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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments

1800 Tannenberg organ at the Old Salem Museum Center, Salem, NC
1800 Tannenberg organ at the Old Salem Museum Center, Salem, NC

Organbuilding Beyond Borders

Today’s world culture is nothing new to the pipe organ, which has been importing and integrating international influences for centuries.

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Music played in the program

JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK: Toccata –Stef Tuinstra (1624 Scherer/Stephanskirche, Tangermünde, Germany) Radio Nederland CD-92119

PIETRO van DALEM: Canzona franzeseLiuwe Tamminga (1678 Hermans/Santa Maria Maggiore, Collescipoli, Italy) Accent CD-98129

J.S. BACH: Vivace, from Trio Sonata Number 6 in G, S. 530 –John Butt (1982 Greg Harrold German Style organ [Opus 7]/Alfred Hertz Memorial Hall, UC Berkeley, CA) Harmonia Mundi CD-907055

ANONYMOUS: Versets from Livre d’Orgue de MontréalJesse Eschbach (1985 Bedient/Main Auditorium, University of North Texas, Denton, TX) Pipedreams Archive recorded October 5, 2003

LUÍS ÁLVARES PINTO: Liçeos de solfejo. ANONYMOUS: Tocada, from Reducciones Jesuiticas del ParaguayCristina Garcia Banegas (1701 Schnitger/Mariana Cathedral, Minas Gerais, Brazil) Motette CD MOT 12901

JEAN-ADAM GUILAIN: Quatuor, from Suite du troisieme tonFrançois Espinasse (1766 Riepp/Ottobeuren Monastery, Germany) Sony Classical 57489

J.S. BACH: Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist, S. 671 –Dietrich Wagler (1714 Gottfried Silbermann/Freiberg Cathedral, Germany) Motette CD MOT 12701

J.S. BACH: Chorale-prelude, Ein feste Burg, S. 720 –E. Power Biggs (1958 Flentrop/Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) CBS Masterworks MK 42644

RAYMOND DAVELUY: Largo, from Sonata Number 2 –Rachel Laurin (1960 Beckerath/Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada) CBC CD-1111

JOHANN LUDWIG KREBS: Prelude in C –Peter Sykes (1800 Tannenberg/Old Salem Visitor Center, Salem, NC) Raven OAR-700

MARCEL DUPRÉ: Fileuse, fromSuite BretonneDame Gillian Weir (1974 Phelps/Hexham Abbey, Northumberland, England, UK) Argo 460 190

FELIX MENDELSSOHN (transcribed by Matthison-Hansen): Allegro moderato, 1st movement, from Sonata in f, Opus 65, number 1 –Gunter Kennel (1870 Hook/Holy Cross Church, Berlin-Kreuzberg, Germany) Harp CD-75506

EDVARD GRIEG: Morning, from Peery Gynt, Opus 46 –Margaret Chen (2002 Klais/Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore) Priory PRCD803

ALBERT KETÈLBY: In the Mystic Land of EgyptHans Uwe Hielscher (1919 Hill, Norman & Beard/Dunedin Town Hall, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand) Organ CD ORG7211

KOSAKU YAMADA (arranged by Guy Bovet): Aka-tonbo, Red DragonflyHatsumi Miura (1997 C.B. Fisk/Minato Mirai Hall, Yokohama, Japan) Loft LRCD-1058

SEBASTIAN AGUILERA de HEREDIA: EnsaladaGuy Bovet (1695 Sesma/Órgano del Epístola, Catedral Metropolitana, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, México) Gallo CD-439

J.S. BACH: Chorale-prelude, Komm, Gott, Schöpfer, heiliger Geist, S. 667 –Lionel Rogg (1761 J.A. Silbermann/Arlesheim Cathedral, Switzerland) Harmonia Mundi CD-290779

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