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Fernando Sor
…school. Ironically, the military school did not diminish Sor’s passion for music. Instead, it provided him ample free time to compose music, enabling him to harmonize his musical pursuits with…
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Felix Mendelssohn – Wedding March in C Major, Op. 61
…weddings on a church pipe organ. Check out more classical music by Mendelssohn at the provided link. Don’t forget to subscribe to The Wicked North for more classical music content….
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Felix Mendelssohn – Royal Wedding March for Organ
Felix Mendelssohn’s Royal Wedding March, composed for William Shakespeare’s Play – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, played on an electronic keyboard with a synthesized church organ sound by Miss Denise Erica…
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Sonata in A Major – Mozart
Leopold Mozart, father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was an Austrian composer and violinist. He originally planned for a career in the church but changed his path after his father’s death….
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Bach Cantata – Schweigt Stille, Plaudert Nicht, BWV 211 – Part 1 of 2
Bach: Coffee Cantata, Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV 211 – Thomas Crawford, Music Director and Founder. American Classical Orchestra. Feb 24, 2010 at Church of the Blessed Sacrament. Featuring Kristen…
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Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Pipe Organ
…a 17-year-old self-taught organist who enjoys playing for my local church and loves classical organ repertoire, especially French romantic music. For this song, I used the Lieblich Gedeckt 8 registration…
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Bach’s Little Fugue in G Minor, Performed by Organist Edith Hanselman
Edith Hanselman, organist and music director of Strathroy United Church, performs J.S. Bach’s famous Little Fugue in G Minor at the Going Through the Gates Sunday service on June 15,…
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Beethoven’s Funeral March – Piano Sonata Op. 26, No. 12
Beethoven’s Funeral March from Piano Sonata Opus 26, No.12, recorded in 2008 at St. John’s Parish Church….
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Gaetano Donizetti
…German composer, Simon Mayr, who was then the maestro di cappella at Bergamo’s main church, and also a successful opera composer. Mayr perceived Donizetti’s nascent musical talent and ensured his…
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Handel’s Largo, Played by Jonathan Scott
Jonathan Scott performs George Frideric Handel’s “Largo” on the 1895 T.C. Lewis organ of Albion Church in Ashton-under-Lyne, UK….
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Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
A historic performance of Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73, conducted by Kurt Masur in Leipzig’s St. Nicholas Church on October 9, 2009….
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Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 10 in F Sharp Major
The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra performs Mahler’s Symphony No. 10, conducted by Riccardo Chailly. This performance was recorded at Jesus Christ Church in Berlin-Dahlem in the late 80’s….
