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Nigel Ogden: The Organist Entertains

Nigel Ogden presents a programme of popular organ recordings

Nigel Ogden presents a programme of popular organ recordings, including pipe and electronic organs

The Organist Entertains: Organ Al fresco

28/11/2013

Organ Al fresco

BBC Radio 2 - The Organist Entertains, Organ Al fresco

Nigel's guest is Carol Williams who talks about her work as San Diego's civic organist.

Nigel Ogden's guest is organist Carol Williams. Carol is San Diego's civic organist and in charge of musical events featuring the magnificent open air pipe organ in Balboa Park.

Tonight's guest is British organist Carol Williams. Carol is San Diego's civic organist and is in charge of musical events featuring the magnificent open air pipe organ in Balboa Park which is about to celebrate 100 years of music making.

The organ was donated to the Californian city of San Diego in 1914 for the Panama-California Exposition. This unique instrument contains 4,530 pipes ranging in length from the size of a pencil to 32 feet and is housed in an ornate vaulted structure with highly embellished gables. Since 1917 San Diego has had a civic organist who performs free weekly concerts.

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