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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments

1997 Janke organ at the Evangelical City Church, Buckeberg, Germany
1997 Janke organ in the Evangelical City Church, Bückeburg, Germany

Going On Record

It’s a multiplicity of riches on our next Pipedreams program, a sampling from sixteen new releases, including historically correct instruments at Stanford University in California. We’ll also visit Presbyterian churches Rochester and Buffalo, New York, Hexam Abbey in England, and the Cathedrals in Fulda, Germany and Washington DC, hearing Wolfgang Rübsam, Paul Manz, Gillian Weir and still others perform at the top of their game.

From the Church of Saint Sulpice in Paris to the west coast of America, we’ll hear colorful music from four centuries of repertoire showcasing the king of instruments in all its glory.

Program Broadcast dates:

Music played in the program

JOHANN PACHELBEL: Toccata & Fugue in F –Andreas Schröder (1729 Wolckland/Lukaskirche, Mühlberg, Germany) Unda Maris UM-20181

SAMUEL SCHEIDT: Bergamasca –Robert Bates (1995 Fritts/Memorial Church, Stanford University, Stanford, CA); David Yearsley (1984 C.B. Fisk/Memorial Church, Stanford University, CA) Loft LRCD-1008

DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE: Praeludium in G –Volker Ellenberger (1997 Janke/Evangelical City Church, Bückeburg, Germany) Naxos 8.554543

J.S. BACH: Chorale-prelude, Valet will ich dir geben, S. 735 –John Bodinger (1983 C.B. Fisk/Downtown United Presbyterian, Rochester, NY) Sonabilis CD-1001

J.S. BACH: Variations, Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig, S. 768, selections –Robert Noehren (1970 Noehren/First Presbyterian, Buffalo, NY) Fleur de Lis FL0101

CARL NIELSEN: 2 Short Preludes, from Opus 51 –Washington Symphonic Brass; Douglas Major (1938 Ernest M. Skinner & Son; 1975 Aeolian-Skinner/National Cathedral, Washington, DC) Summit 305

JEAN FRANÇAIX: Giocoso, from Suite Profane. FRANZ XAVER SCHNIZER: Intermezzo, from Sonata Number 1 –Dame Gillian Weir (1974 Phelps/Hexham Abbey, Northumberland, England, UK) Priory PRCD752

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA: Novitango. ROLF WALLIN: Elegi –Burkhard Schmidt, sax; Traugott Forschner, trumpet; Gunter Kennel (1957 Schuke/Passionskirche, Berlin-Kreuzberg, Germany) Procreatio CD-75951

PAUL MANZ: Hymn Suite in D: The Day of Resurrection; My song is love unknown; A mighty fortressPaul Manz (1965 Schlicker/Mount Olive Lutheran, Minneapolis, MN) Manz Music CD-922

JOSEF RHEINBERGER: Trio in D-flat, Opus 189, number 1 –Wolfgang Rübsam (1996 Rieger/Fuldaer Dom, Fulda, Germany) Naxos 8.554809

THÉODORE DUBOIS: Fiat Lux, from Douze Pieces Nouvelles –Stephen Tharp (2001 Seifert/St. John at the Gate, Triosdorf-Sieglar, Germany) Organus Classics CD-210126

MALCOLM ARCHER: Fanfare –Willibald Guggenmos (1999 Eule/St. Michael Church, Schwabmünchen, Germany) Unda Maris UM-20091

DÉODAT de SÉVERAC: Fanfare Fuguée, from Suite Scholastique –Michelle Leclerc (1885 Cavaillé-Coll/Notre-Dame d’Auteuil, Paris, France) Aeolus AE10141

CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Nocturne, Duo Number 4, –Irmtraut Friedrich, piano; Felix Friedrich (1909 Schwarz/Immanuel chapel, Bremen-Walle, Germany) Edition Lade CD-031

MARCEL DUPRÉ: Cortege et Litanie, Opus 19 –Suzanne Chaisemartin (1862 Cavaillé-Coll/Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France) Aeolus AE10221

MARCEL DUPRÉ: Carillon, Opus 27, number 4 –Michael Murray (1862 Cavaillé-Coll/Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France) Telarc SACD-60516

Filler –WILLIAM BOLCOM: Sweet hour of prayer, from Gospel Preludes, Book IV –Marilyn Mason (1953 Aeolian-Skinner/Riverside, New York, NY) Pipedreams PD 1001

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