I'm an organ-agnostic at best so take the following with that in mind.
I was in the hall and it was a generally enjoyable event. The Wagner transcription didn't work for me, it just left me wishing there was a proper orchestra playing it. The organ originals were more successful, possibly because I didn't come to them with any preconceptions. I particularly enjoyed the Stockhausen arrangement of the Franck! Somewhat to my surprise I thought the Liszt worked really well and sounded like it could have been originally composed for the instrument. Well worth a listen.
I was in the hall and it was a generally enjoyable event. The Wagner transcription didn't work for me, it just left me wishing there was a proper orchestra playing it. The organ originals were more successful, possibly because I didn't come to them with any preconceptions. I particularly enjoyed the Stockhausen arrangement of the Franck! Somewhat to my surprise I thought the Liszt worked really well and sounded like it could have been originally composed for the instrument. Well worth a listen.
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