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MUSIC IN A GREAT SPACE presents The King of Instruments with organists
John Walker and Donald Wilkins in the first concert on the new 105
rank Reuter pipe organ at Shadyside Presbyterian Church on Sunday,
February 5 at 7:30 p.m.  A reception in the Parish Hall will follow
the concert.  Tickets are $15 (students $7.50).

Shadyside Presbyterian Church is located at the corner of Amberson
Avenue and Westminster Place, just one block off Fifth Avenue in
Shadyside.  Free child care and on-street parking are available.

More than 6,000 pipes make up the new instrument, with 105 ranks, 76
stops, four manuals and electro-pneumatic action.  Organist John
Walker describes the new four manual console as "luxurious," equipped
with numerous electronic devices including a piston sequencer, MIDI
interface, and pedal divide capability.

Installation of the new instument began last August and initial
installation was completed in mid-November.  Final voicing of the
instrument began in January under the direction of Franklin Mitchell,
Tonal Director for the Reuter Organ Company of Lawrence, Kansas.

Built in the "American Classic Design," the Shadyside instrument is
intended to offer maximum versatility with a broad orchestral palette
of sound.  In contrast to some contemporary instruments which are
built as replicas of 17th or 19th century instruments, the Shadyside
instrument was designed for flexibility in a wide range of music.

The program planned for February 5 will provide an opportunity to hear
the instrument in music from the 16th through the 20th centuries,
including Now Thank We All Our God and the Fantasy and Fugue in g
minor by Johann Sebastian Bach; Heroic Music for trumpet and organ by
Georg Phillip Telemann; Fantasy on "How Brightly Shines the Morning
Star" by Max Reger, Canzona Noni Toni for two trumpets, two trombones
and organ by Giovanni Gabrieli; Lord, Save Thy People for three
trumpets, three trombones, organ and percussion by Charles-Marie
Widor; Solemn Entry of the Knights of the Order of Saint John for
organ and brass by Richard Strauss; Music for Space for two organs,
three trumpets, and two trombones by Piet Kee; Rags by Scott Joplin
for organ duo; and Charles Ives' Variations on "America."

Donald Wilkins is Organist and Director of Music at Calvary Episcopal
Church in Shadyside.  John Walker is Organist and Director of Music at
Shadyside Presbyterian Church.  Both organists are Fellows of the
American Guild of Organists, the highest honor the organization grants
to its members.  Host for the concert is WQED-FM's Paul Johnston.
For further information call 682-4300.