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<\/a>The vendors were fun people and so willing to share samples of their craft. I eventually decided that this cheese was even more superior to UK cheese \u2014 and that, my dear friends, is saying something.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve visited Luxembourg many times and made some really great friends. This visit was to do battle with some of the great organs in the area. Over a two-week period we were taken to 10 pipe organs around Luxembourg and Germany and given demonstrations by their respected very fine organists; at he Cathedral, the Philharmonie, Echternach Abbey, and St. Alphonse, the Conservatoire, Chapel of the Knights (the small Buckingham Palace organ was removed during the war), and an interlude section where we visited the United States Cemetery and the German Cemetery (very touching moments).<\/p>\n
All in all a monumental TourBus DVD, five hours long on four discs. What a wonderful experience it was. Kerry got to use his broken French and savored some of the finest meats in the world. We took a private plane ride to film castles and drove through great forests. Our friends there were gracious and generous.<\/p>\n
Luxembourg is the least populated country in the European Union, with only 465,000 inhabitants; a very small country with a huge culture. It is also the 20th smallest of the 194 independent countries in the world.\u00a0And here\u2019s a totally useless tidbit of fun info … Luxembourg has won the Eurovision Song Contest five times 1961, 1965, 1972, 1973 and 1983 \u2014 a feat only surpassed by Ireland (Kerry cheers, \u201cgo Ireland!\u201d).<\/p>\n
Yet, Luxembourg still remains a charming place with family values that one associates with the 1950s. Not that I was around in the \u201950s mind you, but that\u2019s what I\u2019m told.<\/p>\n
I recorded two CDs on this, one of my most favorite organs in the world (don\u2019t mention this in front of the Spreckels organ, she gets terribly jealous). This organ resides in St. Martin\u2019s church just outside the city of Luxembourg in an enchanting little town named Dudelange. The church is a local icon with many beautiful ornate religious relics inside. The town\u2019s imposing City Hall and square is a place where the Church dominates the whole place. Many different small shops line the high street (naughty pastries), delicatessens, vegetable stands, a butcher, baker, candlestick maker, and people bustle about on narrow sidewalks by the cobblestone roads.<\/p>\n We love the architecture. Cafes selling strong coffee where smoking is encouraged. We would walk and observe during the daytime when I had free time. My rehearsals started about 11 p.m. and went on until the early hours of the morning. The nearest loo (toilet) was in the cafe next door, which stayed open very late. This organ has a power like no other with acoustics of bell-like resonance. The instrument could growl like a lion or purr like a cat. Nothing could sound bad on this instrument.<\/p>\n So what\u2019s the connection to cheese? Nothing, really, I\u2019m a planet-loving organist who is a vegetarian, likes cheese and will be performing for you free on Earth Day, which is coming up.<\/p>\n Join me for a totally organic Sunday concert on April 19, at 2 p.m., celebrating Earth Day at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park.<\/p>\n Stay calm and \u201clike\u201d me on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2014La organista c\u00edvica Carol Williams se enorgullece de servir como embajadora del campo de las artes y la cultura de San Diego. A trav\u00e9s de sus conciertos en el pa\u00eds y en el extranjero, Carol ofrece una nueva versi\u00f3n del concierto de \u00f3rgano cl\u00e1sico. Est\u00e1 comprometida a iluminar el colorido romance de San Diego con el \u201cRey de los Instrumentos\u201d, siempre buscando llevar el \u00f3rgano a nuevas audiencias. Para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n visite sosorgan.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Dr. Carol Williams |\u00a0Civic Organist News Cheese, yes glorious cheese. I shall never forget the intense taste of cheese from the farmers market in Luxembourg City. We were filming a very long \u201cTourBus\u201d for the King of Instruments video DVD and one of the chapters is a visit to this wonderful farmers market on […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1218,"featured_media":237518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"A cheesy but organic organist","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11549,11547,11600],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","category-features","category-sdnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>