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1997 Goulding & Wood organ at Saint Meinrad’s Abbey, IN
1997 Goulding & Wood organ at Saint Meinrad’s Abbey, IN

Abbey Gas

This week is all about Music in Monasteries as we revel in the glorious sonorities of instruments old and new in abbey churches and convent chapels. Whether playing a Little Oboe Concerto at southern Germany, moderating a solemn mass in Provence, or celebrating new wine on the Indiana plains, these instruments resound in equal measure for prayer AND praise.

Worship and the arts come together at Saint Meinrad, Indiana, Saint Maximin, Provence, and half a dozen other destinations where organ music enhances the life experience with beauty, grace and power. Hear works from four centuries as our tour bus takes us on the rounds, fueled by Abbey Gas.

Program Broadcast dates:

  • October 28, 2002

Featured Organs:

  • 1997 Klais organ at Bath Abbey
  • 1750 Gabler organ at Weingarten Abbey
  • 1890 Cavaillé-coll at Saint Ouen
  • 1997 Goulding & Wood at Saint Meinrad’s

Links and Resources

Music played in the program

(document icon Key to abbreviations)

DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE: Praeludium in g -Peter King (1997 Klais/Bath Abbey, England, UK) Priory CD-618

JUSTIN HEINRICH KNECHT: Little Oboe Concerto in B-flat; Grazioso in B-flat -Franz Raml (1750 Gabler/Weingarten Abbey, Germany) Dabringhaus & Grimm CD-6140764

LOUIS VIERNE: Messe basse (Entrée; Élévation; Sortie) –Marie-Andrée Morisset-Balier (1890 Cavaillé-Coll/Church of Saint Ouen, Rouen, France) Saint Ouen CD-76596

MAX PINCHARD: Prieres Liturgiques –Philippe Dambreville, trumpet; Michel Baumel (1964 Haerpfer-Erman/Saint Wandrille Abbey, France) SM CD-1218.58

FRANCOIS COUPERIN: Sanctus & Agnus Dei, from Messe pour les Paroisses –Schola Meridionalis; Michel Bouvard (1775 Isnard/Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, St. Maximin la Sainte-Baume, France) French RCA CD-70042 (out-of-print)

SEBASTIAN WOLFF: 3 Pieces (Prelude, Most ancient of all mysteries; Trio, Lo, he comes with clouds descending; Carillon: Hommage a Mulet et Vierne) -Jeremy Filsell (1939 Walker/Buckfast Abbey, England, UK) Herald CD-229

JEAN LANGLAIS: Triptyque (Melody; Trio; Final) -Douglas Cleveland (1997 Goulding & Wood/Saint Meinrad Archabbey, IN) Gothic CD-49113

J. S. BACH: Fugue in e, S. 538 (Wedge) -Gunnar Idenstam (1990 Urkurakentamo/Naantali Monastery, Finland) Opus 111 CD-519115