Renovated and expanded pipe organ at the Cathedral of St. Paul

Cathedral Centenary Celebration

…concert performances featuring the renovated organs at the Cathedral of Saint Paul in Minnesota’s capital city.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of June 1, 2015

Links and Resources:

• Printable program listings

Music played in the program

Hour 1

CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR:  Allegro vivace (Variations), fr Organ Symphony No. 5 in F, Op. 42, no. 1 –Olivier Latry (r. 10/24/13)

THOMAS TALLIS:  Ecce tempu idoneum (verses).  WILLIAM WALTON (trans. McKie):  Orb & Sceptre March –Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London/Andrew Carwood, director; Simon Johnson (r. 4/28/15)

EMILY MAXON PORTER:  3 Hymn Preludes (Lobe den Herren; Schönster Herr Jesu; St. Denio), fr Celebrations of Praise –Marilyn Biery (r. 7/25/03)

LOUIS VIERNE: Adagio (iv.), fr Organ Symphony No. 3, Op. 28 –Janette Fishell (r. 9/25/14)

STEPHEN PAULUS:  Cathedral Fanfare for Two Organs –Jean-Baptiste Robin & Samuel Holmberg (r. 10/30/14)

Hour 2

PHILIP MOORE:  Laudate Dominum (premiere of revised version).  HERBERT HOWELLS:  Siciliano for a High Ceremony –Samuel Holmberg (r. 8/21/14)

JEAN-BAPTISTE ROBIN:  3 Solos (USA premiere) –Jean-Baptiste Robin (r. 10/30/14)

LIONEL ROGG:  Partita, Nun freut euch lieben Christen –Janette Fishell (r. 9/25/14)

CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD:  Nunc dimittis, fr Service in G –Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London/Andrew Carwood, director; Simon Johnson (r. 4/28/15)

The Cathedral of Saint Paul is blessed with two pipe organs, a 1927 Skinner in the Sanctuary and a 1963 Aeolian-Skinner in the gallery, the latter renovated and expanded by Quimby Pipe Organs in 2013, and both playable from a single (or two separate) console(s).

These additional programs are devoted to the organs of the Cathedral of Saint Paul:

At Saint Paul, in Saint Paul’s (#1442)
Wonder Woman Wilma (#1408)
Bach, Beethoven & Brahms (#0842)
A Minnesota Organ Book (#0818)
Cathedral Concerts (#9903)
Marie-Madeline Duruflé in Concert (#9341)