1915 Austin organ at the Spreckels Pavilion, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA

Come On, Let’s Dance

…whether in Renaissance style or rhumba, when the pipe organ’s in the mood there’s no better partner.

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Music played in the program

ANONYMOUS: Estampie retrové. ELIAS AMMERBACH: Herzog Moritz Tanz. JAKOB PAIX: Schirazula Marazula. BERNHARD SCHMID: Wie schon Bluet uns der Maye –André Isoir (1681 DeFontaine/Parish Church of Lorris-en-Gatinais, France) Triton CD-331121

JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK: Balletto del granduca –David Davies (1773 Mittenreiter/School Hall, Eton College, Oxford, England, UK) OxRecs CD-66

PETR EBEN: Dance of the Shulammite, from 4 Biblical Dances –Janette Fishell (1986 Casavant/Saint George’s Episcopal Church, Nashville, TN) Pro Organo CD-7023

ROBERT ELMORE: Rhumba –Robert Plimpton (1915 Austin/Spreckels Organ Pavilion, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA) Spreckels Organ Society CD-4

THOMAS “FATS” WALLER: Viper’s Drag –Dick Hyman (1926 Wurlitzer/Emery Theatre, Cincinnati, OH) MHS CD-512089

DAVID ROSE: Our Waltz –Walter Strony (Wurlitzer/California Theatre, San Diego, CA) WSOC CD-2

AMILCARE PONCHIELLI: Dance of the Hours –Simon Gledhill (1915 Austin/Spreckels Organ Pavilion, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA) Spreckels Organ Society CD-7

BELA BARTOK: Romanian Dances –Pascale Rouet (1725 Moucherel/Abbey of Our Lady of Mouzon, France) Pavane CD-7415

JAN de LUBLIN: 5 Renaissance Dances –Thomas Trotter (2001 Klais/Symphony Hall, Birmingham, England, UK) Symphony Hall CD-2

PIERRE COCHEREAU (transcribed Briggs): Suite of Improvised Dances –David Briggs (1969 J.W. Walker & Sons/Blackburn Cathedral, England, UK) Lammas CD-153

JACOBUS KLOPPERS: Dance Suite for Organ Duet –Sylvie Poirier, Philip Crozier (1915; 1999 Casavant/Église Tres-Saint-Nom-de-Jesus, Montréal, Québec, Canada) Amberola CD-7108

Filler–BARTOK (see above)

This program was originally issued as #0448 in Novenmber 2004.