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

1651 van Hagerbeer Transeptorgel organ at the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1938 Ernest M. Skinner & Son; 1975 Aeolian-Skinner organ, Opus 510, at National Cathedral, Washington DC

15th century da Prato organ at the Basilica di San Petronio, Bologna, Italy

1596 Malamini organ at the Basilica di San Petronio [Basilica of St. Petronio], Bologna, Italy

1979 Sandtner organ at the Cathedral of Saint Martin, Rottenburg-am-Neckar, Germany

1931 Skinner at Girard College Chapel, Philadelphia, PA

By the Hundreds

…compositions from Sweelinck to Cage, honoring composers whom we celebrate for significant anniversaries this year.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of September 3, 2012

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Music played in the program

Hour 1

GIOVANNI GABRIELI (d. 1612): Music for Organ and Brass (Intonazioni Ottavo tono; Canzon per sonar No. 3; Intonazioni Undicesimo tono; Canzon per sonar No. 4) –Boston Brass Ensemble; E. Power Biggs (1958 Flentrop/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) Sony Classical 62353

EDGAR TINEL (d. 1912) (arr. Jongen): Saint François Prelude –Anton Doornhein (1905-1987 Seifert/St. Mary Basilica, Kevelaer, Germany) D.E. Versluis 1023

JOHN BULL (b. 1562): Salve Regina –Bernard Winsemius (1651 van Hagerbeer/Niewe Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) InterSound 1006

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (b. 1862) (arr. Roques): Premiere Arabesque –Yun Kyong Kim (1920 Austin/St. Mary's Catholic Church, Dayton, OH) MSR Classics 1362

DEBUSSY (arr. Cellier): Sarabande, fr Pour le piano –David Briggs (1999 Nicholson/Gloucester Cathedral, England) Priory 794

PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY: Festive Overture in E-flat, Op. 49 (The Year 1812) –U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters; Washington Symphonic Brass; Scott Dettra (1938 Skinner and 1975 Aeolian-Skinner/National Cathedral, Washington, DC ) Pipedreams Archive (r. 7/4/11)

Hour 2

DEBUSSY (trans. Roques): La fille aux cheveux de lin –Thomas Murray (1929 Aeolian/Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA) DTR 8305

DEBUSSY (arr. Cellier): Prelude a l'Apre-midi faune (after a poem by Mallarme) –Timothy Baker (1929 Pilcher/Memorial Auditorium, Louisville, KY) OHS 93

GABRIELI: Sonata octavi toni, fr Sacrae Symphonie –Jan Willem Jansen (1475 de Prato) and Liuwe Tamminga (1596 Malamini/San Petronia Basilica, Bologna, Italy) Harmonia Mundi 901688

JOHN CAGE (b. 1912): Souvenir –Christoph Maria Moosmann (1978 Sandtner/St. Martin's Cathedral, Rottenburg, Germany) New Albion 74

FREDERICK DELIUS (b. 1862) (arr. Hebble): Intermezzo, fr Fennimore & Gerda –Ted Alan Worth (1933 Skinner/Girard College Chapel, Philadelphia, PA) DTR 9301

JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK (b. 1562): Fantasy in d –Gustav Leonhardt (1971 Metzler/St. Jakobskerk, The Hague, Netherlands) Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77148