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Mark Whale in memoriam from Svetozar Brazza Radic

Dear Mark,
Dear Organ Music Friends,
today is Wednesday, May 9th - for a long time I sat quietly and motionless over this website - and could not start writing. Yesterday, May 8th we said goodbye to you in the church of Halsenbach.

Once - relatively long ago - in 1989 - we were both "shipped" to the same office at Wersi: left and right two organs were positioned from the entrance door - my desk was at the back of the window - you didn't have a real organ. desk, you had the organ benches...and there you prepared your concerts and tried out the latest registrations - and we had a lot of fun with it. At that time, the "fun" was very much in demand here in the entire Wersi building - especially at the coffee bar, where we used to sit together. Your speech then was always, if someone was asking about you (during the coffee break) the answer was:
"...here at work..."!

My task at our many concerts and performances together was, in addition to the usual moderation, also to offer the audience explain how and what you do on the organ - and that was sometimes not so easy - because you were a master of your organ.

At some point I dedicated a special volume of sheet music to you and called it "The Best Of Mark Whale" - with eight of your then most famous music performances, which were to be heard on your records - and live in your concerts -...Meanwhile there are still some new ones added,
and also some new records - I will prepare them for all your fans to replay soon...
...rest in peace.