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Article: The allure of organ music
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- The Press
- Article date:
- July 11, 2001
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This is organ music with a hint of French champagne, the passing
fragrance of the boudoir rather than the church, and an
unquestionable Paris chic.
In a Christchurch Festival programme of 19th and early 20th-
century organ works, Christchurch organist Martin Setchell/aka
Jacques will escort audiences through inspiring, tuneful, and
downright masterful music composed during the Belle Epoque of French
organ music.
Claude Debussy once described organ playing as a bit of a circus
act.
For Setchell, curator of the Christchurch Town Hall's Rieger
organ, the instrument can also become pure theatre, combining drama,
history, and sheer musicality.
Setchell, it seems, is also an organist of many ...