Organs

The wonderful thing about music is that there so much of it, that the aficionado is regularly confronted with little niches of music that surprise and delight him.  The E.M. Skinner organ and the carillon (the world's second largest) at Rockefeller Chapel were recently renovated, and I just returned from attending a magnificent concert for both instruments.  The upgraded organ's 8,700 pipes produce absolutely thunderous music that shakes the entire building and all the listeners.  There was a mix of modern and canonical repertoire, of which I most enjoyed a piece by Elgar (can't remember the name).  As for the carillon, I'm listening to it right now from my bedroom window...