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1860 E. & G. G. Hook organ (Op. 288, 47-ranks) at Saint John’s R. C. Church, Bangor, Maine
It’s the Maine Thing
It’s an exciting discovery. On beyond the rock-bound coast, the lobsters and L. L. Bean, the state of Maine is a state of musicorgan music, specifically, as we reveal during a Down East tour with the Organ Historical Society of intriguing instruments from Saco to Stockton Springs. Thomas Murray plays the famous Kotzschmar organ at Portland’s City Hall, Marvin Mills explores a century-old Jardine organ in Yarmouth, Brian Jones plays a march in Turner Village, and Dana Robinson and Paul Tegels go the four-hand route on the 140-year-old Hook instrument at Saint John’s Church in Bangor. Join host Michael Barone for this idyllic trip through the highways and byways of Maine, this Sunday night beginning at 9:25 on American Public Media.
Program Broadcast dates:
- June 26, 2000
Music played in the program
MOZART: Fantasia in f, K. 608 –Dana Robinson & Paul Tegels (1860 E. & G. G. Hook/Saint John’s Roman Catholic Church, Bangor, ME) SJOS CD-101-97
CHADWICK: Waltz No. 2. ORE: Hymn, Lift high the cross –Rosalind Mohnsen (1854 Hook/Westbrook United Methodist Church, Portland, ME)
STANLEY: Solo for German Flute –Bryan Dyker, flute; George Bozeman (1847 Hook/Community Church, Stockton Springs, ME)
ROBINSON: Aria –Susan Friesen (1850 Simmons/Second Baptist, Bowdoinham, ME)
VIERNE: Scherzetto, from 24 Pieces in Free Style –Renea Waligora (1926 Skinner/High Street Congregational, Auburn, AL)
PERRY: Christos Patterakis –Lorenz Maycher (1922 Skinner/Lewiston United Baptist Church, ME)
CLARK: Marche au Girondon –Brian Jones (1848 Erben/Turner Village Church, ME)
DUBOIS: Offertoire –Frances Norbert (1878 Ryder/Monmouth United Church, ME)
MENDELSSOHN: Sonata No. 5 in D, Op. 65 –Bruce Stevens (1893 Hook & Hastings/Saint Dominic’s Church, Portland, ME)
PEETERS: Toccata, from 60 Short Pieces –Rachelen Lien (1901 Lane/Unitarian-Universalist Church, Saco, ME)
WHITNEY: Toccata –Susan Armstrong (1883 Johnson/Saco United Methodist Church, ME)
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Impromptu No. 1 –Marvin Mills (1893 Jardine/Sacred Heart Church, Yarmouth, ME)
FOOTE: Canzonetta, Op. 71, no. 4 –Lenora McCroskey (1906 Lane/First Congregational Church, Searsport, ME)
LEMARE: Toccata di Concerto, Op. 59 –Thomas Murray (1912 Austin/Merrill Auditorium, Portland, ME) AFKA CD-515
PHOTO CREDITS: Photos by William Van Pelt and courtesy the Organ Historical Society
Unless otherwise identified, all performances were derived from a 4-CD set of Historic Organs of Maine (OHS92) recorded during a national convention of the Organ Historical Society. The next OHS gathering, in Boston in mid-August, invites your participation. Information available: 804-353-9226; email info@organsociety.org; CDs on the Web at .
Specification for these organs may be found at the International Organ Foundation’s page, Pipe Organs in the State of Maine.