Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer
Diane Bish, a virtuoso of the organ, in concert at the Stella Maris Church last Sunday.
Michael Reckord, Gleaner Writer
An excellent performance by organist Diane Bish at the Stella Maris Church on Sunday could only have cemented her reputation as "the most visible and influential classical organist performing today".
But the enthusiastic applause she received from the fair-sized audience was evoked by more than her music. The audience was also responding to her informative and humorous patter as Bish showed herself to be not only an organist, but also an entertainer.
The success of her programme began with its planning. All 12 of its pieces were lively but nevertheless had sufficient variety in their compositional styles to keep the audience alert and interested.
Bish's repertoire for the evening began and ended, formally, with toccatas. A toccata is "a virtuoso composition for keyboard or plucked-string instrument featuring
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