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C.B. FiskOpus 100
The Dallas International Organ Competition 2000 (Part 2)
The nine competitors have been thinned to three with the ultimate challenge just on the horizon. On our next Pipedreams broadcast, we take you to the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas where three young artists vie for the gold prizes on a Texas scale. (Prizes totaling over $50,000 in cash and awards!) Bach prevails in the company of Brahms, Bill Bolcom and Max Reger, while Gunther Rost, Bradley Welch and James Diaz pull out all the stops in this most prestigious of American contests for young masters of the king of instruments. Tune in and hear the exciting conclusion of the finals of the Dallas International Organ Competition 2000, this week on Pipedreams.
Program Broadcast dates:
- October 23, 2000
Links and Resources
Read more about the Dallas International Organ Competition- C.B. Fisk, Inc.
- Caruth Auditorium
- Meyerson Symphony Center
Music played in the program
BACH: Prelude and Fugue in D, S. 532. REGER: Fantasy in d, Op. 135b -Martin Rost (2nd Prize, $10,000)
BACH: Prelude and Fugue in a, S. 543. BACH: Chorale-prelude, O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, S. 656. BOLCOM: Gospel Prelude No. 12 (O Zion Haste-How Firm a Foundation) -Bradley Welch (3rd Prize, $5,000; Audience Prize, $5,000)
BRAHMS: Fugue in a-flat. BACH: Passacaglia & Fugue in c, S. 582 -James Diaz (1st Prize, $30,000)
Performances were recorded March 16-21, 2000, and feature the Herman W. and Amelia H. Lay Family Concert Organ (a four-manual mechanical-action instrument by C.B. Fisk, Inc. of Gloucester, MA) in the Eugene McDermott Concert Hall of the Meyerson Symphony Center. The next Dallas competition is scheduled for the spring of the year 2003. For further information, contact the Dallas Symphony Orchestra: www.dallassymphony.com