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Critic Hugh Morris argues that Sarah Davachi’s The Will of Tongues is a two-hour, long-form acoustic and electroacoustic album that refuses extremes and demands undivided, ethical listening. Davachi performs on organ with ensembles including the Chamber Choir of Ireland and Phaedrus, and the collection of 2024–25 works on Late Music invites patient, attentive listening rather than background ambience.
Trinity Church in Manhattan has unveiled a new organ with 8,041 pipes, replacing its old 5,000-pipe instrument destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks, and celebrated with a concert by organist Anna Lapwood that showcased its impressive sound and symbolic hope.
In 1987, John Cage composed "ORGAN2/ASLSP (As Slow As Possible)" for organ to be played as slowly as possible, and since 2001, an organ in Halberstadt, Germany has been performing a 639-year version of the piece. The first chord change in two years occurred recently, with volunteers adding a new pipe to create a new sound. The project is scheduled to continue until 2640, with the next chord change set for August 5, 2026.