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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments

[Jean Guillou][decorative stamp]
Jean Guillou

[1992 C.B. Fisk organ, Opus 100, at Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, Texas][decorative stamp]
1992 C.B. Fisk organ, Opus 100, at Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, Texas

[1986 Kney organ at Saint Thomas Aquinas Chapel, University of Saint Thomas, Saint Paul, Minnesota][decorative stamp]
1986 Kney organ at Saint Thomas Aquinas Chapel, University of Saint Thomas, Saint Paul, Minnesota

[1988 Kleuker-Steinmeyer organ at Tonhalle, Zurich, Switzerland][decorative stamp]
1988 Kleuker-Steinmeyer organ at Tonhalle, Zürich, Switzerland

[1989 van den Heuvel organ at the Church of Saint Eustache, Paris, France][decorative stamp]
1989 van den Heuvel organ at the Church of Saint Eustache, Paris, France

[1978 Kleuker organ at Notre Dame de Neiges, L'Alpe d'Huez, France][decorative stamp]
1978 Kleuker organ at Notre Dame de Neiges, L’Alpe d’Huez, France

Jean Guillou at Large

Tune in and discover a few revelatory attitudes and probing interpretations that set this noteable French virtuoso apart from the norm.

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Program Broadcast dates:

•April 28, 1997 as Show #9717

•January 31, 2005 as Show #0505

Links and Resources:

Music played in the program

J.S. BACH: Prelude & Fugue in a, S. 543 (1978 Kleuker/Église Notre-Dame-de-Neiges, L’Alpe d’Huez, France) Dorian DOR 90111

J.S. BACH: Chorale-preludes: Christum wir sollen loben schon, S. 611; Wer nur den lieben Gott, S. 691/690; Prelude in a, S. 569 (1988 Kleuker-Steinmeyer/Tonhalle, Zürich, Switzerland) Dorian DOR 90149/50/51

JOSEPH JONGEN: Divertimento, from Symphonie Concertante, Opus 81 –Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Eduardo Mata, conductor; Jean Guillou (1992 C.B. Fisk/Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX) Dorian DOR 90200

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN: Flute Clock Piece in G. CARLOS SEIXAS: Toccata in g (1978 Kleuker/Église Notre-Dame-de-Neiges, L’Alpe d’Huez, France) Dorian DOR 90112

JEAN GUILLOU: The Fires of Silence, from Hyperion (1989 van den Heuvel/Église Saint-Eustache, Paris, France) Dorian DOR 90134

JEAN GUILLOU: Improvisation on Themes of Wagner (1987 Kney/St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel, University of St. Thomas, Saint Paul, MN) recorded in concert July 18, 1994

SERGEI PROKOFIEV: March, from Love for Three Oranges (1978 Kleuker/Église Notre-Dame-de-Neiges, L’Alpe d’Huez, France) Dorian DOR 90112

MODEST MUSSORGSKY (transcribed by Jean Guillou): Tuileries, Baba Yaga, and The Great Gate at Kiev, from Pictures at an Exhibition (1988 Kleuker-Steinmeyer/Tonhalle, Zürich, Switzerland) Dorian DOR 90117

 

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