Max and Johann

We offer a gamut of the organ experience on this week’s Pipedreams program, from some of the simplest to the most challenging of music. Climb up the scale with the eight Little Preludes and Fugues by J.S. Bach - student music with a heart - as we pair those with contrasting works by the greatest German organ composer AFTER Bach, Max Reger. It’s a confluence of contrapuntal ingenuity, from serene to seismic, and performances on a pathbreaking organ at a splendid cathedral in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

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Program Broadcast dates:

March 13, 2000

Music played in the program

J.S. BACH: Prelude & Fugue in C, S. 553 –Piet Kee (1738 Müller/Sint-Bavokerk [St. Bavo Church], Haarlem, The Netherlands) Chandos CD-0527

MAX REGER: Prelude & Fugue in C, Opus 7, number 1 –Rosalinde Haas (1983 Albiez/Mutter vom Guten Rat, Frankfurt-Niederrad, Germany) Dabringhaus und Grimm MDG 315 0361

J.S. BACH: Prelude & Fugue in d, S. 554 –Piet Kee (1738 Müller/Sint-Bavokerk [St. Bavo Church], Haarlem, The Netherlands) Chandos CD-0527

MAX REGER: Prelude & Fugue in d, Opus 56, number 2 –Rosalinde Haas (1983 Albiez/Mutter vom Guten Rat, Frankfurt-Niederrad, Germany) Dabringhaus und Grimm MDG 315 0361

J.S. BACH: Prelude & Fugue in e, S. 555 –Hans Fagius (1982 Arvidson/Mariefred Church, Sweden) BIS-CD-329/330

MAX REGER: Prelude & Fugue in e, Opus 69, numbers 1 & 2 –Rosalinde Haas (1983 Albiez/Mutter vom Guten Rat, Frankfurt-Niederrad, Germany) Dabringhaus und Grimm MDG 315 0359

J.S. BACH: Prelude & Fugue in F, S. 556 –Keith John (1978 Kleuker/Église Notre-Dame-de-Neiges, L’Alpe d’Huez, France) Priory PRCD235

J.S. BACH: Prelude & Fugue in G, S. 557 –Kevin Bowyer (1962; 1987 Marcussen & Søn/St. Hans Church, Odense, Denmark) Nimbus NI 5377

MAX REGER: Chorale-prelude, Herr, nun selbst den Wagen halt, Opus 79b, Number 12 –Rosalinde Haas (1983 Albiez/Mutter vom Guten Rat, Frankfurt-Niederrad, Germany) Dabringhaus und Grimm MDG 315 0359

J.S. BACH: Prelude & Fugue in g, S. 558 –Hans Fagius (1982 Arvidson/Mariefred Church, Sweden) BIS-CD-329/330

MAX REGER: Capriccio in g, Opus 129, number 5 –Peter Sykes (1931 Steinmeyer/Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Altoona, PA) Raven OAR-430

J.S. BACH: Prelude & Fugue in a, S. 559 –Kevin Bowyer (1962; 1987 Marcussen & Søn/St. Hans Church, Odense, Denmark) Nimbus NI 5377

J.S. BACH: Prelude & Fugue in B-flat, S. 560 –Keith John (1978 Kleuker/Église Notre-Dame-de-Neiges, L’Alpe d’Huez, France) Priory PRCD235

MAX REGER: Fantasy & Fugue on B-A-C-H, Opus 46 –Peter Sykes (1931 Steinmeyer/Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Altoona, PA) Raven OAR-430