1931 Steinmeyer organ at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Altoona, PA

Bach On the Bench

…concert performances of music by J.S. Bach presented by American organists on American instruments.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of July 07, 2008

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Music played in the program

Part I

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Toccata in F, S. 540 –Ted Alan Worth (1965 Aeolian-Skinner/Memorial Chapel, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Saint Louis, MO) MPR Archive (recorded 4/20/65)

BACH: Canonic Variations on Vom Himmel hoch, S.769 –Glenn Chapel Choir, Steven Darsey, conductor; Timothy Albrecht (1982 Casavant/Glenn Memorial Auditorium, Emory University, Atlanta, GA) MPR Archive (recorded 9/8/02)

Part II

BACH: Chorale-preludes, Wer nur den lieben Gott .lässt walten, S. 691/690/642 –Antonius Bittmann (1996 Taylor & Boody/Saint Thomas Church, New York, NY) MPR Archive (recorded 9/21/03)

BACH: Partita, Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig, S. 768 –James David Christie (1987 Kney/Saint Thomas Aquinas Chapel, University of Saint Thomas, Saint Paul, MN) MPR Archive (recorded 10/28/02)

Part III

ANTONIO VIVALDI (transcribed Bach): Concerto in d, Op. 3, no. 11 (S. 596) –Erik Wm. Suter (1996 Taylor & Boody/Saint Thomas Church, New York, NY) MPR Archive (recorded 3/14/04)

BACH (transcribed Cowan): Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in d, S. 903 –Ken Cowan (1931 Steinmeyer/Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Altoona, PA) MPR Archive (recorded 6/25/03)

Filler–BACH (transcribed Rübsam): Largo, from Double Concerto in d, S. 1043 (Pipedreams CD-1002)

This program was originally issued as #0511 in March 2005.