Schoenstein Opus 172 Church of the Redeemer. Parry: Blest pair of sirens.
Schoenstein built their Opus 172 in 2018 for the Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts: three manuals, 25 voices, 31 ranks.
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Schoenstein & Co. Pipe Organ Builders, Benicia, California, has built a new organ for Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, Miami, Florida. Schoenstein Opus 182 comprises 30 voices, 33 ranks, 1,833 pipes over three manuals and pedal.
Nathan Laube performs Sergei Rachmaninoff's Prelude in G minor, opus 23, no. 5, transcribed by Gottfried Federlein. Recorded live at the dedication concert of Schoenstein Opus 182.
Video courtesy of Luis Cuza.
The Chapel of Our Lady of Belen was opened in the summer of 2022, and the organ installation began immediately after the opening. The chapel provides a warm, ringing acoustic well-suited to the organ.
The organ was dedicated in a recital by Nathan Laube on March 5, 2023, as the final performance of the Miami Winter Organ Festival.
Schoenstein Opus 182 is featured on the cover of the May issue of The Diapason: www.TheDiapason.com
For information: schoenstein.com
Schoenstein & Co. Pipe Organ Builders, Benicia, California, has installed its Opus 179 organ in the chapel at Bishop Gadsden Episcopal Retirement Community, Charleston, South Carolina. The new organ comprises 14 voices, 16 ranks, and 995 pipes on three manuals and pedal.
The expressive Great division on the left houses the expected principal chorus of 8′, 4′, and 2′ Mixture III in addition to a softer 8′/4′ Corno Dolce/8′ Flute Celeste pairing, 8′ Harmonic Flute (Corno Dolce bass to tenor G), and Clarinet.
The Swell division, on the right side of the organ, has most of the instrument’s unification. The Bourdon serves as the Pedal Bourdon at 16′ (available in the Swell also) and continues as a Chimney Flute at 4′ C. The 8′/4′/2′ Salicional is the division’s unit echo diapason with a slight string edge as ample counterparts to both the Great chorus and Swell Gamba. The Oboe Horn serves as another color reed, a counterpart to the Great Clarinet, and also represents the softer 16′ reed available in the Pedal adding support without too much power. Inner shades regulate the 8′ Gamba, its Celeste (full compass), and the 16′/8′ Tuba Minor.
Rounding out the instrument is an independent Pedal Violoncello and Contrabass unit sitting in front of the Great shades. Metal down to 16′ C, it provides independent foundational support for the entire instrument.
The new organ is featured on the cover of the September 2022 issue of The Diapason:
https://www.thediapason.com/content/cover-feature-schoenstein-cobishop-gadsden-retirement-community
For information: schoenstein.com
