Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments

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1930 Skinner at Saalkirche, Ingelheim, Germany

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2014 Dobson at Merton College Chapel, Oxford, England

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2003 Fisk at Notre Dame Cathedral, Lausanne, Switzerland

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1974 Phelps at Hexham Abbey, England

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1871 Hook at Heilig Kreuz Kirche, Berlin

Americans Abroad

…though relatively few in number, some significant instruments by organ builders from the U. S. A. have found themselves as musical ambassadors in foreign settings.

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Week of April 13, 2015

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Music played in the program

Hour 1

W. A. MOZART (trans. Heywood): Don Giovanni Overture. PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY (trans. Heywood): Valse, fr Serenade for Strings, Op. 48 --Thomas Heywood (1930 Skinner/Saalkirche, Ingelheim, Germany) Griola 1033

JEAN LANGLAIS: Dialogue sur les mixtures, fr Suite Breve. JOHN STANLEY: Voluntary in a. MARCEL DUPRÉ: Cortege et Litanie –Benjamin Nicholas (2014 Dobson/Merton College Chapel, Oxford, England) Delphian 34142

PIERRE DuMAGE: Tierce en taille, fr Suite on the 1st Tone. MAURICE DURUFLÉ: Prelude, fr Suite, Op. 5 –Jean-Christophe Geisser (2003 Fisk/Notre Dame Cathedral, Lausanne, Switzerland) Organ 7210-2

LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN: Allegro con brio, fr Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92 --Thomas Heywood (1930 Skinner/Saalkirche, Ingelheim, Germany) Griola 1033

Hour 2

LOUIS CLAUDE DAQUIN: Noël Suisse (No. 12). LOUIS VIERNE: Impromptu, Op. 55, no. 2. THEODORE DUBOIS: Toccata in G –Gillian Weir (1974 Phelps/Hexham Abbey, England) Argo 460 190-2

ANONYMOUS: 4 Pieces (Wach uff myn Hört; Vil lieber zit; Wolhin lass vögelin sorgen; Praeambulum super C), fr Buxheim Organ Book –Joseph Payne (1992 Brombaugh/Haga Church, Göteborg, Sweden) Naxos 8.553468

HENRY DUNHAM: Fantasy and Fugue in d, Op. 19 –George Bozeman (1871 Hook/Heilig Kreuz Kirche, Berlin) Pape 7044

WILLIAM ALBRIGHT: 6 Pieces (Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland; Sweet Sixteenths; Curio I, Recitative-Chorale, and Mountains, fr Organ Book III; Hymn) –Douglas Reed (1998 Fisk/Minato Mirai Hall, Yokohama, Japan) Equilibrium 35

Hear an between Michael Barone and organ builder Lynn Dobson concerning the Dobson organ installation at Merton College Chapel.