 |
|
|
|
|
 |
1959 Walker at York Minster
Windows of Opportunity
The sound of music creates a sense of place, but on this week’s show we fill that place with images and colors through works inspired by stained glass windows in churches and cathedrals. From the Rose Windows at the Sacred Heart Basilica in Paris, or the Church of Saint Ouen in Rouen expressed through works of Henri Mulet and Marcel Dupre, to the picturesque Tiffany windows at First Presbyterian Church, Topeka, Kansas, and some movements commissioned on their behalf from composer Dan Locklair, you’ll be amazed at the juxtaposition of these art forms.
See the light and hear the colors - organ works on pictoral themes - as they resonate through Windows of Opportunity.
Program Broadcast dates:
- January 20, 2003
Featured Organs:
- 1959 Walker at York Minster
- 1986 Casavant at Saint George’s
- 1994 Walker at Exeter College
- 1983 Sandtner at the Cathedral in Villingen
Music played in the program
SIGFRID KARG-ELERT: Cathedral Windows, Op. 106 (No. 1, Kyrie Eleison; No. 2, Ave Maria; No. 4, Adeste Fidelis; No. 6, Lauda Sion) –John Scott Whiteley (1959 Walker/York Minster, England, UK) Priory CD-903
DAN LOCKLAIR: Windows of Comfort, selections (Trinity’s Shield; As the hart panteth; Bless the Child; Christ’s Ascension) –Marie Rubis Bauer (1935-86 Moeller/ First Presbyterian Church, Topeka, KS) Recital CD-9802
HENRI MULET: 2 Byzantine Sketches (No. 2, Vitrail; No. 3, Rosace) –Thomas Murray (1990 Austin/National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, Doylestown, PA) Arkay CD-6111
MARCEL DUPRÉ: Le Vitrail de Saint Ouen, Op. 65 –Janette Fishell (1986 Casavant/Saint George’s Episcopal Church, Nashville, TN) Naxos CD-8.553919
PHILIP WILBY: Lincoln Windows (selections) –Choir of Lincoln College, Oxford/Tom Lydon, conductor; Philip Smith (1994 Walker/Exeter College Chapel, Oxford, England, UK) Guild Music CD-7236
PETR EBEN: Okna/The Chagall Windows (No. 1, The Blue Window) –Bernhard Kratzer, trumpet; Martin Sander (1983 Sandtner/Cathedral of Our Lady, Villingen, Germany) Fermate CD-20008
PETR EBEN: Okna/The Chagall Windows, (No. 2, The Green Window) –Guy Touvron, trumpet; Edgar Krapp (Saint Moritz Church, Coburg, Germany) RCA CD-61186
PETR EBEN: Okna/The Chagall Windows, (No. 3, The Red Window) –Craig Parker, trumpet; Robert Edwards (1978 Schantz/Grace Cathedral, Topeka, KS) Arnold CD-96263
PETR EBEN: Okna/The Chagall Windows, (No. 4, The Gold Window) –Rudolf Lodenkemper, trumpet; Sieglinde Ahrens (Klais/Saint Katharina Church, Oberhausen-Lirich) Multisonic CD-310098