Sure, Jon. Anything you say.
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Hey, Louis - never fear ;-)
I certainly love our Jon: and Jon certainly loves his classic rock-'n-roll (which is awesome!): but I share your passion for organ music. The organ was, historically, known as the "Queen of all Instruments", and there is something deeply satisfying about hearing all its ranks, and tones, and colours, engaged in a work of great passion, and beauty.
And I don't care if the music is of the church, or IN a church - it's still MAGNIFICENT. I am from one of those lovely Anglican/Episcopalian parishes which is blessed with a wonderful instrument, and a great organist to perform upon it, and where most people (negligently, thoughtlessly, and criminally) deign to arise and engage in jolly chat, while the postlude is being played. To me, this is sacrilege - because I think more of the Gospel is expressed in the MUSIC, than in any sermon. So I always stay, upon my hard little bench, till the last note expires, into the atmosphere. . . .
Now, I shall try to hunt up something for Jon, too, but this is for you, Louis - one of my favourites, Handel's "Largo". (It is the last thing people will hear of ME, on this earth, I love it that much.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtIQ8I3wUl8
And, another one of my favourites, Louis, unparalleled in its peace and calm: The "Organ Fantasy in C Major", by Cesar Franck ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSMoovj9A4g
Who cares (I ask, rhetorically) if some of the world's best music was written for the organ, and sounds as if it comes from churches? Because, some of the world's best music WAS written for the organ, and DOES come from churches! It is a simple fact, which any musicologist would gladly acknowledge ;-)
Finally, Louis, I don't know if you have this album or not, but here are the complete Franck organ masterworks - two hours' worth - played by Michael Murray at the manuals of the great organ of Saint-Sernin. This album is one of my most cherished possessions, and I hope you enjoy the link. (Few people will have the patience to listen, but I think YOU will, Louis.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COBgiU2SptY
Yours, for All Saints' Day,
"A" XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
P.S. If you like liturgical music, Louis, you can't go wrong by looking up BBC's "Choral Evensong". It is updated weekly, with the most beautiful choral music, accompanied upon the organ. Here is the link, for you (the sung psalms are always glorious:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPwcmsRzPlk) ~~~
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04mbmzb
P.S. Here is my favourite window, I like to sit beside, in church, dedicated to those lost in the Great War. Beneath the image of Christ, the scrolled, stained-glass caption reads, "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." I believe this.