The Fred J. Cooper Memorial Pipe Organ (by Dobson) in Verizon Hall at Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center.

Verizon Hall Spotlight

…select solos and works for organ and orchestra, featuring the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Pipe Organ (by Dobson) in Verizon Hall at Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of October 27, 2014

Links and Resources:

• Printable program listings

Music played in the program

Hour 1

HANDEL:  Organ Concerto in g, Op. 4, no. 1 –Matt Glandorf, organist

JOSEPH JONGEN: Hymne, Op. 78 –Matt Glandorf, organist

STEPHEN PAULUS:  Organ Concerto No. 1 (1992) –Alan Morrison, organist

Hour 2

CALVIN HAMPTON:  Those Americans, fr 5 Dances (1982) –Alan Morrison, organist

JONGEN: Priere, Op. 37, no. 3 –Alan Morrison, organist

DIRK BROSSÉ:  Black, White and In Between –Miho Saegusa, violin; Alan Morrison, organist

JOSEF RHEINBERGER:  Organ Concerto No. 2 in g, Op. 177 –Jeffrey Brillhart, organist

In these concerto performances, Dirk Brossé conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia (r. 1/19/14).  He will conduct the world premiere of his new Organ Concerto in Verizon Hall with the COoP and soloist Allan Morrison on May 10, 2015.

Note that the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ (built by Dobson) at Verizon Hall will be featured in a sequence of special Philadelphia Orchestra concerts, The Art of the Pipe Organ (October 16-November 8), including a late-night Hallowe’en Organ Extravaganza (October 31) and a sequence of three superb concertos featuring three outstanding soloists (November 6-7-8).

The 1992 premiere performance of the Stephen Paulus Organ Concerto No. 1 is available on compact disc (Pipedreams Premieres, Volume 2).

The solo performances by Alan Morrison in works by Jongen and Wilson are available on compact disc (ACA Digital 20108). And the entire concert is available as an mp3 download, too.