1971 Ruffatti organ at Saint Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco, California

1958 Flentrop organ at Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

1726 Christian Vater; 1738 Christian Muller organ at the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1725 F.C. Schnitger organ at Sint Laurenskerk, Alkmaar, The Netherlands

1939 Sauer organ at the Saint Petri Dom, Bremen, Germany

1718 Silbermann; 1952 Mühleisen organ at Église protestante Sainte-Aurélie, Strasbourg, France

1868 Cavaillé-Coll organ at Cathédrale Notre Dame, Paris, France

Bach from the Dead

This week we listen to recordings from generations before ours by performers who knew a thing or two about making Olde Sebastian’s scores come alive.

Listen to the program

Program Broadcast dates:

• August 16, 2004

Music played in the program

J.S. BACH: Fantasy in g, S. 542 –LOUIS VIERNE (1868 Cavaillé-Coll/Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France) EMI Classics CDC 55037

J.S. BACH: Fantasy in g, S. 542 –Anton Heiller (1959 Marcussen/St. Mary Church, Hälsingborg, Sweden) Bach Guild CD-2005

J.S. BACH: Vivace, from Trio Sonata Number 6 in G, S. 530 –Helmut Walcha (1725 F.C. Schnitger/Sint Laurenskerk, Alkmaar, The Netherlands) Archive 419 904

J.S. BACH: Chorale-prelude, Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele, S. 654 –Albert Schweitzer (1718 Silbermann; 1952 Mühleisen/Église Saint Aurelie, Strasbourg, France) Pearl CD-9959

J.S. BACH: Prelude in C, S. 547 –Andre Marchal (1872 Kuhn/Neumünsterkirche, Zürich, Switzerland) Ades CD-13.279

J.S. BACH: 2 Polonaises in g, from Anna Magdalena Notebook –E. Power Biggs (1958 Flentrop/Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) CBS Masterworks MK 30539

J.S. BACH: Fugue in G, S. 577, Jig –E. Power Biggs (1958 Flentrop/Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) CBS Masterworks MK 42644

J.S. BACH: Prelude in b, S. 544, from the early Straube edition, –Käte van Tricht (1939 Sauer/St. Peter Cathedral, Bremen, Germany) Dabringhaus und Grimm MDG 318 0241

J.S. BACH: Prelude & Fugue in a, S. 543 –Virgil Fox (1971 Ruffatti/Cathedral of St. Mary, San Francisco, CA) SeeMusic CD-041

J.S. BACH: Toccata in d, S. 565 –Robert Elmore (1932 Midmer-Losh/Atlantic City Convention Hall, NJ) ACCHOS CD-02

J.S. BACH: Fugue in d, S. 565 –George Thalben-Ball (1930 Compton/BBC Broadcasting House, London, England, UK) Amphion CD-169

J.S. BACH: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, from Orgelbüchlein –Michael Schneider (1964 Aeolian-Skinner/Alice Millar Chapel, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL) Pipedreams Archive recorded April 13, 1964

J.S. BACH: Toccata in F, S. 540 –Feike Asma (1726 Vater/Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Philips 441 963