While in Utah helping with the twins, I took the opportunity to travel to Salt Lake on March 21 to hear my sister Becky perform on the Tabernacle organ. She is a guest organist on the Tabernacle organ about every 6 weeks. She performs for the tour that is conducted through the Tabernacle. She generally performs on Sunday at 2 pm.She is a professor of organ studies at BYU-Idaho.
There were quite a few more tour patrons than usual because there was a Chemical Convention nearby and many choose to attend the recital. The concert (1/2 hour) was awesome!! She played some many powerful pieces. One even used the Bombarde which in the top manual and has huge reed stops on it that nearly blast you out of the hall. The organ also has an antiphonal organ which has pipes in the back of the Tabernacle.
Each guest organist is required to do the pin drop and the paper tearing exercises at the beginning of the recital to demonstrate the acoustics. They are also required to play their own arrangement of "Come, Come Ye Saints".
A lot of people came up to talk to her afterwards, so it took a long time for me to speak to her and by the time she offered to let me sit down and play a few chords, the next tour was coming through.
But, we did get our picture taken by some nice ladies from the South.
It was such a treat to be there and listen!
1 comment:
Mom, that is AWESOME!!! What the heck are all those crazy organ terms you're dropping. You actually sound like you know what you're talking about. You Parkinson girls definitely got some musical genes in you. I'm sorry I did not have the patience to stick to piano lessons, but I think you've at least passed on your appreciation for good music. Like Guns N Roses. Now that was a good band. OK, maybe not. But you rock.
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