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Peter Conte
Peter Conte and the Wanamaker Grand Court Organ
With six keyboards, four hundred stops, and more than 28,000 pipes, this organ offers a universe of opportunity. This week, we visit with the man who takes advantage of that opportunity virtually business day. You can hear it whenever the building’s open, but rather than buy a ticket to Philadelphia, why not join us for music of every sort, from Mussorgsky’s portrait of a Night on Bald Mountain to excerpts from a Wagner operas. Who needs singers, when the world’s largest musical instrument is under your control?
From Leonard Bernstein to sonic blockbusters, we’re stopping at the Lord & Taylor department store in Philadelphia. You’ve never heard anything like Peter Conte and the Wanamaker Grand Court Organ.
Program Broadcast dates:
- October 27, 2003
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Music played in the program
LEONARD BERNSTEIN: Candide Overture
RICHARD WAGNER: Wotan’s Farewell and Magic Fire Music, from Die Walküre
*THOMAS ARNE: Flute Tune
*CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Ballet
**EDWARD ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1 in D
PAUL DUKAS: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
*JEAN LANGLAIS: Mode Do, from Modal Suite
MODESTE MUSSORGSKY: Night on Bare Mountain
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA: The Stars and Stripes Forever
Mr. Conte’s performances were recorded in concert (7/4/02) during a national convention of the American Guild of Organists and in sessions for Dorian Recordings (HDCD-90308). For context, we’ve included additional, earlier recordings by previous Wanamaker organist Keith Chapman* and Virgil Fox** (Bainbridge CD-2501). With 28,414 pipes, 461 ranks, 399 stops and a six-manual console, the Wanamaker organ provides plenty of resources and plenty of challenges for any imaginative performer .