Conductor Benjamin Boyle turns the pages for organist John Walthausen as they prepare for the debut concert of the Church of the Gesu's restored pipe organ. (Peter Crimmins/ WHYY) From Philly and the ...
John Newton’s hymn “Amazing Grace.” The hymn first appeared in Newton’s New Year’s Day sermon in 1773, 252 years ago. One of the greatest hymns of all time, it has been part of countless ...
Among Canadians, the best known of his instruments is probably the four-manual, 71-stop tracker organ inside Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall. His favourite? That’s like picking a favourite child ...
the main attraction being a recently rediscovered piano duet transcription of the composer’s life-affirming Symphony No. 3. Rikke Sandberg and Kristoffer Hyldig perform it on two pianos, a Steinway ...