Leon Boëllmann

1996 Kuhn at the Mindener Dom, Germany

1965 Beuchet-Debierre at Cathédrale St. Peter, Angouleme, France

1852 Cavaillé-Coll at the Parisian church of Saint Vincent-de-Paul

1890 Cavaillé-Coll at the Church of Saint Ouen in Rouen, France

Beyond Boëllmann

…to celebrate his sesquicentennial, we go beyond the famous Gothic Suite to reveal other facets of this intriguing French composer, Leon Boëllmann (1862-1897).

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of September 24, 2012

Links and Resources:

• Printable program listings

Music played in the program

Hour 1

LÉON BOËLLMANN: Toccata, fr Suite Gothique –Virgil Fox (1953 Aeolian-Skinner/Riverside Church, New York City) EMI 66386

BOËLLMANN: Sortie in C, fr Heures mystiques; 2 Esquisses –Helga Schauerte (1996 Kuhn/Minden Cathedral, Germany) Syrius 141374

BOËLLMANN: Suite No. 2 –Willibald Guggenmos (1898 Cavaillé-Coll/Santa Maria la Real, Azkoitia, Spain) Motette 11751

BOËLLMANN (trans. Ferey): Scenes du Moyen Age (Ronde de nuit; Veillée; Tournoi) –Jean-Pierre Ferey, piano; Frédéric Ledroit (1965 Beuchet-Debierre/St. Peter Cathedral, Angouleme, France) Skarbo 4078

BOËLLMANN: Carillon –Helga Schauerte (1996 Kuhn/Minden Cathedral, Germany) Syrius 141374

Hour 2

BOËLLMANN: Menuet Gothique (trans. Rogues) and Priere (trans. Boëllmann), fr Op. 25 –Oliver Gledhill, cello; Jeremy Filsell, piano. Guild 7135

BOËLLMANN (trans. Choisnel): Ronde Française, Op.37 –John Longhurst (1948 Aeolian-Skinner/Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, UT) Klavier 11069

BOËLLMANN: Fantasy in A-minor –Jacques Kauffmann (1860 Cavaillé-Coll/Eglise St-Etienne, Mulhouse, France) Skarbo 1967

BOËLLMANN: 3 Pieces, fr Heures Mysatiques, Op. 29 –Randolph Waller (1887 Hook & Hastings/Strawbridge United Methodist Church, Baltimore, MD) OHS 91

BOËLLMANN: Offertoire sur des Noëls –Robert Grogan (1964 Möller/National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC) Gothic 49069

BOËLLMANN: Elevation, fr Heures Mystiques, Op. 29 –Jan Mulder (1890 Cavallé-Coll/St. Ouen, Rouen, France) Festivo 134

BOËLLMANN: Fantasie Dialoguée for Organ and Orchestra, Op. 35 –Ingolstadt Philharmonic/Olaf Koch, conductor; Franz Hauk (1977 Klais/Ingolstadt Cathedral, Germany) Guild 7215

With Helga Schauerte, editor of the new Bärenreiter publication of the complete organ works, we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Leon Boëllmann (9/25/1862 – 10/11/1897), titulaire of the Cavaillé-Coll instrument at the Parisian church of Saint Vincent-de-Paul, a talented, memorable, yet short-lived contributor to the late-romantic French organ art.