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1949 Aeolian-Skinner organ at Boston’s First Church of Christ, Scientist
Been Back to Boston?
Listen, my children, and you shall hear On this week’s Pipedreams program, soloists Leo Abbott, Tom Murray, Fred MacArthur, Catharine Crozier, and Brian Jones will take you on a tour of historic instruments in Beantown - from the immense Aeolian-Skinner organ at the Christian Science Mother Church, the E. M. Skinner instrument at Old South Church (formerly from Saint Paul), and other historic Hooks in Jamaica Plain and the Immaculate Conception Church.
Program Broadcast dates:
- August 7, 2000
Featured Organs:
- 1949 Aeolian-Skinner organ at Boston’s First Church of Christ, Scientist
- 1854 Hook organ
Music played in the program
GIGOUT: Grand Choeur Dialogué –Brian Jones (1863 Hook/Immaculate Conception Church, Boston, MA) AFKA CD-501
MENDELSSOHN: Sonata No. 4 in B-flat, Op. 65 (movements 1-2-4)- Thomas Murray (1854 Hook/First Congregational Society, Jamaica Plain, MA) Raven OAR-390
GEORGE WHITING: Etude in d –Leo Abbott (1875 Hook & Hastings/Holy Cross Cathedral, Boston, MA) AFKA CD-519
GEORGE FAXON (arr.): The Star-Spangled Banner. NANCY PLUMMER FAXON: 3 Pieces (Fanfare No. 2; Adagio, from Miniature Suite for String Quartet; Toccata)- Frederick MacArthur (1921 E.M. Skinner/Old South Church, Boston, MA) Pro Organo CD-7051
BRITTEN: Festival Te Deum, Op. 32. ROBERT SIROTA: Gloria and Agnus Dei, from Mass (1990, premiere performance)- The Boston Cecilia Chorus/Donald Teeters, conductor; Barbara Bruns (1921 E.M. Skinner/Old South Church, Boston, MA) (American Public Media/AGO recording 6/29/90)
PATRICK HADLEY: My beloved spake. CHARLES V. STANFORD: Te Deum Laudamus in B-flat –Trinity Choir, Brian Jones, conductor; Ross Wood (1962 Aeolian-Skinner/Trinity Church, Boston, MA) Gothic CD-49071
LEO SOWERBY: Passacaglia, from Symphony in G –Catharine Crozier (1949 Aeolian-Skinner/Christian Science Mother Church, Boston, MA) (American Public Media/AGO recording 6/26/90)
This year’s annual convention of the Organ Historical Society will be held in Boston between August 16-23. These and several dozen other instruments will be featured. For more information, immediately contact the OHS . Several of the included recordings were made for PIPEDREAMS during the 1990 national convention of the American Guild of Organists . Others are available through the OHS .