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Virgil Fox Society - Scholarship. 2022. The Virgil Fox Society does not sell anything nor do we accept money. Our goal is to preserve the memory and history of Virgil Fox. The Society was founded by Marilyn Brennan during Virgil's lifetime. In 2000 we established a scholarship in his name.
Virgil Keel Fox (May 3, 1912 in Princeton, Illinois – October 25, 1980 in Palm Beach, Florida) was an American organist, known especially for his years as organist at Riverside Church in New York City, from 1946 to 1965, and his flamboyant "Heavy Organ" concerts of the music of Bach in the 1970s, staged complete with light shows. His many ...
Virgil Fox was one of the most popular and accomplished classical organists of his time. He often generated controversy because of his flamboyant performance style, which involved the use of lights during live performances and often liberal changes to the scores he was playing.
Nov 29, 2005 · The Legacy Series compact disc under consideration is a re-issuing of the first recordings Fox ever made for RCA Records in 1941, with additional performances. His playing is well suited to the large Girard College Chapel organ, which speaks from chambers high up in the ceiling of the room. While the effect in person is spine-tingling, the ...
Virgil Fox’s famous 1964 recording on the Wanamaker Organ is one such golden standard that I’ve listened to scores of times. I’ve heard spectacular renditions of many of the pieces on that album, even by Virgil himself, but nothing has ever matched the sound of the original. All that changed Sunday night, October 7.
Virgil Fox, an organ virtuoso who died on Oct. 25, 1980, at 68, left memories that still reverberate today, as was shown by the presence of 1,500 people, many of them organists, at a recent pipes spectacular in his honor at Riverside Church, where he worked from 1946 to 1965. That is an extraordinary turnout for an organ recital these days ...
Dec 1, 2006 · In classical circles, Virgil Fox has been the leading name for classical organ in the last several decades. He has done more to popularise classical organ than any other performer. The Art of Virgil Fox is only one example, but an excelent one. The clarity of the recording itself is unsurpassed.
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