The Organ at Oberlin

Faculty and student soloists demonstrate instruments by Flentrop, Aeolian-Skinner, Brombaugh and Holtkamp on the campus of the famed Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio.

The Oberlin Conservatory was established in 1865 as an adjunct to the co-educational Oberlin College, they each being the first such institutions of their kind in the United States. At present, the Conservatory serves approximately 500 students, a bit less than one-fifth of the total college population. In addition to the 1974 Flentrop tracker organ (III/44) in Warner Concert Hall and the 1955 Aeolian-Skinner (III/68) in Finney Chapel, the campus boasts 23 other pipe organs of various sizes and styles for practice, teaching and performance.

Program Broadcast dates:

• August 24, 1998

Music played in the program

LANGLAIS: Hymne d’actions de grace (Te Deum), from 3 Gregorian Paraphrases –Erik William Suter, BUXTEHUDE: Toccata in d –Brian Zuro, SCHEIDT: Magnificat Verses –David Boe, WIDOR: Variations (1st movement), from Organ Symphony No. 5, Op. 42 –Christopher Harrell, DeGRIGNY: Récit de Tierce en taille –Michael Lizotte, EBEN: Moto ostinato, from Sunday Music –Bruce R. Frank, RHEINBERGER: Romanze –Andrew Fredel, MESSIAEN: Chants d’oiseaux, from Livre d’Orgue –Haskell Thomson, NICOLAI (arr. Liszt): Overture on Ein feste Burg –Gregg Punswick