The French composer Charles-Marie Widor wrote a total of ten organ symphonies – but sadly, it is only the Toccata from No.5 that retains any kind of popular appeal today. It’s quite some popular ...

Too often it is buried away in organ anthologies that treat it as a mere showpiece, which of course it's not -- the toccata forms the last movement of his Organ Symphony No 5 in F minor. When played ...

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Charles-Marie Widor. In his lifetime, Widor was fated throughout Europe as a performer, teacher, and composer of ballets, opera, concertos and organ ...

This month sees the 175th birthday of composer and organist Charles-Marie Widor, born on Feb. 21, 1844, in Lyon, France. Widor’s profession was, seemingly, predestined: his father was an organ builder ...

Live At BBC Proms from the Royal Albert Hall: Latvian organist Iveta Apkalna makes her Proms debut with a programme of French 19th and 20th-century music by Fauré, Franck and Widor. Widor’s thrilling ...

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Part of the BBC Proms. Latvian organist Iveta Apkalna makes her Proms debut with a programme of French 19th- and 20th-century music. Widor’s thrilling Organ Symphony No. 5, with its famous ...

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The School of Music at Southern Adventist University invites the community to a Symphony Orchestra Concert conducted by Laurie Redmer Cadwallader on Sunday, March 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Collegedale Church ...

On Sunday, May 5 at 7 p.m., the music-loving public is invited to attend the 27th Anniversary Concert of the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Choir in Westfield. Sponsored by the Friends of Music at St.