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Fri 08 Aug 2008Instruments of change
Church organs, and the music written for them, are enjoying something of a revival in Ireland. Catherine Foleyon the popularity of a complex but often breathtaking instrument
What is it about organ music that is so visceral and affecting? The deep, reverberating notes, the rising, swelling octaves and the echoing chords can fill a vaulted space and raise the hairs on the back of your neck in double quick time.
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