Organ music

Charles Ives wrote "Variations on ‘America'" as a solo piece for pipe organ in 1892. In its patriotism and playful self-expression, it offers a uniquely apt soundtrack to this Election Day.

Presented by Partners for Sacred Places, the Philadelphia Organ Festival will showcase eight historic organs on consecutive evenings, in a range of spaces.

Nothing evokes the fear associated with Halloween like the sound of a well-delivered minor chord on a pipe organ. On Saturday, October 31st, from 5 to 6…