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1978 Rieger organ at Rateburg Cathedral
Organ Plus
Whenever the sound of organ music is not quite enough, the King of Instruments always has plenty of friends to augment the harmony. This week’s program celebrates exactly that situation with a collection of familiar and unusual works scored for the pipe organ with other instrumental resources.
Organ with trumpet, organ with string trio or chamber orchestra, organ with choir and synthesizer and even electronic tape. Michael Murray, Leonard Raver, Peter Hurford and others call on their colleagues to play works by Marcel Dupre, Thomas Augustin Arne, Monte Mason and J.S. Bach. It’s a scene with unlimited horizons; music for Organ Plus.
Program Broadcast dates:
- August 18, 2003
Featured Organs:
1970 Casavant; 1990 Kegg organ at First UMC, Cleveland, OH- 1927 Skinner & 1963 Aeolian-Skinner organs at the Cathedral of Saint Paul, Saint Paul, MN
- 1922 E.M. Skinner organ at Saint Luke’s, Evanston, IL
- 1978 Rieger at Ratzeburg Cathedral, Germany
Music played in the program
CHARPENTIER: Te Deum Prelude –Rolf Smedvig, trumpet; Michael Murray (1970 Casavant; 1990 Kegg/First United Methodist Church, Cleveland, OH) Telarc CD-80341
ARNE: Organ Concerto No. 2 in G –Paul Nicholson, organ; The Parley of Instruments. Hyperion CDA-66509
DUPRÉ: Quartet in d for Organ and String Trio, Op. 52 –Clemens Quataker, violin; Kris van Severen, viola; Carlo Schmitz, cello; Jozef Sluys, organ (1895 Van Bever/Saint John Berchmans College, Brussels, Belgium) Prezioso CD 820.202
MONTE MASON: Psalm 139 (Domine, Probasti) –Gregorian Singers, Monte Mason, conductor; James Frazier, organ (Saint Paul Cathedral, MN). Pipedreams Premieres CD-1001
MALCOLM BOYLE: Anthem, Thou, O God, art praised in Sion –Choir of Saint Luke’s Church, Richard Webster, conductor; Jeffrey Smith (1921 Skinner/Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church, Evanston, IL) Saint Luke’s CD-101
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves –Rolf Smedvig, trumpet; Michael Murray, organ Telarc CD-80341
ELLIOTT SCHWARTZ: Cycles & Gongs for Organ, Trumpet, and Tape –Allen Dean, trumpet; Leonard Raver, organ CRI SD-598
BACH: Chorale-prelude, Now thank we all our God, S. 657 –Michael Laird, trumpet; Peter Hurford (1978 Rieger/Ratzeburg Cathedral, Germany) Argo CD 433 451-2 (nla)
This program was originally issued as #9329 in July 1993.