This evening we had an event at church called "Pizza, Pipes and Piano." I almost didn't go. It had been a long day and I was tired, but a friend saw me as I was leaving my tutoring session, reminded me of the event, and urged me to come. Well, I must admit the prospect of pizza really was the deciding factor. It was good but the music was better. Our organist played several short snippets on the organ demonstrating many of the stops. She enjoys putting our big old pipe organ (4500 pipes) through its paces and we heard flute, strings, oboe, trumpet, tuba and even krummhorn sounds. Sorry, I can't really describe a krummhorn but it was interesting.
She finished off the organ part of the program with Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in d minor. Throughout the program the narrator told us where we might have heard some of the classics before. Such shows as Bugs Bunny cartoons and Sponge Bob Square Pants evidently use lots of classical music.
After the organ demo, Chelsea (our organist) finished off the evening with five short piano pieces, again with information about where we might have heard these pieces in popular movies and TV shows. My favorites were "The Blue Danube Waltz" and the "Can Can." Sorry, I don't remember the official title of that last one.
All in all, a fun evening.
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