The Heiller Tradition

Reminiscences by Viennese organist Peter Planyavsky, who plays music of his teacher and mentor Anton Heiller, along with other works by Austrian composers.

Program Broadcast dates:

• July 29, 1996

Music played in the program

PETER PLANYAVSKY: Introitus, from Missa Improvisata (1758 Pirchner/Brixen Cathedral, Italy) Motette CD MOT 10541

ANTON HEILLER: Prelude & Fugue in A [1949] (1978 Hradetzky/St. Paul Church, Döbling, Austria) Musica Viva LP30-1096

HUMMEL: Prelude & Fugue in A-flat (1978 Hradetzky/St. Paul Church, Döbling, Austria) Preiser LP-135004

ANTON HEILLER: Jubilatio [1976]; Partita on Vater unser im Himmelreich [1947]; Prelude, Interlude & Postlude to Vespers [1979] (1987 Kney/St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel, University of St. Thomas, Saint Paul, MN) Pipedreams Archive recorded July 10, 1989

PETER PLANYAVSKY: Improvised Caprice, from Carnival of Animals (1986 Mönch & Prachtel/St. John Abbey, Duisburg-Hamborn, Germany) Motette CD MOT 11001

FRANZ SCHMIDT: Toccata in C (1987 Kney/St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel, University of St. Thomas, Saint Paul, MN)

 

Peter Planyavsky is organist at Saint Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna, professor at the Vienna Musikhochschule, and a world-famous recitalist, recording artist and improvisor.

 

This program was originally issued as #8947 in November 1989.