Maxine Thévenot, Music Director at the Cathedral of St. John in Albuquerque, NM

Frederick Frahm, composer and organist

2002 Reuter at the Cathedral of St. John, Albuquerque, NM

1967 Holtkamp, at Keller Hall, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

1931 Skinner at Girard College, Philadelphia, PA

New from New Mexico

…. . . premieres performances and first recordings feature music and musicians in Albuquerque.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of May 23, 2016

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Interview Audio:

Maxine Thévenot talks with Michael Barone…
…about the matter of women 'directors of music' at Episcopal and Anglican cathedrals.
…about making recordings.
…about her thorough participation in the cultural life of Albuquerque.
…about what she might do if not involved with music.


Music played in the program

Hour 1

FREDRIK SIXTEN: Toccata Festival –Maxine Thévenot (2002 Reuter/St. John Cathedral, Albuquerque, NM) Raven 926

VICTOR TOGNI: Jesu dulcis-Verbum supernum, fr 5 Liturgical Inventions –Maxine Thévenot (2002 Reuter/St. John Cathedral, Albuquerque, NM) Raven 890

MARY LYNN PLACE BADARAK: Ave verum corpus. JUNE NIXON: O salutaris hostia –Cathedral Choirs/Maxine Thévenot, director; Stephen Tharp (2002 Reuter/St. John Cathedral, Albuquerque, NM) Raven 926

McNEIL ROBINSON: Hommage a Messiaen (1981) –Maxine Thévenot (2002 Reuter/St. John Cathedral, Albuquerque, NM) Raven 890

FREDERICK FRAHM: Spaces of Night, a song-cycle on poems by Stephen Crane (premiere) –Kathleen Clawson, mezzo-soprano; Chatter Chamber Orchestra/David Feldberg, conductor; Frederick Frahm (1967 Holtkamp/Keller Hall, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM) Pipedreams Archive (r. 3/17/2012)

ANDREW AGER: Fugue, Op. 30b –Maxine Thévenot (2002 Reuter/St. John Cathedral, Albuquerque, NM) Raven 926

Hour 2

LOUIS VIERNE: Allegro maestoso (i.), fr Organ Symphony No. 3 in f#, Op. 28 –Maxine Thévenot (1931 Skinner/Girard College Chapel, Philadelphia, PA) Raven 909

IAIN QUINN: Continuum (2005) –Maxine Thévenot (2002 Reuter/St. John Cathedral, Albuquerque, NM) Raven 890

FERUCCIO BUSONI: Praeludium (Basso Ostinato), Op. 7; Double Fugue on a Choral, Op. 67 –Iain Quinn (2002 Reuter/St. John Cathedral, Albuquerque, NM) Raven 880

FREDERICK FRAHM: Chapels (Chimaya; Acoma; Rosario) –Frederick Frahm (1967 Holtkamp/Keller Hall, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM) Pipedreams Archive (r. 3/17/2012)

BARRIE CABENA: Sonata Giojoso, Op. 84 (1978) –Maxine Thévenot (2002 Reuter/St. John Cathedral, Albuquerque, NM) Raven 890

LOUIS VIERNE: Meditation, fr Three Improvisations –Maxine Thévenot (1931 Skinner/Girard College Chapel, Philadelphia, PA) Raven 909


We talk with Maxine Thévenot, who has been organist at Albuquerque's Episcopal Cathedral of Saint John since 2005, and Pamela Michaelis, who speaks on behalf of Chatter Chamber, Albuquerque's online advocate for 'music worth talking about', commissioner of Frahm's Spaces of Night.



Watch some performances from the March 17, 2012 Chatter 20-21 concert online:
Pinkham Sonata No. 1
Pinkham Sonata No. 3
Frahm "Spaces of Night"
Frahm "Chapels"


Watch Maxine Thévenot at Girard College playing the Skinner organ in early October, 2008:
Maxine Thévenot explains her 2009 Raven recording – L'Orgue Magnifique

This 'encore' broadcast originally aired in November 2012 as Program #1245.

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