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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:
1874 - 1970 Ryder-Casavant at First UMC, Cleveland - 1927 Skinner & 1963 Aeolian Skinner at the Cathedral of St. Paul, St. Paul, MN
- 1922 E.M. Skinner at St. Luke's, Evanston, IL
- 1978 Rieger at Ratzeburg Cathedral, Germany
Music played in the program
CHARPENTIER: Te Deum Prelude –Rolf Smedvig, tpt; Michael Murray (1874-1970 Ryder-Votteler-Holtkamp-Casavant/1st United Methodist Church, Cleveland) Telarc CD-80341
ARNE: Organ Concerto No. 2 in G –Paul Nicholson, o; The Parley of Instruments. Hyperion CDA-66509 (OHS)
DUPRÉ: Quartet in d for Organ and String Trio, Op. 52 –Clemens Quataker, vn; Kris van Severen, vla; Carlo Schmitz, vcl; Jozef Sluys, o (1895 Van Bever/St. John Berchmans College, Brussels) Prezioso CD 820.202 (OLF)
MONTE MASON: Psalm 139 (Domine, Probasti) –Gregorian Singers/Monte Mason, cond; James Frazier, o (St. Paul Cathedral, MN). Pipedreams Premieres CD-1001 (Pipedreams, 651-290-1345; www.pipedreams.org)
MALCOLM BOYLE: Anthem, Thou, o God, art praised in Sion –Choir of St. Luke's Church, Evanston/Richard Webster, cond; Jeffrey Smith (1922 E. M. Skinner) St. Luke's CD-101 (St. Luke's Church, 939 Hinman Ave., Evanston, IL 60202)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves –Rolf Smedvig, tpt; Michael Murray, o. Telarc CD-80341
ELLIOTT SCHWARTZ: Cycles & Gongs for Organ, Trumpet, and Tape –Allen Dean, tpt; Leonard Raver, o. CRI SD-598 (www.qualiton.com)
BACH: Chorale-prelude, Now thank we all our God, S. 657 –Michael Laird, tpt; Peter Hurford (1978 Rieger/Ratzeburg Cathedral) Argo CD 433 451-2 (nla)
Program initially released as #9329 in July '93.