Charles-Marie Widor

Widor Two, Too

…a dramatic, romantic French organ symphony with some of its composer’s other thoughts regarding it included.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of February 16, 2009

Links and Resources:

• Printable program listings

Music played in the program

Hour 1

CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Praeludium circulare (i.), from Organ Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 13 –Charles Krigbaum (1929 Skinner/Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT) AFKA CD-521

WIDOR: Pastorale (ii.), from Symphony No. 2 –Hans Fagius (1995 Åkerman & Lund/Kallio Church, Helsinki, Finland) Bis CD-1007

WIDOR: Pastorale, from Bach’s Memento (arrangement of BWV 590ii) –Herman van Vliet (1880 Cavaillé-Coll/Church of Saint François-de-Sales, Lyon, France) Festivo CD-145/146

WIDOR: Andante (iii.), from Symphony No. 2 –Patrice Caire (1886 Merklin/Church of St. Bonaventure, Lyon, France) REM CD-311168

WIDOR: Scherzo (iv.), from Symphony No. 2 –Ulrich Meldau (1988 Kleuker-Steinmeyer/Tonehalle, Zürich, Switzerland) Motette CD-40241

WIDOR: Salve Regina (iv.-bis), from Symphony No. 2 –Robert Delcampp (2003 Pasi/Cathedral of Saint Cecilia, Omaha, NE) Naxos CD-8.570310

WIDOR: Motet, Tantum ergo, Op. 18, no. 1 –Choir of Westminster Cathedral, London, James O’Donnell, conductor; Andrew Reid (1932 Willis/Westminster Cathedral, London, England, UK) Hyperion CD-66898

WIDOR: Adagio (v.), from Symphony No. 2 –Ben van Oosten (1898 Cavaillé-Coll/Church of Santa Maria la Real, Azkoitia, Spain) Dabringhaus & Grimm CD-3401

WIDOR: Final (vi.), from Symphony No. 2, Op. 13 –Pierre Pincemaille (1894 Cavaillé-Coll/Saint-Antoine des Quinze-Vingts, Paris, France) Solstice CD-182

Filler - WIDOR Andante (iii) (see above)

Hour 2

WIDOR: Motet, Tu es Petrus, Op. 23, no. 2 –National Lutheran Choir, David Cherwien, conductor and organist (1965 Schlicker/Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN) Gothic CD-49257

WIDOR: 2 Songs, Op. 22 (No. 2, L’Aurore; No. 5, Dans la plaine) –Anne-Marie Rodde, soprano; Noël Lee, piano. Etcetera CD-1094)

WIDOR: Introduction & Rondo, Op. 72 –Sylvie Hue, clarinet; Roger Boutry, piano. REM CD-311209

WIDOR: Symphony in g for Organ and Orchestra, Op. 42bis (1882) –Ingolstadt Philharmonic Orchestra/Alfredo Ibarra, conductor; Franz Hauk (1977 Klais/Ingolstadt Münster, Germany) Guild CD-7182

WIDOR: Motet, Quam delicta, Op. 23, no. 1 –Ensemble Dodecamen, Christopher Hyde, conductor; Choeur Darius Milhaud, Camille Haedt-Goussu, conductor; Stephen Tharp (1844 Daublaine et Callinet choir organ); Daniel Roth (1862 Cavaillé- Coll/L’Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France) JAV Recordings CD-158

Filler - WIDOR: Symphony in g, Op. 42 (see above)

 

The 155 th birthday anniversary of Charles-Marie Widor is February 21st (1844-1937). Professor John Near (of Principia College in Elsah, IL) is author of an important Widor biography and also editor of the complete Widor organ works.