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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments |
1979 Möller organ at the Church of Saint Boniface, Sarasota, Florida
1911 Wanamaker Organ at Grand Court, Macy’s Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1926 Skinner organ at Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian, Detroit, Michigan
1721 Schnitger organ at Sint Michaeliskerk, Zwolle, The Netherlands
1997 Birouste organ at the Church of Saint Vincent, Roquevaire, France
1868 Cavaillé-Coll organ at the Église de la Sainte-Trinité, Paris, France
1977 Marcussen & Søn organ at the Cathedral, Haderslev, Denmark
…you don’t want to be left all alone when things go bump in the night in the organ loft!
Listen to the program
LÉON BOËLLMANN: Toccata, from Suite Gothique, Opus 25 –Virgil Fox (1953 Aeolian-Skinner/Riverside, New York, NY) EMI Classics CDC 66386
MARCEL DUPRÉ: Preludio, from Deuxieme Symphonie, Opus 26 –Jeremy Filsell (1979 Möller/St. Boniface Episcopal, Sarasota, FL) Guild GMCD 7173
OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Apparition de l’Église Éternelle –Louis Thiry (1868 Cavaillé-Coll/La Trinité, Paris, France) Jade 47863619
JACK MARSHALL: The Munsters Theme –Trio con Brio (1957 Wicks/FUMC, Portland, OR) TCB 333-04
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER: The Phantom of the Opera, selections –Chris Elliott (1926 Wurlitzer/Shea’s Performing Arts Center, Buffalo, NY) CPE Productions 104
MAX REGER: Chorale-Fantasy, Alle Menschen müssen sterben, Opus 52, number 1 –Iver Kleive (1977 Marcussen/Haderslev Cathedral, Denmark) Kirkelig Kulturverksted FXCD126
Filler –CHARLES GOUNOD: Funeral March of a Marionette –Thomas Trotter (1834 Hill/Town Hall, Birmingham, England, UK) London/Decca 436 656
MARIUS MONNIKENDAM: Toccata –Janice Fehér (1927; 2003 Casavant Frères/Memorial Chapel, University of Redlands, CA) Fehér 2004
RICHARD WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman Overture –Ken Cowan (1926 Skinner/Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian, Detroit, MI) JAV CD-118
MODEST MUSSORGSKY (transcribed by Peter Richard Conte): Night on the Bare Mountain –Peter Richard Conte (1911 Wanamaker/Grand Court, Macy’s Center City, Philadelphia, PA) Gothic G49248
GEORG BÖHM: Partita, Ach wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig –Wouter van den Broek (1721 Schnitger/St. Michael Church, Zwolle, The Netherlands) Fidelio Praestant 6612
FRANZ LISZT: Les Morts –Martin Haselböck (1873 Ladegast/St. James Church, Köthen, Germany) Membran Music 60144-210
GUY BOVET: Hamburger Totentanz –Olivier Vernet (1997 Birouste/Église Saint-Vincent, Roquevaire, France) Ligia Digital 0104160
Filler –MARCEL DUPRÉ (see above)