Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center

Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center
New York City

The Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center of New York is an accredited branch of the Ramakrishna Order of India.

Since 1933, the Center has been located in a beautiful five-story townhouse which was renovated to have four floors, so the worship center can have a balcony.

The Center seeks to stimulate the growth of the individual's innate spirituality through lectures, discourses, publications, and individual guidance. The disciplines the Center provides are suited to individual needs and temperaments. It does not deal with the occult or the sensational and offers no easy shortcuts.

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Director Barry Zelikovsky (right)                                               The happy faces of the congregation
confers with Bob Wyatt (left) re-                                                reflect their joy at the 50th anniversary
garding the details of the installation.                                         celebration for the Ramakrishna Center.

Organ Dedication

On Sunday, January 14, 2001, Bob Wyatt, assisted by Claire Arnold, played a 30-minute program highlighting the variety of orchestral and organ sounds in the new instrument.

ROBERT L. WYATT with CLAIRE ARNOLD
PROCESSIONAL and FANFARE	Trumpets and Ceremonial Effects	R.L. Wyatt
THREE FAVORITE THEMES FEATURING ORCHESTRAL SOUNDS OF THE ORGAN
Air for the G String	Solo Strings, Solo Flute	J.S. Bach
Greensleeves	Chines, Music Box	Trad./Wyatt
Sugar Plum Fairy	Celesta, Clarinet	Tchaikovsky
TOCCATA IN D MINOR	Full Range of the Organ	J.S. Bach
TWO SPIRITUALS arranged by R.L. Wyatt
Amazing Grace	Inspirational Music
Let My People Go	Pedal Solo

RAMA and NAREN SANTAYANA (9 & 12-year old sons of the Center's music director)
Prelude in C Minor (Rama Santayana)	Piano Sound of the Organ	J.S. Bach
Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (Naren Santayana)	Piano Sound of the Organ	Claude Debussy
Click here, for more about the organ dedication.

Dear Bob and Claire,

Please accept our many thanks for your kind holiday greetings and the gift of three pre-recorded diskettes for our new Organ. May the season be a joyous one for you and may you have a New Year filled with peace, happiness, health and well-being.

We are so happy to have our new Organ in time for Christmas, and we are already enjoying the difference. Our Christmas Service this year will be all the more special. All of us are looking forward to Sunday, January 14th, when we will have the special "Organ Dedication Recital" that you have arranged for us.

We couldn't be more pleased with the service you have provided for us from the very beginning. Your personal involvement in every aspect, from selection and installation, to training in the use of the instrument, has been a great help. The enthusiasm you have about the Organ and its capabilities is contagious and we can't wait to experience all that it can offer.

Again with our thanks and best wishes, and looking forward to seeing you on January 14th.

Sincerely,

Barry Zelikovsky

You may visit their web site at http://www.ramakrishna.org.

C-6C STOP SPECIFICATIONS

General
Gt-Pd Unenclosed
Bass Coupler
Melody Coupler
Tremulants Full
Console Speakers Off
External Speakers Off

Great
8 Diapason
8 Harmonic Flute
8 Flute Celeste II
4 Octave
4 Spitzflote
2 Fifteenth
Mixture IV
Chimes
Tremulant
Swell to Great
MIDI on Great

Swell

8 Gedackt

8 Viola Pomposa

8 Viola Celeste

4 Octave Geigen

4 Traverse Flute

2 2/3 Nasard

2 Piccolo

1 3/5 Tierce

Fourniture IV

16 Basson

8 Trompette

Tremulant

MIDI on Swell

Pedal
16 Bourdon
16 Lieblichgedackt (Sw)
8 Octave
8 Flute
4 Choralbass (Gt)
Mixture IV
16 Posaune
4 Clairon
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
MIDI on Pedal