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Mendelssohnian Memories
…a wrap up to this year’s bicentennial celebrations with a look at some of the composer’s best- and least-known works for organ.
Program Broadcast dates:
- Week of December 07, 2009
Links and Resources:
Music played in the program
Hour 1
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Sonata No. 5 in D, Op. 65, no. 5 (1845) –James Hamman (1785 Stumm/St. Ulrich Church, Neckargemünd, Germany) Raven 500
MENDELSSOHN: Fugue in g (1820) –Peter Planyavsky (1985 Pirchner/Saint Augustin Church, Perchtoldsdorf, Austria) Motette 11281
MENDELSSOHN (reconstructed by Norbert Linke): Fantasia & Fugue in g (1823) –Joachim Dorfmüller (1710 A. Silbermann/St. Stephen’s Church, Marmoutier, France) MD&G 3330
MENDELSSOHN: Laudate pueri, Op. 39, no. 2 (1831) –Regensburg Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger, conductor; Eberhard Kraus (St. Emmeram Church, Regensburg) Ars Musici 1117
MENDELSSOHN (transcribed Kynaston): Prelude & Fugue in e (1841) –Nicolas Kynaston (1962-2006 Klais/Himmerod Abbey, Germany) IFO 059
MENDELSSOHN: Fugue in f (1839); Andante & Trio in F (1844) –Jean-Baptiste Robin (1735 G. Silbermann/St. Peter’s Church, Freiberg, Germany) Triton 331130
MENDELSSOHN (transcribed Bossert): Prelude & Fugue in f, Op. 35, no. 5 (1837) -Christoph Bossert (1850 Schönach/Church of St. Peter & Paul, Kastelruth [Castelrotto], Italy) Intercord 830.860
Hour 2
MENDELSSOHN: Wedding March, from A Midsummer Night’s Dream –Anthony Newman (1968 Aeolian-Skinner/Trinity Church Wall Street, New York, NY) Sony 47232
MENDELSSOHN: Overture, from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1826) –Olivier Vernet & Cedric Meckler (2004 Aubertin/Saint Louis-en-l’Ile, Paris, France) Ligia Digital 0104180
MENDELSSOHN: Sonata No. 6 in d, Op. 65, no. 6 (unpublished variants, 1845) –Rudolf Innig (1910 Klais/St. Stephanus Church, Beckum, Germany) MD&G 3488
MENDELSSOHN (arranged Gibson): Consolation, Op. 30, no. 3 (1834) –Archer Gibson (Aeolian/Gibson Residence, New York, NY) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 1935)
MENDELSSOHN (transcribed W. T. Best): Overture in C, Op. 24 (1824-1838) –Johannes Geffert (1962; 2006 Klais/Himmerod Abbey, Germany) Organ 7232