2000 Richards, Fowkes at 1st Lutheran Church, Boston, MA

1984 Fritts–Richards at St. Alphonsus Paris, Seattle, WA

1977 Klais at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, New York City

1927 Casavant–2001 Scantz at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Mahtomedi, MN

1998 Fritts at Lagerquist Hall, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA

Bach in America

…though his roots are inextricably in Central German soil, transplanted his music never ceases to flourish here in the United States.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of March 9, 2015

Links and Resources:

• Printable program listings

Music played in the program

Hour 1

J. S. BACH:  Toccata in F, BWV 540/1 –Bálint Karosi (2000 Richards, Fowkes/1st Lutheran Church, Boston, MA) Dulcian 007

BACH:  Prelude & Fugue in g, BWV 535a –George Ritchie (1984 Fritts-Richards/St. Alphonsus Paris, Seattle, WA) Pro Gloria Musica 115 

BACH: Chorale-preludes, fr Clavierübung III (Allein Gott in der Höh, BWV 676/677; Christ,unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, BWV 684/685)–Ben Sheen. BACH:  Prelude & Fugue in A, BWV 536 –David Enlow (1977 Klais/St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, New York City) Pipedreams Archive (r. 11/22/14). These performances, and others below, were drawn from an all-day Manhattan Bach Marathon presented by WQXR-FM and featuring students of the Juilliard School.

BACH (arr. Hohman):  Arioso, fr Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068 –Frederick Hohman (1927 Casavant-2001 Scantz/St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Mahtomedi, MN) Pipedreams Archive (r. 4/3/2006). 

BACH:  Prelude & Fugue in G, BWV 541 –Joan Lippincott (1998 Fritts/Lagerquist Hall, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA) Gothic 49202

Hour 2

JOHANN ERNST  (trans. Bach):  Concerto in G, BWV 592 –Craig Cramer (2004 Fritts/DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, Notre Dame, IN) JAV 151

BACH (trans. Harbach):  Duet, Wir danken, wir preisen, fr Cantata BWV 134 –Barbara Butler & Charles Geyer, trumpets; Barbara Harbach (1970 Schlicker/1st Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lyons, NY) Gasparo 2002

BACH:  Fantasia and Fugue in c, BWV 537 –Annette Richards (2011 Yokota-GOArt/Anabel Taylor Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY) Loft 1129

JOHANN ERNST (BACH):  Concerto in C, BWV 595. BACH:  Schübler Chorale-prelude, Ach bleib bei uns, BWV 649 –Ryan Kennedy.  BACH:  Fugue in b (after Corelli), BWV 579 –Christopher Houlihan (1977 Klais/St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, New York City) Pipedreams Archive (r. 11/22/14)

BACH (arr. Fox):  Arioso, fr Cantata BWV 156 –Virgil Fox (Aeolian-Skinner/Riverside Church, New York City) RCA Victrola 7736

BACH:  Fugue in F, BWV 540/2 –Bálint Karosi (2000 Richards, Fowkes/1st Lutheran Church, Boston, MA) Dulcian 007

 

            #8425 – Bach’s Clavierübung III 
            #0224 – Bach and Forth 
            #0433 – Bach from the Dead 
            #0832 – Bits of Bach 
            #1025 – Around Bach
            #1329 – Bach Looks Back
            #1411 – Bach Alive!