Felix Mendelssohn

Mendelssohn - The Organ Works (II)

…continuing our exploration of the known and unknown music of this great early 19th century musician.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of March 02, 1987

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Music played in the program

Part I

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Organ Sonata No. 2 in c, Op. 65, no. 2 (1845) –Feike Asma (1726 Vater/Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Festivo LP-092/093

MENDELSSOHN: Passacaglia in c (1823); Chorale Variations, Die Tugend wird durch’s Kreutz beübet (1823) –Wolfgang Rübsam (1982 Metzler/Jesuit Church, Lucerne, Switzerland) Cornucopia Magna CD-1020/21; Schwann AMS-719

Part II

MENDELSSOHN: Organ Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 65, no. 3 (1845) –Thomas Murray (1854 Hook/First Congregational Society, Jamaica Plain, MA) Sheffield LP-13

MENDELSSOHN: Choral, Aus tiefer Not; Fugue in A (1826) –Wolfgang Rübsam (see above)

Part III

MENDELSSOHN: Allegro in B-flat (1844) –Max Miller (1971 C.B. Fisk/Old West Church, Boston. MA) MHS LP-3731

MENDELSSOHN: Organ Sonata No. 4 in B-flat, Op. 65, no. 4 –Hans Fagius (1975 Christensen/Härnösand Cathedral, Sweden) Bis CD-156/7