1868 Hook at Follen Community Church, Lexington

1886 Hutchings at Korean Church, Cambridge

1897 Hutchings–1987 Lahaise at Mission Church, Roxbury Crossing

1860 Hook at 1st Congregational Church, Woburn

1875 Hook at Holy Cross Cathedral, Boston

Hooked on Boston

…on the eve of the 2014 American Guild of Organists convention, we enjoy historic instruments by the Boston builders Elias and George Hook, recorded in and around Boston during an Organ Historical Society Convention.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of June 16, 2014

Links and Resources:

• Printable program listings

Music played in the program

Hour 1

FELIX MENDELSSOHN:  Sonata in B-flat, Op. 65, no. 4 –Gregory Crowell (1854 Hook/1st Unitarian Church, Jamaica Plain)

J. P. SWEELINCK:  Balletto del Granduca –Erik Wm. Suter (1868 Hook/Follen Community Church, Lexington)

JOHANN HANFF:  Wär’ Gott nicht mit uns dies Zeit.  DANIEL PINKHAM:  Pastorale, The Morning Star –Lois Regestein (1859 Hook/1st Baptist Church, Jamaica Plain)

ARTHUR FOOTE: Allegro comodo, fr Suite in D –Richard Hill (1870 Hook/1st Parish Unitarian/Arlington)

CHARLES AVISON:  Concerto in D –Brian Jones (1985 Andover, using Hook ‘heritage’ components/1st Baptist Church, Newton Centre)

JOSEPH BONNET:  Matin Provençal, fr Poemes d’Automne.  ROBERT SCHUMANN:  Study in E, Op. 56, no. 3.  HENRI MULET:  Carillon-Sortie –Thomas Murray (1863 Hook/Immaclate Conception Church, Boston)

Hour 2

JOHANNES WECK:  Spanieler Tanz.  TRADITIONAL:  Hymn, Liebster Jesu –Nancy Granert (1886 Hutchings/Korean Church, Cambridge)

MARJORIE MERRYMAN:  Celebration –Julian Wachner (1897 Hutchings-1987 Lahaise/Mission Church, Roxbury Crossing)

J.S. BACH:  Pastorale (2 movements). LUCIEN SOUTHARD: Postlude –Scott Huntington (1854 Hook-1898 Hutchings/St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Jamaica Plain)

MARCEL DUPRÉ:  2 Antiphons –Kristin Farmer (1880 Hook/1893 Hutchings/St. Patrick Parish, Roxbury)

CHRISTIAN TEILMAN:  Festival March.  JAMES WOODMAN:  Rock of Ages –Nancy Armstrong, soprano; Victoria Wagner (1853 Simmons/1st Baptist, Framingham)

EUGENE THAYER:  Concert Sonata No. 5 in c –George Bozeman (1860 Hook/1st Congregational Church, Woburn)

LEO ABBOTT:  Improvisation on Salve Regina –Leo Abbott (1875 Hook/Holy Cross Cathedral, Boston)

Recordings were made in the summer of 2000. The next OHS Convention (August 10-15) will be held in the Finger Lakes region around Syracuse, NY. Many events of the upcoming AGO Convention in Boston (June 21-27, 2014) will be open to the public, so check their website for more details about admission.