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Mozart's Attic - Thursday, Jan 21st 10:00 pm

Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer

We're going to feature some organ music of J.S. Bach played by Dr. Albert Schweitzer this week.

The physician, humanitarian, theologian, founder of the hospital that bears his name in tropical Africa, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and anti-nuclear-weapon activist was also a Bach scholar who wrote a two-volume biography of the composer and co-edited a collection of his music early in the last century.

Schweitzer's playing might not be quite up to modern performance standards, but rather is reflective of recital practice back when Baroque scholarship was scanty indeed. Listen for yourself and see what you think

Originally from central Massachusetts, Jay has called the Space Coast home for more than 30 years. He began his association with WFIT in the late '90s as a dumpster diver for office furniture in response to a broadcast plea for a new chair from a frustrated disc jockey. (WFIT has come a long way since.)