1929 Skinner organ at Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

1992 Fritts organ, Opus 13, at Grace Lutheran, Tacoma, Washington

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

1598 Biagi-1747 Alari organ at San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome, Italy

1996 Eule organ at St. Nicholas Church, Berlin-Spandau, Germany

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

1978 Kleuker organ at Église Notre-Dame-de-Neiges, L’Alpe d’Huez, France

An Organist’s Yearbook

Ours is a pilgrim’s progress of sorts, traversing a year in retrospect and looking into the future. Join us as we take measure of the year 2003 and celebrate the art of the organ and its practitioners the builders, players and composers whose lives contribute so much to our experiences each week. We’ll play some recent compact discs, share shapshots of a trip to Italy, honor the memories of those who have passed to their rewards, and prognosticate a bit about what might come along in 2004.

1 hr 28 min

Program Broadcast dates:

• December 29, 2003

Music played in the program

GEORG MUFFAT: Toccata Number 9 in e, from Apparatus musico-organisticus –Martin Haselböck (1731 Egedacher/Cistercian Monastery, Zwettl, Austria) Naxos 8.553990

ANDRÉ FLEURY: Vif, from Deuxieme Symphonie [1947] –Denis Comtet (1878 Fermis; 1890 Cavaillé-Coll; 1993 Dargassies/Église Saint-François-Xavier, Paris, France) Aeolus AE10041

HECTOR BERLIOZ: Toccata, from Trois morceaus pour l’orgue melodium –Neil Wright (1905 Cavaillé-Coll/Farnborough Abbey, England, UK) Priory PRCD802

JOHANN PHILIPP KIRNBERGER: Chorale-prelude, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern –Craig Cramer (1992 Fritts/Grace Lutheran, Tacoma, WA) Dulcian CD-008

PERCY WHITLOCK: Hymn-prelude, Saint Denio, Immortal, invisible, God only wise –Graham Barber (1931 Compton/Downside Abbey, Bath, England, UK) Priory PRCD542

J.S. BACH: Prelude & Fugue in c, S. 549 –E. Power Biggs (1958 Flentrop/Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) CBS Masterworks MK 42648

HERBERT HOWELLS: Psalm-Prelude, Opus 32, number 1 –Roger Sherman (1965 Flentrop/Episcopal Cathedral of St. Mark, Seattle, WA) Loft Recordings Special CD

SIGFRID KARG-ELERT: 2 Chorale-Preludes, Opus 65: Number 54, Werde munter, meine Seele; Number 8, Mach hoch die Tür –Thomas Murray (1929 Skinner/Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT) JAV CD-124

ERCOLE PASQUINI: Variations on Ruggiero –Alessandro Albenga (1598 Biagi; 1747 Alari/San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome, Italy) Audio Records CD-012

LÉON BOËLLMANN: Toccata, from Suite Gothique, Opus 25 –Luigi Sessa (1961; 1991 Mascioni/Cathedral, Florence, Italy) Olivifer Sonitus CD-0101

ANDREW CLARKE: Variations on Ein feste Burg –Ruth Lewis (2002 C.B. Fisk/First Presbyterian, Gainesville, FL) Pipedreams Archive recorded May 18, 2003

TRADITIONAL: Danny Boy –Johnny Cash, baritone; Benmont Tench (Murray Harris/St. James Episcopal, Los Angeles, CA) American CD-440 077 803

DALE WOOD: Hymn prelude, Come, O thou traveler unknown –James Welch (1996 Eule/St. Nikolai Church, Berlin-Spandau, Germany) Querstand CD-9823

RICHARD WAYNE DIRKSEN: Anthem, Arise, shine –Choir of Washington National Cathedral, Douglas Major, conductor; Nicholas White (1938 Ernest M. Skinner & Son; 1975 Aeolian-Skinner/National Cathedral, Washington, DC) Gothic G49095

Filler –JEAN GUILLOU: Improvisation on Greensleeves –Jean Guillou (1978 Kleuker/Église Notre-Dame-de-Neiges, L’Alpe d’Huez, France) Dorian DOR 90112