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1949 Wicks organ at the Basilica of Saint Mary, Minneapolis, MN
The idea of the pipe organ may be old, but those who are excited about playing it certainly are not!
OLIVIER MESSIAEN: God among us, fr La Nativité –Christopher Stroh. HENRI MULET: Meditation Religieuse –James Gerber. JOHANNES BRAHMS: Prelude & Fugue in g –Anne Phillips (1949 Wicks/Basilica of Saint Mary, Minneapolis, MN) MPR Archive (recorded 6/10/04) These three performers studied with Dr. Kim Kasling at Saint John’s University, Collegeville, MN.
J. S. BACH: Prelude in A, S. 536 –Paul M. Weber (1979; 1992 Wahl/First English Lutheran Church, Appleton, WI) MPR Archive (recorded 5/4/97)
LOUIS VIERNE: Intermezzo, from Organ Symphony No. 3, Op. 28 –Aleksandr Kirillov. WILLIAM BOLCOM: Just as I am (Gospel Preludes Book 1, #3) –Christopher Jacobson. MARGARET SANDRESKY: Toccata, Veni Creator Spiritus –Weil Sawyer, Jr. (1961 Aeolian-Skinner/Pasadena Presbyterian Church, CA) MPR Archive (recorded 7/4/04). These ‘Rising Stars’ performed during the American Guild of Organists National Convention in 2004.
TARIK O’REGAN: Cantate Domino –Choir of Queens’ College, Cambridge, Samuel Hayes; James Southall (1892 Binns/Queens’ College Chapel, Cambridge England, UK) Guild CD-7287 (Guild Records)
LOUIS VIERNE: Allegro maestoso, from Organ Symphony No. 3 in f#, Op. 28. BACH: Trio Sonata No. 1 in E-flat, S. 525 (Allegro). NAJI HAKIM: Memor –Ahreum Han (1967 Schlicker/Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA) MPR Archive (recorded 4/6/05). Ms. Han, a student of Alan Morrison at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, won the Music Teachers National Association Organ Competition this year.