Musings & Amusings Blog
2027 Pipe organ Calendar – NEW!
Filigree & Fortissimo celebrates the extraordinary beauty, craftsmanship and variety of German pipe organs. From exuberant Baroque cases dripping with gilded detail to striking modern instruments, each month features a different organ photographed in its architectural setting.
Biographical Dictionary of the Organ
Basic facts about the organ and its humans for the knowledge-hungry is there and well worth a squizz
Chorister Chocolate Cake
“The recipe I am most well known for is the birthday chocolate cake, which I used to make every time a girl chorister had a birthday”
Pasta with creamy bacon, pea, and mint sauce
James Flores with Leysa Flores: “All credit to Leysa for all the cooking in the household — she cooks, I clean.”
Galette des Rois
Dame Gillian Weir recalls her adventures in the kitchen—and the music and memories behind Clarissa Dickson-Wright’s Galette des Rois.
2027 concert by Anna Lapwood in NZ!
(Thanks to Vivien Chiu of the Wellington Organist's Association for this) Two concerts in 2027 by Anna Lapwood at Wellington Town Hall. (Links are below for full details and Booking page.) NB: Bookings open for NZSO 'Members' on 16th Sept 2026. Wednesday 11 August...
Imminent concerts
I feel for you
Spotted in our neighbourhood this week.
Got your tickets yet?
Anna Lapwood is coming to Wellington in 2027—for both an NZSO appearance and a solo organ recital. We’ve got our tickets; have you?