphonic organ is a design of pipe organ which flourished during the first third of the twentieth century in town halls and other secular public venues ....
s (also known as concert organs). However restoration of theatre and cinema organs (such as the Wurlitzer
Wurlitzer

The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to simply as Wurlitzer, is an American company, formerly a producer of stringed instruments, woodwind, brass instruments, theatre organs, fairground organ, orchestrions, electronic organs, Wurlitzer electric piano and jukeboxes....
s) allows performances of many pieces that can only be played on theatre organ
Theatre organ

A theatre organ is a pipe organ originally designed specifically for imitation of an orchestra, but in latter years new designs have tended to be around some of the sounds and blends unique to the instrument itself....
s.

History

Recitals appear to have arisen from playing before and after religious services. In 19th century synagogues organs appeared before their use in services was allowed; instead their purpose was to give concerts before the sundown Shabat service. Sweelinck's duties included the giving of extra-liturgical concerts in Amsterdam's Oude Kerk .

Logistics

Pipe organs are not, in general, portable instruments. The venues for organ recitals using those instruments are thus the churches, theatres, or halls where the organs are housed. Some instruments of about a century ago were built to be listened to while strolling, such as those at the Wanamaker department store in Philadelphia or the museum of San Francisco's Palace of the Legion of Honor, which is not heard to best advantage from any one spot.

However, with some organs the console
Organ console

The pipe organ is played from an area called the console, which holds the manuals, pedals, and stop controls. In electric-action organs, the console is often movable....
 is portable to a limited extent (such as, for example, being attached to a platform that can be raised or lowered, which is often the case for theatre organs, but rarely the case for church organs). Where this is the case, the console is moved during the recital so that the audience can see the organist
Organist

An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ . An organist may play organ repertoire, play with an musical ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumentalist....
 playing.

Notable venues and recitals


The Wanamaker Organ
Wanamaker Organ

The Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the largest operational pipe organ in the world, located within a spacious 7-story court at Macys Center City ....
 is played twice daily, Monday through Saturday, free of charge, for patrons and those who visit Macy's Department Store in the Wanamaker Building in Philadelphia. The Grand Court Organist is Peter Richard Conte and when he is touring, assistant organists perform to ensure the organ is played every day.

The Dane and Polly Bales Organ Recital Hall at the University of Kansas
University of Kansas

The University of Kansas is a public research university with campuses located in Lawrence, Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, and Overland Park, Kansas, Kansas with the main campus being located atop Mount Oread in Lawrence....
 was specifically constructed for organ recitals.

To show off its new concert organ, the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Walt Disney Concert Hall

The Walt Disney Concert Hall at 111 South Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, California is the fourth hall of the Los Angeles Music Center. Bounded by Hope Street, Grand Avenue, 1st and 2nd Streets, it seats 2,265 people and serves as the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra and the Los Angeles Master Chorale....
 held a series of organ recitals in 2004 and 2005.

The Harvard Organ Society holds regular organ recitals at the Adolphus Busch Hall
Adolphus Busch Hall

Adolphus Busch Hall is one of the buildings of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The building was originally built to house Harvard's Germanic Museum....
.

The Temple Square
Temple Square

Temple Square is a ten acre complex located in Salt Lake City, Utah, owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . In recent years, the usage of the name has gradually changed to include several other church facilities immediately adjacent to Temple Square....
 Organ Recitals show off the organs in and around Temple Square including the Salt Lake Tabernacle
Salt Lake Tabernacle

The Salt Lake Tabernacle, also known as the Mormon Tabernacle, is located in Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, Utah along with the Salt Lake Assembly Hall and Salt Lake Temple....
 organ (most often in the Tabernacle) others are the Conference Center organ and the Salt Lake Assembly Hall
Salt Lake Assembly Hall

The Salt Lake Assembly Hall is one of the buildings owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on the southwest corner of Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, Utah....
 organ (occasionally). During the summer: Mon. through Sat. Noon and 2pm. Sun. 2pm. Non-summer: Mon. through Sat. Noon and Sun at 2pm.

See also

  • List of organ pieces
    List of organ pieces

    The following is a list of compositions for organ from the Western tradition of classical pipe organ music....


External links

  • at the University of Mississippi
    University of Mississippi

    The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a state university , co-education research university located in Oxford, Mississippi, Mississippi....