4. Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City
Anna Lapwood invites us to join her on tour and on the way discovers an organ whose pipes look like french fries and one that鈥檚 as loud as a jet engine.
Anna is in Atlantic City, New Jersey, to visit the Boardwalk Hall organ, which holds multiple world records. Anna demonstrates how much slower she has to play a piece to make it audible in such an enormous space, and shares some of the few recordings that have been made on that instrument. She also finds that there is more to Atlantic City than its organ with 1,235 stop tabs. She explores a barbershop quartet that takes you back in time to the area鈥檚 days as a holiday resort, and discovers recordings by musicians based in and around New Jersey including composer Betty Jackson King and the Attacca Quartet. We also hear from Nathan Bryson, Curator of Organs at Boardwalk Hall, about the second, smaller organ lurking in the same hall.
Plus, an exclusive version of Widor鈥檚 Toccata for spontaneous organ duet where Anna is joined by 9-year-old Nykoda鈥�
A Tandem Production for 91热爆 Radio 3
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