Earning the Prize

We delight in young talent and celebrate in Seattle on our next Pipedreams program, with highlights of four exceptional players whose award-winning potential bodes well for the organ’s future. Rising stars and Paul Jacobs, though still in their early 20s, have already proven themselves. We hear them in recital at Church of the Epiphany. National AGO Improvisation Competition winner Justin Bischof whips up a storm at Saint James Cathedral, and Interpretation Competition winner Ji-yoen Choi demonstrates her skill on the famous Flentrop organ at Saint Mark’s Cathedral.

They are our beacons, shining into the future of the organ art award winning young recitalists in concert in Seattle for the American Guild of Organists, working towards Earning the Prize this week on Pipedreams.

Audio Listen to the program

Program Broadcast dates:

May 27, 2002

Music played in the program

J.S. BACH: Fugue in C, S. 547 –Ji-Yoen Choi (1965 Flentrop/Episcopal Cathedral of St. Mark, Seattle, WA) Pipedreams Archive recorded July 5, 2000

J.S. BACH: Prelude & Fugue in a, S. 543 –Paul Jacobs (1997 Noack/Epiphany Episcopal, Seattle, WA) Pipedreams Archive recorded July 6, 2000

JUSTIN BISCHOF: Improvisation on Themes by Pamela Decker –Justin Bischof (1907 Hutchings-Votey; 1999 Rosales/Cathedral of St. James, Seattle, WA) Pipedreams Archive recorded July 6, 2000

J.S. BACH: Sinfonia to Cantata Number 29, We thank thee, Lord –Paul Jacobs (1997 Noack/Epiphany Episcopal, Seattle, WA) Pipedreams Archive recorded July 6, 2000

NAJI HAKIM: Homage a Stravinsky –Edie Johnson (1997 Noack/Epiphany Episcopal, Seattle, WA) Pipedreams Archive recorded July 5, 2000

DAN LOCKLAIR: Ayre for the Dance –Ji-Yoen Choi (1959 Schlicker; 1996 Dobson/Chapel of the Resurrection, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN) Naxos 8.555367

JOHANNES BRAHMS: Fugue in a-flat. WILLIAM ALBRIGHT: 3 Etudes: Jig for the Feet; Totentanz; Nocturne; Finale, The Offering, from Organbook III, Volume 2 –Ji-Yoen Choi (1965 Flentrop/Episcopal Cathedral of St. Mark, Seattle, WA) Pipedreams Archive recorded July 6, 2000