Organist Jokes

A minister was preoccupied with thoughts of how he was going to, after the worship service, ask the congregation to come up with more money than they were expecting for repairs to the church building. So, he was annoyed to find that the regular organist was sick and a substitute had been brought in at the last minute. The substitute wanted to know what to play. “Here’s a copy of the service,” he said impatiently, “But you’ll have to think…

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British conductor and organist Sir Malcolm Sargent was chief conductor at the London Promenade Concerts during the last century, and did much to bring classical music alive for younger audiences. As he was preparing to leave the Albert Hall in London after a concert one evening, Sir Malcolm overheard the following brief exchange between two young girls: “How I envy Sir Malcolm.” “You mean his conducting?” “Oh, no, not that. I mean his neat little flat behind.”

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At age seventy, British conductor and organist Sir Malcolm Sargent was asked by an interviewer: “To what do you attribute your advanced age?” “Well,” replied the conductor, “I suppose I must attribute it to the fact that I haven’t died yet.”

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A minister was preoccupied with thoughts of how he was going to ask the congregation to come up with more money than they were expecting for repairs to the church building. He was somewhat annoyed to find that the regular organist was sick, and a substitute had been brought in at the last minute. “Here’s a copy of the service,” he said impatiently. “But you’ll have to think of something to play after I make the announcement about the finances.”…

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German composer and organist Max Reger once received a bad review from Munich critic Rudolf Louis. Reger wrote to him: “I am sitting in the smallest room in my house. I have your review before me. In a moment it will be behind me.”

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