2007 Casavant organ at the Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church, Saint Paul, MN

Conventional Wisdom

…a preview of some of the performers to be featured in this summer’s national convention of the American Guild of Organists.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of April 28, 2008

Links and Resources:

• Printable program listings

Music played in the program

Part I

DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE: Praeludium in C, BuxWV 138 –Julia Brown (2003 Pasi/Cathedral of Saint Cecilia, Omaha, NE) Naxos CD-8.570312

CHARLES TOURNEMIRE: Alleluia No. 2, from Suite No. 30 (L’Orgue Mystique) –Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet (1868 Cavaillé-Coll/La Trinité, Paris, France) Priory CD-869

JOHN STANLEY: Voluntary in F. RICHARD WAGNER (transcribed Lemare): Die Meistersinger Prelude –Todd Wilson (1933 E.M. Skinner/Girard College Chapel, Philadelphia) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 7/5/96)

Part II

GUSTAV HOLST (transcribed Sykes): Mercury, the Messenger, from The Planets –Peter Sykes (1933 E.M. Skinner/Girard College Chapel, Philadelphia) Raven CD-380

BARBARA DENNERLEIN: Waltzing Pipes & Rankett Blues –Barbara Dennerlein (1998 Goll/Saint Martin Church, Memmingen, Germany) Bebab Records CD-250970

SIGFRID KARG-ELERT: 3 Chorale-Improvisations, from Op. 65 (No. 10, Vom Himmel hoch; No. 22, Sollt ich meinem Gott nicht singen?; No. 8, Macht hoch die Tür) –Elke Völker (1914 Walcker/Church of Saint Ignatius, San Sebastian, Spain) Aeolus CD-10591

Part III

J. S. BACH: Chorale-prelude, Nun danket alle Gott, S. 657 –Cristina Garcia Banegas (1755 Trost/Stadtkirche [Town Church], Waltershausen, Germany) Motette CD-12391

HENRY MARTIN: Prelude & Fugue in G –Ken Cowan (2007 Casavant/Church of the Nativity of Our Lord, Saint Paul, MN) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 6/17/07)

MARCEL DUPRÉ: Epithalame –Jeremy Filsell (1979 Moeller/Saint Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota, FL) Guild Music CD-7164

PIERRE COCHEREAU: Scherzo Symphonique –Jeremy Filsell (1967 J.W. Walker/Metropolitan (Catholic) Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, England, UK) ASV CD-1104

Filler–BARBARA DENNERLEIN: Rankett Blues (see above)

 

This year the AGO’s national convention takes place in the Minnesota Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, with organ events scheduled between June 21-29, 2008. For more information, check online at www.ago2008.org or call 212-870-2310.