Felix Mendelssohn

Mendelssohn - The Organ Works (I)

…the first of several program that explore the known and unknown music of this great early 19th century musician.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of September 08, 1986

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• Printable program listings

Music played in the program

Part 1

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Prelude & Fugue in c, Opus 37, number 1 [1837] –Martin Haselböck (1974 Rieger/Kloster, Admont, Austria) Pape LP-203

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Prelude in c [1841] –Max Miller (1971 C.B. Fisk/Old West Church, Boston. MA) MHS LP-3731

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Prelude & Fugue in G, Opus 37, number 2 [1837] –John Rose (1970 Beckerath/Lyman Concert Hall, Pomona College, Claremont, CA) Towerhill T-1002

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Prelude in d [1820]; Fugue in d [1820] –Wolfgang Rübsam (1973 Metzler/Reformed Congregation, Dietikon, Switzerland) Cornucopia Magna CM-1020/21/21

Part 2

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Prelude & Fugue in d, Opus 37. Number 3 [1837] –Peter Hurford (1978 Rieger/Ratzeburg Cathedral, Germany) Argo 414 420

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Andante & Variations [1844] –Thomas Murray (1857 Simmons/Most Holy Redeemer RCC, Boston, MA) Sheffield S-18

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Fugue in d [1821] –Wolfgang Rübsam (1973 Metzler/Reformed Congregation, Dietikon, Switzerland) Cornucopia Magna CM-1020/21

Part 3

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Sonata in f, Opus 65, number 1 [1845] –E. Power Biggs (1872 Henry Willis; 1992 Mander/Cathedral of St. Paul, London, England, UK) Columbia MS-6087