Felix Mendelssohn

Mendelssohn - The Organ Works (II)

…continuing our exploration of the known and unknown music of this great early 19th century musician.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of March 02, 1987

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Music played in the program

Part 1

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Organ Sonata Number 2 in c, Opus 65, number 2 [1845] –Feike Asma (1726 Vater/Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Festivo LP-092/093

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Passacaglia in c [1823]; Chorale Variations, Die Tugend wird durch’s Kreutz beübet [1823] –Wolfgang Rübsam (1982 Metzler/Jesuit Church, Lucerne, Switzerland) Cornucopia Magna CM-1020/21; Schwann AMS-719

Part 2

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Organ Sonata Number 3 in A, Opus 65, number 3 [1845] –Thomas Murray (1854 E. & G.G. Hook/First Unitarian, Jamaica Plain, MA) Sheffield LP-13

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Choral, Aus tiefer Not; Fugue in A [1826] –Wolfgang Rübsam (1982 Metzler/Jesuit Church, Lucerne, Switzerland) Cornucopia Magna CM-1020/21; Schwann AMS-719

Part 3

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Allegro in B-flat [1844] –Max Miller (1971 C.B. Fisk/Old West Church, Boston. MA) MHS LP-3731

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Organ Sonata Number 4 in B-flat, Opus 65, number 4 –Hans Fagius (1975 Christensen/Domkyrka, Härnösands, Sweden) BIS-CD-156/157