1986 Kney organ at Saint Thomas Aquinas Chapel, University of Saint Thomas, Saint Paul, Minnesota

2003 Blackinton organ at Benson Great Hall, Bethel University, Saint Paul, Minnesota

1983; 2004 Ruffatti organ at Brigham Young University, Rexburg, Idaho

Thrill to the Applause

…players and listeners alike experience a special exhilaration in concert settings.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of February 21, 2011

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• Printable program listings

Music played in the program

Hour 1

SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN: Yeoman of the Guard Overture. FRITZ KREISLER (arranged by Conte): Variations on a Theme of Corelli. FIRMIN SWINNEN: Aria. ROBERT ELMORE: Fantasy on Nursery Tunes –Peter Richard Conte (1930 Aeolian/Longwood Gardens, Dupont Estate, Kennett Square, PA) Pipedreams Archive recorded January 16, 2010

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS: Benediction Nuptuale, Opus 9 –Hector Olivera (2003 Blackinton/Benson Great Hall, Bethel University, Saint Paul, MN) Pipedreams Archive recorded April 17, 2009

RULON CHRISTIANSEN: Lyric Symphony –James Welch (1983; 2004 Ruffatti/Brigham Young University-Idaho, Rexburg, ID) Pipedreams Archive recorded March 12, 2010

Filler –SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN (see above)

Hour 2

CRAIG PHILLIPS: 3 Hymns: Great is the Lord; The Risen Sun; Transfiguration –Amarillo Master Chorale, Steve Weber, conductor; Noel-Paul Laur, organ. CRAIG PHILLIPS: Prelude & Exultation for Organ, Brass and Percussion –WTAMU Faculty Brass Quintet, John Benton, percussion; Joseph Galema (1942 Aeolian-Skinner/St. Andrew Episcopal, Amarillo, TX) Pipedreams Archive recorded April 23, 2010

RACHEL LAURIN: Prelude & Fugue in f, Opus 45. MARCEL DUPRÉ: Lamento, Opus 24. MARCEL DUPRÉ: Prelude & Fugue in A-flat, Opus 36, number 2 –Rachel Laurin (1987 Kney/St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel, University of St. Thomas, Saint Paul, MN) Pipedreams Archive recorded November 9, 2009

Filler –CRAIG PHILLIPS Prelude & Exultation (see above)

 

The Longwood Gardens organ is up-and-running again after a decade-long restoration. Future inaugural series concerts include appearances by Hector Olivera, March 4, 2011 and Cameron Carpenter, May 13, 2011, plus many others, with regular summer concerts, too.