Bach, Beethoven, Brahms

Bach, Beethoven and Brahms

…would ‘The Three Bs’ ever have imagined being represented by organ music in quite this way?!

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of June 16, 2008

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Music played in the program

Part I

J. S. BACH: (Harpsichord) Partita No. 1 in B-flat, S. 825 –Abram Bezuijen (1765 Golger/Kongsberg Church, Norway) VLS CD-0301

BACH: (Harpsichord) Toccata in d, S. 913 –Stewart Wayne Foster (1987 Kney/Saint Thomas Aquinas Chapel, University of Saint Thomas, Saint Paul, MN) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 3/15/04)

Part II

LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN: Scherzo and Allegro in G, from Suite for Mechanical Organ –Peter Stadtmüller (1734 Gabler/Ochsenhausen Monastery, Germany) Christophorus CD-74593

BEETHOVEN (transcribed Biery): Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 –James Biery (1927 Skinner & 1963 Aeolian-Skinner/Cathedral of Saint Paul, Saint Paul, MN) MPR Archive (recorded 7/25/03)

BEETHOVEN (transcribed Jimmerthal): Andante cantabile, from Symphony No. 5 in c, Op. 67 –Joachim Walter (1871 Ladegast/Schwerin Cathedral, Germany) Motette CD-12681

Part III

JOHANNES BRAHMS (trans Lemare): Hungarian Dance No. 5 in f# –Thomas Heywood (1876 E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings-2001 Andover/Saint Joseph’s Cathedral, Buffalo, NY) Pro Organo CD-7167

BRAHMS: Ye now are sorrowful, from A German Requiem –Jeremy Budd, treble; Choir of Saint Paul’s Cathedral, John Scott, conductor; Andrew Lucas (1872 Willis; 1992 Mander/St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England, UK) Hyperion CD-66439

BRAHMS (transcribed Laurin): Variations (selected) and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 –Rachel Laurin (1960 Beckerath/Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada) Motette CD-12621

Filler–BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture (see above)

 

This program was originally issued as #0542 in October 2005.