Grinding the Organ

摘要

It's late wednesday morning, and First Church of Christ, Scientist in Carmel, California, is empty. So, naturally, Michael Nesmith wants to fill it with music. He taps on a computer keyboard for a minute and notches up the volume - not quite to 11, but loud enough to feel in your bones. The piece, Tomas Albinoni's Adagio for Strings, is familiar - it was used as theme music in Gallipoli - but Nesmith and Calvin, the virtual pipe organ he designed, have transformed it into something spectacular.