1953 Aeolian-Skinner organ, Opus 1118, at Riverside Church, New York, New York

1758 Pirchner organ at Duomo, Brixen, Italy

1642 Freundt organ at Stift Klosterneuburg, Austria

1714 Sieber organ at Michaelerkirche, Vienna, Austria

An Austrian Succession

It’s a mini tour of four centuries of musical life in an around Vienna on our next Pipedreams broadcast. We include works by Mozart, of course, also some by his illustrious predecessors Kerll, Muffat, and Wagenseil, and some by those who followed after, too. We’ll visit historic Klosterneuberg Monastery and Saint Michael’s Church plus at least one instrument which Mozart himself played, we’ll offer a tiny tribute to Franz Schubert, and we’ll dance away our cares to a Strauss Waltz.

Tune in to enjoy works by Kerll and Muffat, Schubert and Strauss, Radulescu, Wagenseil, and Mozart, as we follow the trail of An Austrian Succession, this week on Pipedreams.

Listen to the program

Program Broadcast dates:

•January 27, 1997 as Show #9704

•August 20, 2001 as Show #0134

Music played in the program

JOHANN KASPAR KERLL: Toccata Number 8; Capriccio Cucu –Martin Haselböck (1642 Freundt/Klosterneuburg Abbey, Austria) Novalis CD 150 094

W.A. MOZART: Sonata in g, S. 312; Eine kleine Gigue, K.574 –Ales Bárta (1995 Rieger-Kloss/Unicov Concert Hall, Prague, Czech Republic) Supraphon 82131

JOHANN STRAUSS II: Emperor Waltz –Peter Richard Conte (1908 Hope-Jones/Ocean Grove Auditorium, Ocean Grove, NJ) Pipedreams PD CD-1002

GEORG CHRISTOPH WAGENSEIL: Organ Concerto Number 1 in A –SW German Chamber Orchestra of Pforzheim, Yadislav Czarnecki, conductor; –Stefan Johannes Bleicher (1828 Vischer/Church of Saint Peter & Saint Paul, Mössingen, Germany) ebs 6089

FRANZ SCHUBERT: Fugue in e, D. 952 –Elizabeth Anderson & Douglas Lawrence (1991 Casavant Frères/Melbourne Concert Hall, Australia) Move Digital 3180

FRANZ SCHUBERT: Ave Maria –Virgil Fox (1953 Aeolian-Skinner/Riverside, New York, NY) EMI Classics CDC 66088

JOHANN KASPAR KERLL: Magnificat Quarti Toni –Hofmusikkapelle Wien; Martin Haselböck (1642 Freundt/Klosterneuburg Abbey, Austria) Novalis CD 150 094

GEORG MUFFAT: Toccata Number 5, from Apparatus Musico-Organisticus –Michael Radulescu (1714 Sieber/Michaelerkirche, Vienna, Austria) Ars Musici AM-1108

MICHAEL RADULESCU: Psalm 88, Lord, God of my salvation from Old Testament Prayers –Maria Höller, soprano; Michael Radulescu (1982 Metzler/Jesuit Church, Lucerne, Switzerland) Ars Musici AM-1075

W.A. MOZART: Fantasia in f, K. 608 –Martin Haselböck (1758 Pirchner/Brixen Cathedral, Italy) Novalis CD 150 054