Felix Mendelssohn

Mendelssohn the Musician

…we celebrate composer, recitalist, promoter, and creator of the most important organ works after Bach, on the occasion of his bicentennial: Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847).

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of January 26, 2009

Links and Resources:

• Printable program listings

Related Archived Programs:

• Mendelssohn - The Organ Works (I) (#8636)
• Mendelssohn - The Organ Works (II) (#8709)
• Mendelssohn - The (Rediscovered) Organ Works (III) (#8716 & #9031)

 

Music played in the program

Hour 1

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Prelude & Fugue in c, Op. 37, no. 1 (1837) –Marie-Claire Alain (1970 Andersen/Church of St. Benedict, Ringsted, Denmark) Erato CD-96957

MENDELSSOHN: Präludium in d (1820); Andante in D (1823) –Jean-Baptiste Robin (1735 Silbermann/Petrikirche, Freiberg, Germany) Triton CD-331130

MENDELSSOHN: Allegro, Chorale and Fugue in d/D (1844) –Thomas Murray (1938 Aeolian-Skinner/Saint Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University, New York, NY) Pipedreams CD-1001

MENDELSSOHN: Organ Sonata in f (1st movement, Allegro moderato e serioso), Op. 65, no. 1 (1844) –Olivier Vernet (1975 Kern/Church of Saint Martin, Masevaux, France) Ligia Digital CD-0104004

MENDELSSOHN: Organ Sonata in f (2nd movement, Adagio) –Hans Fagius (1975 Christensen/Härnösand Cathedral, Sweden) Bis CD-156/7

MENDELSSOHN: Fugue in f (1839) –Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin (1908 Merklin/St. Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, Paris, France) Festivo CD-6962.002

MENDELSSOHN: Organ Sonata in f (3rd & 4th movements; Recitative & Allegro assai vivace) –John Scott (1872 Willis; 1992 Mander/St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England, UK) Hyperion CD-66491/2

Filler - MENDELSSOHN: Andante in D (see above)

Hour 2

MENDELSSOHN: Fugue in E-flat, Op. 81, no. 4 (1827) –Pacifica Quartet. Cedille CD-9082

MENDELSSOHN: Prelude & Fugue in A-flat, Op. 35, no. 4 (1837) –Benjamin Frith, piano. Naxos CD-8.550939

MENDELSSOHN: Die Nachtigall, Op. 59, no. 4 (1839) –Regensburg Cathedral Choir, George Ratzinger, conductor. Ars Musici CD-1117

MENDELSSOHN: I waited for the Lord, from Lobegesang, Op. 52 (1840) –Connor Burrowes, Edmund Hill, trebles; Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral, John Scott, conductor; Andrew Lucas (1872 Willis; 1992 Mander/St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England, UK) Hyperion CD-66916

MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in g, Op. 25 (1831) –Robert B. Pitmen, piano; George Lamphere (1862 Walcker + 1947 Aeolian-Skinner/Methuen Music Hall, Methuen, MA) Pipedreams CD-1002

MENDELSSOHN (transcribed Bossert): Prelude & Fugue in b, Op. 35, no. 3 (1837) –Christoph Bossert (1850 Schönach/Church of St. Peter & Paul, Kastelruth [Castelrotto], Italy) Intercord CD-830.860

Filler - MENDELSSOHN (transcribed Bossert): Prelude in Ab, Op. 35, no. 4 (see above)