1960 Beckerath organ at Saint Joseph’s Oratory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Programs that feature this organ

#0520: Organbuilding Beyond Borders

Today’s world culture is nothing new to the pipe organ, which has been importing and integrating international influences for centuries.

#0645: Another Liszt List

Exemplary scores by a titan of the keyboard who liberated the organ in ways we are only beginning to fully appreciate.

#0802: New Vistas for the New Year

…in preparation for our spring tour in Province Québec, a sampler of 19th and 20th century instruments in Montréal, Trois Riviers, Québec City and points in between.

#0824: Archive of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms

…would ‘The Three Bs’ ever have imagined being represented by organ music in quite this way?!

#0923: Celebrating Canada

…in tribute to the Royal Canadian College of Organists, RCCO, in its centenary year, a program of Canadian composers, performers, and instruments.

#1550: Holiday Portraits

…the Christmas festival is rich with pictorial implications that composers have interpreted with intriguing ingenuity.

#1601: What's New?

…getting the New Year off to a fine start with a survey of some recent compact disc releases. Contents TBA. Tune in and check us out.

#1646: Raymond Daveluy (1926-2016): In Memoriam

…a tribute to the venerable recitalist, composer, and teacher who for 42 years was master of the mighty Beckerath organ at the Oratoire Saint-Joseph in Montreal.

#1651: On Christmas Day

…whether with carols or noels, anthems or improvisations, these musicians proclaim holiday cheer!

#1726: A Montreal Organ Festival

…a salute to Canada Day and the upcoming combined conventions of the Royal Canadian College of Organists and the American Guild of Organists.

#1826: Oh Canada!

…in celebration of the national holiday of our neighbor-to-the-north, this collection of Canadian composers and performers for Canada Day (July 1).

#1945: Widor, Thou Goest

…despite that ruthless Biblical reference, today we follow the lead of the great composer of organ symphonies, Charles-Marie Widor.

#9533: Archive of Montreal Organ Book

…a capsule survey of three centuries of music and instruments in Canada's Province Quebec.,

#9930: A Montreal Organ Book

Visit A Montréal Organ Book with the Organ Historical Society: Music and instruments from Provence Québec, featuring Canadian artists.

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Learn more about the tremendous support we receive from the Family of Lucinda and Wesley C. Dudley, from Walter McCarthy, Clara Ueland and the Greystone Foundation, from Ed and Wanda Eichler, from the Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund of the HRK Foundation, and from affiliate members of the Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America (APOBA), including the Bedient Pipe Organ Co of Lincoln, NE.