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1998 Casavant organ at the Church of Saint Louis, King of France
There’s something for everyone on our next Pipedreams broadcast. We’ll feature everything from charming Renaissance dances played on a restored instrument from the early 1500s to an improvised waltz that’s only a few months old. Our sampler of current CDs includes the sound of the largest church organ in New England and works by Bach played on an instrument from his time and territory. We’ll light up the dawn with a poem perfectly fitted to a venerable Skinner organ in one of Detroit’s once-fine neighborhoods, reminisce about the early days of Pipedreams broadcasts with a piece we premiered here, and savor the splendor of a Vierne Symphonic Finale played in grand manner on a near-perfect organ in Toulouse.
From Dupré to Dirksen, and Willan to Walton, it’s a variety sampler of the best new organ compact discs, with profound preludes, delicious dances, and scintillating sorties. To keep up with the recent and the remarkable, we’re Going On Record with new releases in review, this week on Pipedreams.
RICHARD WAYNE DIRKSEN: Anthem, Arise, Shine! –Choir of Saint Thomas Church, Gerre Hancock, conductor; Judith Hancock (1956 Aeolian-Skinner+/Saint Thomas Church, New York, NY) Priory CD-629
HEALEY WILLAN: Furue in e, from Introduction, Passacaglia & Fugue –Gillian Weir (1949 Aeolian-Skinner/Christian Science Mother Church, Boston, MA) Priory CD-751
ANONYMOUS: Pavana in passo e mezzo. ANDREA ANTICO: Animoso mio desire –Massimiliano Raschietti (16th c. Anonymous/Saints Peter and Paul Church, Valvasone, Italy) Symphonia CD-00177
WILLIAM WALTON (arr. Gower): Popular Song, from Façade. FRANK BRIDGE: Allegro con spirito in B-flat, from 3 Three Pieces (1905) –Todd Wilson (1998 Quimby/Saint Margaret’s Church, Palm Desert, CA) JAV CD-120
CYRIL JENKINS: Dawn –Paul-Martin Maki (1915 E.M. Skinner/Unitarian-Universalist Church, Detroit, MI) JAV CD-122
J. S. BACH: Prelude in f, S. 534 -Kay Johannsen (1737 Treutmann/Augustinian Seminary, Grauhof, Germany) Hänssler Edition CD-92.093
BACH: 2 Chorales & Preludes (Wir Christenleut, S. 710; Nun freut euch, lieben Christen, S. 734) –Regensburg Domspatzen/Roland Büchner, conductor; Franz Josef Stoiber (1989 Mathis/Regensburg Cathedral, Germany) Motette CD-50721
MARCEL DUPRÉ: 3 Chorales, from Op. 28 (Christ, unser Herr; Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag; Erstanden ist der heil’ge Christ) –Jeremy Filsell (1979 Moeller/Saint Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota, FL) Guild CD-7203
MAX REGER: Melodia, Op. 59, no. 11 –Joseph Adam (1907 Hutchings-Votey; 1999 Rosales/Cathedral of Saint James, Seattle, WA) Loft CD-1027
ALEXANDER MASON: Improvised Minuet-Waltz –Alexander Mason (1999 Nicholson/Gloucester Cathedral, England, UK) Signum CD-028
FRANZ LISZT: Excelsior! –Nicolas Kynaston (1977 Klais/Ingolstadt Münster, Germany) Guild CD-7210
JEAN LANGLAIS: Te Deum –David Heller (1998 Casavant/Church of Saint Louis, King of France; Saint Paul, MN) Calcante CD-037
LOUIS VIERNE: Final, from Symphony Nol 5 in a, Op. 47 –Christine Kamp (1888 Cavaillé-Coll/Church of Saint Sernin, Toulouse, France) Festivo CD-6941762