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1929 Skinner in Woolsey Hall at Yale University, New Haven, CT
1929 Skinner in Woolsey Hall at Yale University, New Haven, CT

An Organist’s Yearbook

Ours is a pilgrim’s progress of sorts, traversing a year in retrospect and looking into the future. Join us as we take measure of the year 2003 and celebrate the art of the organ and its practitioners the builders, players and composers whose lives contribute so much to our experiences each week. We’ll play some recent compact discs, share shapshots of a trip to Italy, honor the memories of those who have passed to their rewards, and prognosticate a bit about what might come along in 2004.

Program Broadcast dates:

  • December 29, 2003

Featured Organs:

Music played in the program

GEORG MUFFAT: Toccata No. 9 in e, from Apparatus musico-organisticusMartin Haselböck (1731 Egedacher/Cistercian Monastery, Zwettl, Austria) Naxos CD-8.553990

ANDRÉ FLEURY: Vif, from Deuxieme Symphonie (1947) –Denis Comtet (1878 Fermis-1890 Cavaillé-Coll-1993 Dargassies/Church of Stint François-Xavier, Paris, France) Aeolus CD-10041

HECTOR BERLIOZ: Toccata, fr Trois morceaus pour l’orgue melodium –Neil Wright (1905 Cavaillé-Coll-Mutin/Farnborough Abbey, England, UK) Priory CD-802

JOHANN PHILIPP KIRNBERGER: Chorale-prelude, Wie schön leuchtet der MorgensternCraig Cramer (1992 Fritts/Grace Lutheran Church, Tacoma, WA) Dulcian CD-008 (http://home.att.net/~dulcian)

PERCY WHITLOCK: Hymn-prelude, Saint Denio (Immortal, invisible, God only wise) –Graham Barber (1931 Compton/Downside Abbey, Bath, England, UK) Priory CD-542

J. S. BACH: Prelude & Fugue in c, S. 549 –E. Power Biggs (1958 Flentrop/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) Columbia CD-42648

HERBERT HOWELLS: Psalm-Prelude, Op. 32, no. 1 –Roger Sherman (1965 Flentrop organ/Saint Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, WA) Loft Recordings Special CD

SIGFRID KARG-ELERT: 2 Chorale-Preludes, Op. 65 (No. 54, Werde munter, meine Seele; No. 8, Mach hoch die Tür) –Thomas Murray (1929 Skinner/Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT) JAV CD-124

ERCOLE PASQUINI: Variations on Ruggiero –Alessandro Albenga (1598 Biagi; 1747 Alari/San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome, Italy) Audio Records CD-012

LÉON BOËLLMANN: Toccata, from Suite Gothique, Op. 25 –Luigi Sessa (1961-1991 Mascioni/Cathedral of Florence, Italy)1961-1991 Mascioni/Cathedral of Florence, Italy) Olivifer Sonitus CD-0101

ANDREW CLARK: Variations on Ein feste Burg –Ruth Lewis (2002 C.B. Fisk/First Presbyterian Church, Gainesville, FL) (American Public Media recording 5/18/03)

TRADITIONAL: Danny BoyJohnny Cash, baritone; Benmont Tench (Murray Harris organ/Saint James Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, CA) American CD-440 077 803

DALE WOOD: Hymn prelude, Come, O thou traveler unknownJames Welch (1996 Eule/Saint Nikolai Church, Berlin-Spandau, Germany) Querstand CD-9823

RICHARD WAYNE DIRKSEN: Anthem, Arise, shine –Choir of Washington National Cathedral, Douglas Major, conductor; Micholas White (1973 Aeolian-Skinner/Washington National Cathedral, DC) Gothic CD-49095

Filler–JEAN GUILLOU: Improvisation on Greensleeves –Jean Guillou (1978 Kleuker/Notre Dame des Neiges, L’Alpe d’Huez, France) (Dorian CD-90112)