{"id":4,"date":"2014-12-31T22:51:12","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T22:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/waltersaul.com\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2025-02-18T00:41:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T00:41:53","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/waltersaul.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/waltersaul.square.site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ONLINE STORE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>&#8220;Here is sacred music that, instead of remaining hushed and devotional, kicks up a storm\u2026&#8221;&nbsp;David Stabler, The Oregonian<\/b><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;&#8230;these unpretentious, succinct, inventive, and extremely accessible pieces are bound to delight both pianists and audiences.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong><b>Jed Distler,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.classicstoday.com\/review\/walter-sauls-succinct-delightful-24-preludes-fugues\/\"><span style=\"color:#0071a1\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Classics Today<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<strong>&#8230;Saul&#8217;s music certainly seems to be tightly constructed, by which I mean that there seems not to be a note too many &#8230; the music of Walter Saul is entertaining, stimulating, and uplifting <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8230;&nbsp;stunningly beautiful: this is clearly music from the heart.&#8221; &nbsp;Colin Clarke,&nbsp;<em>Fanfare&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/waltersaul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Walter-Saul-at-keyboard-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-315 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"God Speed the Year of Jubilee -- by Walter Saul\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/477237016?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;God Speed the Year of Jubilee&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">was performed on February 2, 2025 at the American Guild of Organists Hymn Festival in Fresno, California. 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