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1997 Fisk organ at Minata Mirai Concert Hall
The Joke’s On Us
It’s not all solemn processionals. The king of instruments does have a sense of humor, too, as you’ll discover on our next Pipedreams program, where wry wit, sardonic satire, and a general joviality prevail. Bill Albright’s nifty narration provides a key element, as do songs by Stephen Sondheim and Henry Mancini, scherzos and fantasies played in Souvigny and San Francisco, and a humerous hornpipe played in Sydney Australia. That’s but part of the fun.
We’ll also sample concert instruments in Dallas and Yokoyama, theatre organs in Kansas and Arizona, and one of the finest French antiques from the 18th century, still capable of a big smile. Curious chords prove that the Joke is On Us - humoresques for organ, this week on Pipedreams.
Program Broadcast dates:
- October 15, 2001
Links and Resources
Music played in the program
CHARLES IVES: Variations on America –Hans-Ola Ericsson (1987 Grönlund/Luelå Cathedral, Sweden) Bis CD-510
LOUIS VIERNE: Scherzo, from Symphony No. 6, Op. 59 –David Craighead (1987 Rosales/Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland, OR) Delos CD-3096
GUY BOVET: Noël de Moulins, from Suite pour Souvigny (1994) –Thilo Muster (1783 Clicquot/Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Souvigny, France) Gallo CD-863/4
NOEL RAWSTHORNE: Hornpipe Humoresque –Willibald Guggenmos (1890 Hill/Town Hall, Sydney, Australia) Motette CD-12591
ALEXANDRE GUILMANT: Fantasie, Op. 19 –Ursula Hauser (1897 Kühn/Church of Saint Johann, Schaffhausen, Switzerland) Pan Classics CD-510049
HENRY MANCINI: The Baby Elephant Walk –Charlie Balogh (1927 Wurlitzer, expanded/Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa, AZ) ERB-106
CLARENCE MADER: Afternoon of a Toad –Cherry Rhodes (1992 C.B. Fisk/Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX) Pipedreams CD-1002
JEAN LANGLAIS: Scherzo-Cats –James Dale (1981 Möller/United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD) Pines CD-102 (out-of-print) SIEVER/MORTON (arr. Torch): A Cuckoo in the Nest –Sidney Torch (1928 Christie/Regal Cinema, Marble Arch, London, England, UK) Sterndale CD-1002; Jelani Eddington (1928 Kimball/Dickinson High School Auditorium, Wilmington, DE) DTOS CD-7050
ANNIK CHARTREUX: Clowny, from Jazz a quatre –Alain Delcambre, Jean-Philippe Mesnier, organ (1981 Mühleisen/Notre Dame Church, Douai, France) BF CD-940913
TED FIORITO: Laugh, clown, laugh –George Wright (1929 Wurlitzer/Fox Theater, San Francisco, CA) Banda CD-9211
STEPHEN SONDHEIM: Send in the clowns, from A Little Night Music –Lyn Larsen (1926 Wurlitzer/Century II Convention Center, Wichita, KS) Pro Arte CD-339
MAX REGER: Scherzo, Op. 65, no. 10. JOSEPH JONGEN: Menuet-Scherzo, Op. 53, no. 2 –Gillian Weir (1969 Aeolian-Skinner/Uihlein Hall at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Milwaukee, WI) Koss CD-1013
WILLIAM ALBRIGHT: The King of Instruments –Michael Barone, narrator; Douglas Reed (1997 C.B. Fisk/Minato Mirai Hall, Yokohama, Japan) Equilibrium CD-35