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Mozart, Mendelssohn and Mahler
Felix Mendelssohn wrote often and well for the king of instruments, but his Hebrides Overture is not usually numbered among his standard organ essays. On our next Pipedreams program, though all of the music sounds simply fantastic, none of it was created for the medium of wind-blown pipes. If you've enjoyed the occasional appearance of the pipe organ in his Second and Eighth Symphonies, how about Mahler's Symphony No. 5 arranged as an organ solo?
Good things are where you find them, and Frederick Hohman, Matt Curlee, Alexander Frey, David Briggs, and other friends tackle the matter of orchestral transcriptions with overtures for concert hall and opera house. Not your usual organ recital. For an extraordinary experience, it's Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Mahler, this week on Pipedreams.
Program Broadcast dates:
- April 1, 2002
Featured Organs:
Music played in the program
MOZART (trans. Weisflog & Kumer): Don Giovanni Overture, K. 527 -Thomas Weisflog, Scott Kumer (1928 Kimball, revised 1997/Church of Saint Thomas the Apostle, Chicago, IL) Meridian CD-84372 (www.ohscatalog.org; 804-353-9226)
MENDELSSOHN (trans. Lemare): Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave), Op. 26 -Frederick Hohman (1997 Schoenstein/1st-Plymouth Congregational Church, Lincoln, NE) Pro Organo CD-7077 (www.zarex.com; 800-336-2224)
MAHLER (trans. Idenstam): Blicke mir (Rückert Song) -Håkan Hagegård, baritone; Gunnar Idenstam (1949 Marcussen/Oscarskyrkan, Stockholm, Sweden) Proprius CD-9040 (952-938-7745)
MAHLER (trans. Briggs): Scherzo, fr Symphony No. 5 in c# –David Briggs (1968 Hill, Norman and Beard/Gloucester Cathedral) Priory CD-649 (www.priory.org.uk)
MAHLER (trans. Jerry Kinsella): Adagietto, fr Symphony No. 5 in c# –Alexander Frey (1934 Aeolian-Skinner/Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA) Private tape
MAHLER (trans. Curlee): Rondo-Finale, fr Symphony No. 5 in c# –Matt Curlee (1995 Reuter/Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, PA) Pro Organo CD-7048 (www.zarex.com; 800-336-2224)