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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 (1845 Cavaillé-Coll/L'église de la Madeleine, Paris, France) Dabringhaus & Grimm CD-3160952
DUPRÉ: Prelude & Fugue in f, Op. 7, no. 2 -Diane Meredith Belcher (1998 Glatter- Götz, Rosales/United Church of Christ, Claremont, CA) JAV CD-115
DUPRÉ: Prelude & Fugue in g, Op. 7, no. 3 -Kalevi Kiviniemi (1980 Virtanen/Turku Cathedral, Finland) Mils CD-8925
DUPRÉ: 4 Inventions, from Op. 50 (No. 6 in d; No. 8 in b; No. 19 in B; No. 12 in f#) –James Biery (1972 Casavant/Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Providence, RI) Naxos CD-8.553862
DUPRÉ: Souvenir (No. 1), from Seven Pieces, Op. 27 -Graham Barber (1977 Klais/Ingolstadt Münster, Germany) Priory CD-260
DUPRÉ: Marche (No. 2), from Seven Pieces, Op. 27 -Suzanne Chaisemartin (1890 Cavaillé-Coll/Church of Saint Ouen, Rouen, France) Motette CD-50251
DUPRÉ: Pastorale (No. 3), from Seven Pieces, Op. 27 –Suzanne Chaisemartin (1862 Cavaillé- Coll/L’Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France) Aeolus CD-10221
DUPRÉ: Carillon (No. 4), from Seven Pieces, Op. 27 -Michael Murray (1862 Cavaillé- Coll/L’Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France) Telarc CD-80516
DUPRÉ: Canon (No. 5), from Seven Pieces, Op. 27 -Jeremy Filsell (1979 Moeller/Saint Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota, FL) Guild CD-7180
DUPRÉ: Legende (No. 6), from Seven Pieces, Op. 27 –Robert Delcamp (1996 Casavant/Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, Augusta, GA) Naxos CD-8.554026
DUPRÉ: Final (No. 7), from Seven Pieces, Op. 27 –Marcel Dupré (1862 Cavaillé- Coll/L’Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France) Mercury LPSR-90229 (out-of-print)