The Met is one of the few opera houses in the world with its own pipe organ! Thomas Lausmann, the Met’s Director of Music, tells us about the instrument, which has nearly 1,300 pipes and weighs almost nine tons, as well as its recent restoration that was completed just in time for the 2022–23 season. Experience the organ now in Puccini’s Tosca (bit.ly/3HG2Chb) and Britten’s Peter Grimes (bit.ly/3aY33Hc). | The Metropolitan Opera

Halloween Tradition...a little scary organ playing of J.S. Bach's Tocatta in D-minor. I've read that when Bach composed this piece in the early 1700's, he used it to test the wind and keyboard action of organs when we toured around Europe. Back then, the wind for pipe organs was supplied by teams of men and boys operating huge bellows, so the big chords would test their endurance to keep enough air flowing that the organ wouldn't go flat or die out. It probably got connected with Halloween and s

Kulangsu Organ Arts Center features Asia's largest pipe organ, the early 20th-century Casavant opus 700, which can replicate different musical periods throughout history. In the video, a resident organist showcases the organ's versatility with the "Mission: Impossible" theme. | 🤳 Ludwig Kalambacal | Daily Tribune