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Calgary Festival Highlights (III)

Major works are played by some bright new stars in the organ firmament, recorded in competition at the Calgary International Organ Festival.

Program Broadcast dates:

  • February 24, 2003

Featured Organs:

Music played in the program

MAX REGER: Choral-Fantasy, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, Op. 52, no. 2 –Christian Schmitt (Germany)

LOUIS VIERNE: Andantino, from Fantasy Pieces, Op. 51 –Siu-Wai Ng (Hong Kong)

CALVIN HAMPTON: Variations on The Old Hundredth –Jonathan Oldengarm (Canada)

FRANZ LISZT: Fantasy and Fugue on a Theme by Meyerbeer (Ad nos, ad salutarem undam) –Vincent Dubois (France)

Performances were taped at Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia (Ruffatti organ) and by the CBC at Jack Singer Concert Hall in Calgary, Alberta (1987 Casavant organ), as part of the Royal Bank Calgary International Organ Competition. Information online at www.triumphent.com