Most Philadelphians don’t realize that the largest working musical instrument in the world is built into one of the city’s landmarks, the former John Wanamaker department store, now Macy’s, at 13th and Market streets. The Wanamaker Grand Court
Komm' Susser Tod (Come sweet death) by J. S. Bach. The definitive version by Virgil Fox playing the Wanamaker organ (Audio) Virgil Fox did this arrangement specially for the Wanamaker organ. Bach's image of death was softened by a transcending faith.
Hundreds of shoppers were startled during the daily concert on the world's largest Wanamaker Organ when 688 singers standing incognito in their midst burst into Handel's Hallelujah Chorus. Sponsored by the Opera Company of Philadelphia and Macy's the
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This was the grand finale of Wanamaker Organ Day 2007 with Florida's Singing Sons Boychoir - Craig Denison, director; the Philadelphia Brass; and Peter Richard Conte at the 461 rank pipe organ. The sound was too immense to be captured by a small
Intrada (Grayston Ives), followed by God Save the Queen, then Zadok the Priest (Handel) performed at Wanamaker Organ Day 2012 at Macy's Department Store in Center City Philadelphia during the 5 pm Gala Concert. Peter Conte performs at the Wanamaker
Peter Conte plays an arrangement of Wagner's Funeral March from Gotterdammerung, the fourth cycle of the ring cycle.
Live performance of the Allegretto from César Franck Symphony (transcription Daniel Roth), by Daniel Roth. Wanamaker organ, 24 April 2010. Many thanks to The Friends of the Wanamaker Organ. Sound recording: Jim Stempke (DSP Recordings) Video
A detailed history of the Wanamaker Organ at Macy's Philadelphia from it's creation to it's current pipe count of 28,750.
In Part One, Scott Kip takes me inside the Wanamaker Organ to see the amazing mechanical wonders within. The Wanamaker Organ is the largest functioning musical instrument in the World, containing over 28,000 individual pipes in 444 ranks. Originally
Virgil Fox (1912-1980) Virgil Fox's landmark 1964 recording on the Grand Organ at Macy's City Center, affectionately known as The John Wanamaker Grand Court Organ. Specs: http://www.die-orgelseite.de/disp/USA_Philadelphia_Wanamaker.htm Pics:
Jerusalem (Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry,1848-1918) performed at Wanamaker Organ Day 2012 at Macy's Department Store in Center City Philadelphia during the 5 pm Gala Concert. Peter Conte performs at the Wanamaker (VI/463) organ, accompanied by
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Imperial March (Sir Edward Elgar, arr George C Martin) performed at Wanamaker Organ Day 2012 at Macy's Department Store in Center City Philadelphia during the 5 pm Gala Concert. Peter Conte performs at the Wanamaker (VI/462) organ, accompanied by the
Scott Kip, artist and restoration woodworker for the nonprofit Friends of the Wanamaker Organ, led me through the ladies casual wear section to an unmarked door and service elevator. Kip maintains a woodshop inside Macy's where he repairs and
To celebrate the 241st Army Birthday, Staff Sgt. Dan Campolieta performed The Army Song at the famous Wanamaker Organ in Center City Philadelphia, June 14, 2016. Video production by The U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own" pubic affairs staff.
