- Presenter: Weiwuying
- Those with tickets may only enter by the west entrance on the first floor and the parking lot entrance at the B2 level.
- Duration is 60 minutes without intermission.
- Age guidance 5+
- Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry
- Weiwuying reserves the right to make any changes to the programs when deemed necessary.
- Points will be awarded to members who purchase tickets.
Discount
- 10% off tickets purchased by Weiwuying members (each member may purchase an unlimited number of discounted tickets).
- 20% off tickets for groups of 30+.
- 50% off for those of ages 65+ (please present proof of age upon purchase and at the venue entrance.)
- Those who have been on an Auditorium Tour or Weiwuying Venue Discover-Concert Hall tour in 2023 may proceed to the Service Center counter on the third floor to purchase an unlimited number of tickets at 20% off for 2023 Explore the Pipe Organ programs (this discount may not be used with any other discount offers).
- For details, please contact 07-262-6666.
2023【Explore the Pipe Organ】Feb - June
Besides the breathtaking vineyard-style seating and outstanding acoustics at the Weiwuying Concert Hall, the pipe organ, located on the top floor, is another major highlight. If you're wondering what this largest organ in Asia can do, our Explore the Pipe Organ series of events is just what you're looking for!
Dr. Hsin Hung Liu, the chair of the American Guild of Organists (Taiwan Chapter) with a DMA from the University of Washington, has been invited to exclusively arrange programs for Weiwuying. The audience will be able to enjoy a diverse range of music, from classical compositions by Bach to film scores by John Williams, including well-known works such as the "Bridal Chorus" and the theme song for My Neighbor Totoro. The experience will be enhanced with opportunities to switch seats for different acoustics, complementary performances on other keyboard instruments, special lighting effects, and informative explanations. These features aim to make the organ's diversity and charm more accessible and understandable to the audience.
So for an hour each month from February to June this year, come to our Explore the Pipe Organ events to see all the secrets behind this fascinating instrument!
Programs
6/14(Wed)14:30-15:30 Furry Friends Carnival | |
In June, come and go wild with the organ as it livens up from SAINT-SAËNS' Carnival of the Animals. Then, we'll see some more fun and unique organ interpretations with scores from Studio Ghibli's My Neighbor Totoro and The Cat Returns, along with the music from the classic video game Super Mario Bros. To close this wild hour of animal-themed music, Dr. LIU will play French composer C. WIDOR's Toccata (from his Symphony No. 5), with its highly complex melody that the organ makes even more captivating. | |
2/22(Wed)14:30-15:30 Eternal Love - Baroque Concertos (close-up show) | |
For the romantic atmosphere of Valentine's Day, February's event will showcase solo organ performances of two of history's most well-known songs, WAGNER's "Bridal Chorus" from Lohengrin and MENDELSSOHN's "Wedding Procession" from A Midsummer Night's Dream—you might just think you should be throwing rice and crying! The show will produce a different, but by no means inferior, feel compared with the commonly heard orchestra versions.
To emphasize this distinction, BACH's Concerto in D Minor and WALTHER's Concerto in B Minor (adaptations of concertos by VIVALDI) will fully express the diversity of the organ's timbre. In addition, BACH's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" and MÜTHEL's Fantasie in F Major for Organ will add to the warmth and joy of the program. | |
3/29(Wed)14:30-15:30 Bach Do-Re-Mi | |
Baroque composer BACH, known as the "father of classical music" and a household name in our day, was mostly famed as an organist in his own time. At the age of 18, he became the church organist and, as a devout Christian, wrote numerous hymns requiring exceptional skill. For the Explore the Pipe Organ event in March, five exquisite pieces by BACH, "Sheep May Safely Graze"and "Sleepers Awake," as well as three exciting and technically challenging prelude and fugues, will present the marvel of BACH's organ music. | |
4/26(Wed)14:30-15:30 Dancing Organ | |
With the advent of the Romantic period, composers became unshackled from the royal courts, which inspired more diversity in their music, that for the organ being no exception. For April's Dancing Organ program, organist Dr. LIU and Sean JACKSON will partner up in presenting France's Romantic period and adding interesting twists via other instruments: SAINT-SAËNS' Danse Macabre, Op. 40 will be performed on the harpsichord, creating a sense of fantasy, DEBUSSY's"Clair de lune" will be given a different atmosphere on the piano, and RAVEL's Boléro will be played jointly by both musicians on the organ (along with the well-known accompaniment of the snare) as proof of how the organ can indeed take the place of an entire orchestra. Meanwhile, French composer FRANCK's Prélude, Fugue and Variation will be performed on the positive organ and piano. You'll only see such a "family gathering" of keyboard instruments at Weiwuying's 2023 Explore the Pipe Organ series of events! | |
5/10(Wed)14:30-15:30 Interstellar Journey | |
By the 20 th century, no longer relegated to the most sophisticated of venues, the organ had become an inseparable source of inspiration for popular music. One of film score composer John WILLIAMS' most famous pieces, "Imperial March" from Star Wars, grows even more resolute when played on the organ. "Interstellar Suite," composed by Golden Globe winner for Best Original Score Hans ZIMMER, produces a stark contrast between the boundlessness of the universe and the smallness of humanity by stacking notes on the organ. You can get a similar feeling from modern composers O. MESSIAN's L' Ascension and J. ALAIN's Litanies, which exhibit how modern religious music was brought closer to its human audience. You won't want to miss this journey through space with the organ in May! | |
2023【Explore the Pipe Organ】Feb - June
Besides the breathtaking vineyard-style seating and outstanding acoustics at the Weiwuying Concert Hall, the pipe organ, located on the top floor, is another major highlight. If you're wondering what this largest organ in Asia can do, our Explore the Pipe Organ series of events is just what you're looking for!
Dr. Hsin Hung Liu, the chair of the American Guild of Organists (Taiwan Chapter) with a DMA from the University of Washington, has been invited to exclusively arrange programs for Weiwuying. The audience will be able to enjoy a diverse range of music, from classical compositions by Bach to film scores by John Williams, including well-known works such as the "Bridal Chorus" and the theme song for My Neighbor Totoro. The experience will be enhanced with opportunities to switch seats for different acoustics, complementary performances on other keyboard instruments, special lighting effects, and informative explanations. These features aim to make the organ's diversity and charm more accessible and understandable to the audience.
So for an hour each month from February to June this year, come to our Explore the Pipe Organ events to see all the secrets behind this fascinating instrument!
Programs
6/14(Wed)14:30-15:30 Furry Friends Carnival | |
In June, come and go wild with the organ as it livens up from SAINT-SAËNS' Carnival of the Animals. Then, we'll see some more fun and unique organ interpretations with scores from Studio Ghibli's My Neighbor Totoro and The Cat Returns, along with the music from the classic video game Super Mario Bros. To close this wild hour of animal-themed music, Dr. LIU will play French composer C. WIDOR's Toccata (from his Symphony No. 5), with its highly complex melody that the organ makes even more captivating. | |
2/22(Wed)14:30-15:30 Eternal Love - Baroque Concertos (close-up show) | |
For the romantic atmosphere of Valentine's Day, February's event will showcase solo organ performances of two of history's most well-known songs, WAGNER's "Bridal Chorus" from Lohengrin and MENDELSSOHN's "Wedding Procession" from A Midsummer Night's Dream—you might just think you should be throwing rice and crying! The show will produce a different, but by no means inferior, feel compared with the commonly heard orchestra versions.
To emphasize this distinction, BACH's Concerto in D Minor and WALTHER's Concerto in B Minor (adaptations of concertos by VIVALDI) will fully express the diversity of the organ's timbre. In addition, BACH's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" and MÜTHEL's Fantasie in F Major for Organ will add to the warmth and joy of the program. | |
3/29(Wed)14:30-15:30 Bach Do-Re-Mi | |
Baroque composer BACH, known as the "father of classical music" and a household name in our day, was mostly famed as an organist in his own time. At the age of 18, he became the church organist and, as a devout Christian, wrote numerous hymns requiring exceptional skill. For the Explore the Pipe Organ event in March, five exquisite pieces by BACH, "Sheep May Safely Graze"and "Sleepers Awake," as well as three exciting and technically challenging prelude and fugues, will present the marvel of BACH's organ music. | |
4/26(Wed)14:30-15:30 Dancing Organ | |
With the advent of the Romantic period, composers became unshackled from the royal courts, which inspired more diversity in their music, that for the organ being no exception. For April's Dancing Organ program, organist Dr. LIU and Sean JACKSON will partner up in presenting France's Romantic period and adding interesting twists via other instruments: SAINT-SAËNS' Danse Macabre, Op. 40 will be performed on the harpsichord, creating a sense of fantasy, DEBUSSY's"Clair de lune" will be given a different atmosphere on the piano, and RAVEL's Boléro will be played jointly by both musicians on the organ (along with the well-known accompaniment of the snare) as proof of how the organ can indeed take the place of an entire orchestra. Meanwhile, French composer FRANCK's Prélude, Fugue and Variation will be performed on the positive organ and piano. You'll only see such a "family gathering" of keyboard instruments at Weiwuying's 2023 Explore the Pipe Organ series of events! | |
5/10(Wed)14:30-15:30 Interstellar Journey | |
By the 20 th century, no longer relegated to the most sophisticated of venues, the organ had become an inseparable source of inspiration for popular music. One of film score composer John WILLIAMS' most famous pieces, "Imperial March" from Star Wars, grows even more resolute when played on the organ. "Interstellar Suite," composed by Golden Globe winner for Best Original Score Hans ZIMMER, produces a stark contrast between the boundlessness of the universe and the smallness of humanity by stacking notes on the organ. You can get a similar feeling from modern composers O. MESSIAN's L' Ascension and J. ALAIN's Litanies, which exhibit how modern religious music was brought closer to its human audience. You won't want to miss this journey through space with the organ in May! | |
- Presenter: Weiwuying
- Those with tickets may only enter by the west entrance on the first floor and the parking lot entrance at the B2 level.
- Duration is 60 minutes without intermission.
- Age guidance 5+
- Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry
- Weiwuying reserves the right to make any changes to the programs when deemed necessary.
- Points will be awarded to members who purchase tickets.
Discount
- 10% off tickets purchased by Weiwuying members (each member may purchase an unlimited number of discounted tickets).
- 20% off tickets for groups of 30+.
- 50% off for those of ages 65+ (please present proof of age upon purchase and at the venue entrance.)
- Those who have been on an Auditorium Tour or Weiwuying Venue Discover-Concert Hall tour in 2023 may proceed to the Service Center counter on the third floor to purchase an unlimited number of tickets at 20% off for 2023 Explore the Pipe Organ programs (this discount may not be used with any other discount offers).
- For details, please contact 07-262-6666.
