Four Hands, Four Feet

Yesterday afternoon I attended a duo organ concert. I went primarily because it was part of an art series at the church, open to the community. I went primarily out of duty and responsibility, not expecting to be highly entertained and totally enthralled. But I was! From the first moment to the last!

It was such an amazing event. The huge pipe organ is overhead, in the balcony, so in order for the audience to see, a videographer filmed their hands and feet, and it was projected onto a large screen on the chancel. It was unique, amazing, incredible music, two women using their hands and feet. To have four hands and four feet working the three level keyboard and the foot pedals is a challenging thing to begin with. It requires careful attention to whose hands are where at what times.

Just after the break, when they did a number played only on the foot pedals, they had added brightly colored socks to their feet, decorated with musical notes on them; one set was yellow, one pink. For another lively number, they wore light bulb earrings, which blinked on and off.

Perhaps most surprising of all, the church was completely full. It must hold many hundred. My best guess would be that there were five hundred people there! Who would have thought it? Not me; not even the organists. You just never know. You never know!