Fugue State Encyclopedia of the Organ
An Ever-Expanding Filmed Encyclopedia of the Pipe Organ and its MusicWelcome to the Encyclopedia of the Organ by Fugue State Films
Fugue State Films is the world’s leading producer of films about the pipe organ’s history and music. In addition to excellent reviews, we have won best DVD in the BBC Music Magazine Awards twice, the Deutschen Schallplattenkritikpreis three times, and even made the six o’clock news in New Zealand. Please discover our films.
The Genius of Cavaillé-Coll
The definitive documentary celebrating the 200th anniversary of the greatest organ builder of the nineteenth century and the music he inspired.
Franck: Father of the Organ Symphony
César Franck is one of the most fascinating of all composers. He had the vision to create the French organ school, and his compositions are played, studied, listened to and loved by organists everywhere.
Widor – Master of the Organ Symphony
Charles-Marie Widor is a true musical force: a virtuoso who revolutionised organ playing in France, a composer who invented the organ symphony and wrote the most famous toccata since Bach, and an enormously influential figure in French cultural history.
The English Organ - Part One
The English Organ - Part Two
Three feature-length documentaries trace the history and development of the organ and its music in England from 1550 to the present. Also includes filmed performances of repertoire from Byrd to the present and demonstrations of 33 key historic organs.
The English Organ - Part Three
Three feature-length documentaries trace the history and development of the organ and its music in England from 1550 to the present. Also includes filmed performances of repertoire from Byrd to the present and demonstrations of 33 key historic organs.
Bach and Expression
Martinikerk Rondeau
The authoritative history of the richest collection of historic pipe organs in the world, those in the Dutch province of Groningen. The documentary film Martinikerk Rondeau features masterful organ-building team Cor Edskes and Jürgen Ahrend, and includes performances by Sietze de Vries of repertoire from Scheidemann to Schumann and a series of historically styled improvisations.
Alkmaar: The Organs of the Laurenskerk
Maximum Reger
A Legend Reborn: The Voice of King’s
This is the ultimate set of films about the iconic organ of King’s College, Cambridge, with a feature-length documentary about the restoration of the organ and filmed performances by seven of the best former organ scholars.
