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1980 Virtanen organ at Turku Cathedral, Finland
Seven Pieces (x2)
Famous also for his superb improvisations and exacting teaching methods, today we remember him through his compositions. This week's show explores fourteen virtuosic and poetic movements from the pen of French wizard Marcel Dupré. We'll hear the three Preludes & Fugues of Op. 7 that set the world afire when he was but 26, four of his Opus 50 Inventions, ironic miniatures, concise as an Oriental haiku, and the Seven Pieces which he wrote during his tours in the 1920s and dedicated to friends he made along the way.
In his twenties he astonished the world with virtuosity, by his thirties he'd amazed us with his depth, and throughout his career we regarded him as the best there was. The great man himself teams up with his former students and advocates in a musical offering of Seven Pieces (times two).
Program Broadcast dates:
- November 11, 2002
Music played in the program
MARCEL DUPRÉ: Prelude & Fugue in B, Op. 7, no. 1 -
Ben van Oosten (1842 Cavaillé-Coll/Eglise Sainte Madeleine, Paris) Dabringhaus & Grimm CD-3160952 (OHS)
DUPRÉ: Prelude & Fugue in f, Op. 7, no. 2 - Diane Meredith Belcher (1998 Rosales, Glatter-Götz/Claremont United Church of Christ, Claremont, CA) JAV CD-115 (www.greatorgancds.com; 888-572-2242)
DUPRÉ: Prelude & Fugue in g, Op. 7, no. 3 - Kalevi Kiviniemi 1980 Virtanen/Turku Cathedral, Finland) Mils CD-8925
DUPRÉ: 4 Inventions, fr Op. 50 (No. 6 in d; No. 8 in b; No. 19 in B; No. 12 in f#) -James Biery (1972 Casavant/Cathedral of SS. Peter & Paul, Providence, RI) Naxos CD-8.553862 (www.naxos.com)
DUPRÉ: Souvenir (No. 1), fr Seven Pieces, Op. 27 - Graham Barber (1977 Klais/Ingolstadt Cathedral) Priory CD-260 (www.priory.org.uk)
DUPRÉ: Marche (No. 2), fr Seven Pieces, Op. 27 - Suzanne Chaisemartin (1890 Cavaillé-Coll/St. Ouen, Rouen) Motette CD-50251 (OHS)
DUPRÉ: Pastorale (No. 3), fr Seven Pieces, Op. 27 -Suzanne Chaisemartin (1863 Cavaillé-Coll/St. Sulpice, Paris) Aeolus CD-10221 (OHS; also www.aeolus-music.com)
DUPRÉ: Carillon (No. 4), fr Seven Pieces, Op. 27 - Michael Murray (1863 Cavaillé-Coll/St. Sulpice, Paris) Telarc CD-80516 (www.telarc.com)
DUPRÉ: Canon (No. 5), fr Seven Pieces, Op. 27 - Jeremy Filsell (1979 Möller/St. Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota, FL) Guild CD-7180 (www.guildmusic.com)
DUPRÉ: Legende (No. 6), fr Seven Pieces, Op. 27 -Robert Delcamp (1996 Casavant/St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Augusta, GA) Naxos CD-8.554026 (www.naxos.com)
DUPRÉ: Final (No. 7), fr Seven Pieces, Op. 27 -Marcel Dupré (1863 Cavaillé-Coll/St. Sulpice, Paris) Mercury LPSR-90229 (out-of-print)