1862 Cavaillé-Coll organ of St. Sulpice in Paris, France

Of the Eleventh Hour

…musical reflections on the nature of war, in observance of the 1918 Armistice, and in tribute to battle veterans of every stripe.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of November 05, 2007

Links and Resources:

• Printable program listings

Music played in the program

HERBERT BREWER: March Heroique –Malcolm Archer (1907 Walker/Bristol Cathedral) Priory CD-915

LOUIS VIERNE: Final, from Organ Symphony No. 4 in g, Op. 32 –Pierre Cochereau (1868 Cavaillé-Coll/Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris) Solstice CD-029/30

RENÉ VIERNE: Offertoire sur un theme original –Markus Eichenlaub (1873 Cavaillé-Coll/Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix, Paris) Organ CD-7212

CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Salvum fac populum tuum, Op. 84 –London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble/Christopher Larkin, conductor; Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London) Hyperion CD-66275

FRANZ SCHUBERT: Marche Militaire No. 3 in D –Noel Rawsthorne (1962 Harrison & Harrison/Coventry Cathedral, England) EMI CD-47764 NOTE: This recording has been reissued on the Regis label and is available here: RRC-1241

ALEXANDRE GUILMANT: Lamentation in d, Op. 45, no. 1 –Robert Delcamp (1961-2004 Casavant/All Saints’ Chapel, University of the South, Sewanee, TN) Naxos CD-8.557614

EUGENE GIGOUT: Piece Jubilaire (1918) –Olivier Vernet (1862 Cavaillé-Coll/St. Sulpice, Paris) Ligia Digital CD-0104096

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA: Liberty Bell March –Hans Uwe Hielscher (1982 Oberlinger/Market Church, Wiesbaden, Germany) IFO CD-074

MAX REGER: Trauerode, Op. 145, no. 1 –Rosalinde Haas (1983 Albiez/Our Mother Church, Frankfurt-Niederrad, Germany) Dabringhaus & Grimm CD-3357

MARCEL DUPRÉ; Heroic Poem –Columbia Brass and Percussion Ensemble/Maurice Peress, conductor; E. Power Biggs (1958 Möller/St. George’s Church, NYC) Columbia M-31193

 

Read Robert Higgs thoughtful editorial, “War is horrible, but…”