Felix doing Mendelssohn

Remember Felix Hell in March last year? He played an organ concert at Zion. His name made it in yesterday's New York Times. Check out the link .

He's doing the complete organ works of Mendelssohn at the Church of the Transfiguration.

Check out the photo of the Emerson String Quartet above the article. The stuffiness of classical music is more and more a thing of the past.

Felix remembers

I got a nice note from Felix. He writes that after a concert in Iowa and one in New York City he is "now back in my American home in Balitmore. I would like to thank you for the opportunity to perform at Zion Mennonite yet again, and I hope that my performance met your expectations. For me it was a great pleasure to return to the Fisk organ."

He goes on in his letter to thank me for turning pages for him. After the concert he gave me one of his CDs for doing that. It turns out it was really hard, because I sat so far away (my choice).

He ends the letter: "Thanks again for all your efforts. Give my best regards to everybody who was involved in organizing my concert. Sincerely, Felix."

I was so caught up in the event that I failed to take a single photo of him, so here's one he sends out.

If you drove by the church this weekend, you saw this sign. And if you walked in at 4 p.m. you heard organ music equal to none.

This sign also represents a lot of work behind the scenes. Let me try to remember some of the names: Bonnie Moyer, Bill Fridey, Gerry Hartzel, Nancy Constanzer, Dorcas Lehman, Brenda Oelschlager, Barb Musselman, Lorraine Shoemaker, Nancy Fridey, and.... Hey, I didn't take a photo so I'm in trouble. I know there were others. Let me look them up for the next post.

Helen Keller made a wonderful presentation to mark the 40th anniversary of the dedication of this organ.