2007 Schoenstein organ at Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN.

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…the King of Instruments speaks clearly, whether in consort with a single additional instrument, or roaring in chorus with a full symphony orchestra.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of March 23, 2009

Links and Resources:

• Printable program listings

Interview Audio:

• Michael Barone talks in more detail with Schoenstein & Co. president Jack Bethards about their project at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville:
• Building a symphony hall organ
• Efficiency of design
• Direction of the company

Music played in the program

Hour 1

J.S. BACH (arranged Stokowski): Toccata & Fugue in d, S. 565. MAURICE DURUFLÉ: Prelude & Fugue on the Name ALAIN, Op. 7. SAMUEL BARBER: Toccata Festiva, Op. 36 –Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Andrew Risinger (2007 Schoenstein/Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 9/9/07)

GIOVANNI VIVIANI: Sonata No. 2 –Thomas Freas, clarion; Timothy Lewis (1995 C.B. Fisk/Abby Chapel, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA) Champignon International CD-101

JIMMY van HEUSEN: Here’s that rainy day –Boston Brass; J. Melvin Butler (1965 Flentrop/St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, Seattle, WA) Loft CD-1022

Filler - VIVIANI (see above)

Hour 2

G.F. HANDEL: Symphony (Act 2), from Saul –Concerto Köln, René Jacobs, conductor; Massimiliano Toni (box organ, unidentified) Harmonia Mundi CD-901877/8

JEAN-FRANÇOIS TAPRAY: Organ Concerto No. 1 –Baroque Ensemble of Nice, Gilbert Bezzina, conductor; Domique Ferran (1754 Dom Bedos-1985 Quoirin/Abbatiale Sainte-Croix, Bordeaux, France) K617 CD-79

JOHANN KASPAR FERDINAND FISCHER: Chaconne –Gustav Leonhardt (1754 Dom Bedos-1985 Quoirin/Abbatiale Sainte-Croix, Bordeaux, France) Alpha 017

DANIEL PINKHAM: The Salutation of Gabriel (for horn and organ) –Alberto Suarez, horn; Abbey Hallberg Siegfried (1969 Noack/Trinity Lutheran Church, Worcester, MA) Arsis CD-143

JUDITH VANDER: War Dance, from Powwow Suite –Anne Chabreck, flute; Marijim Thoene (2000 Dobson/Saint Joseph Abbey, Saint Benedict, LA) Raven OAR-910

PAUL WINTER. Night into Dawn. ARLIE NESKAHI: Dance of All Beings –White Eagle Singers; Paul Winter Consort; Paul Halley (1954 Aeolian-Skinner/Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York, NY) Living Music CD-28

JOHANN LUDWIG KREBS: Fantasia in f –Hansjörg Schellenberger, oboe; Hedwig Bilgram (1990 Rieger/Pfarre St. Gilgen, Austria) Denon cD-75081

ALEXANDRE GUILMANT: Allegro in F for Organ and Orchestra, Op. 81 –Leipzig Symphony Orchestra, Olaf Koch, conductor; Franz Hauk (1977 Klais/Ingolstadt Münster, Germany) Guild CD-7215

Filler - TAPRAY (see above)