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[1996 Bond organ at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Portland, OR]
1996 Bond organ at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Portland, OR

A Fugue Too Far?

…take a trip with counterpoint, and follow each voice as the aural weave becomes both intricate and engaging.

Program Broadcast dates:

  • Week of September 17, 2007

Links and Resources:

Audio Madame Marie-Madeleine Duruflé tells the story of her husband Maurice’s ‘fugue’.

(in conversation with Michael Barone, and simultaneous translation assistance by Dennis Keene; recorded in NYC in 1989)

Music played in the program

MAURICE DURUFLÉ: Fugue on the Theme of the Carillon of Hours at Soissons CathedralTodd Wilson (1978 Schudi/Saint Thomas Aquinas Church, Dallas, TX) Delos CD-3047

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Fugue in f –James Hammann (1785 Stumm/Saint Ulrich’s Church, Neckargemünd, Germany) Raven OAR-500

ALEXANDRE GUILMANT: Fugue in D, Op. 25, no. 2 –James Hammann (1926 Skinner/Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church, Detroit, MI) Raven OAR-160

SAMUEL WESLEY: Fugue, from Voluntary in g, Op. 6, no. 9 –David Herman (1962 Harrison & Harrison/Coventry Cathedral, England, UK) Redcliffe CD-019

DEREK BOURGEOIS: Fugal RondoJulia Brown, Barbara Baird (1999 Hochhalter/First United Methodist Church, Eugene, OR) Hochhalter CD-2004

JOHANNES BRAHMS: Fugue in a-flat –Robert Bates (1996 Bond/Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Portland, OR) Pro Organo CD-7060

FRANCOIS ROBERDAY: Fugues Nos. 11 and 7 –Gillian Weir (Kern/Saint Leonhardkirche, Basel, Switzerland) Argo CD-460 188

J.S. BACH: Fugue in d, S. 539 (Fiddle) –Stanley Marchant (1872 Willis; 1992 Mander/St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England, UK)(recorded 1929) Amphion CD-169

GUY BOVET: Fuga (on The Pink Panther) –Kalevi Kiviniemi (1954 Kangasala/Kangasniemi Church, Finland) Art Inn CD-107

JOSEPH AHRENS: Fugue in g (1933) –Maria Giese (1972 Kleuker/Herz-Jesu Church, Berlin-Zehlendorf, Germany) Christophorus CD-77120

J.S. BACH: Contrapunctus No. 14 (incomplete), from The Art of Fugue, S. 1080 –Regis Allard (2004 Aubertin/Saint Louis-en-l’Ile, Paris, France) Editions Hortus CD-039

BERNARD ZWEERS: Prelude and Double Fugue –Herman van Vliet (1845 Naber/Sint Joriskerk, Amersfoort, The Netherlands) Festivo CD-139

Filler– BRAHMS (See above)