A Trio for The Twins

Like a new car in the driveway, the installation of a new pipe organ is always a time of pride and celebration, and this week Pipedreams visits three churches in host Michael Barone’s neck of the woods where the folks are very, very happy. Lynn Dobson’s instrument at Saint Paul’s Episcopal, Minneapolis, offers plenty of color and power in a deceptively modest package. The new Casavant at Saint Louis Catholic Church in Saint Paul boasts a splendidly-carved and decorated case which matches its vibrant voice, and Charles Hendrickson’s design for Wayzata Community Church builds on the ideal of an American Classic. Christopher Herrick, Daniel Roth, and Diana Lee Lucker play inaugural concerts on these three fine instruments.

Program Broadcast dates:

February 21, 2000

Links and Resources

For additional information about the three builders, contact:

Hendrickson Organ Company, 1403 North 5th Street, Saint Peter, MN 56082; phone (507) 931-4271
Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Ltd. , P. O. Box 25, Lake City, IA 51449; phone (712) 464-8065; http://www.dobsonorgan.com
Casavant Frères, C. P. Box 38, Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec, J2S 7B2, Canada; phone (450) 773-5001; www.casavant.ca

Music played in the program

( Key to abbreviations)

CALVIN HAMPTON: Fanfare. DANIEL PINKHAM: Partita, Be Thou my vision. PAUL MANZ: Aria. CRAIG CARNAHAN: Transformations on Geneva (Not alone for mighty empire) –Diana Lee Lucker (1998 Hendrickson/Wayzata Community Church, Wayzata, MN) (American Public Media recording 5/31/98)

BARTOK: 6 Rumanian Dances. BEETHOVEN: Adagio in F. LEFEBURE-WELY: Sortie in B-flat. WILLIAM LLOYD WEBBER: Prelude. PARRY: Bridal March & Finale, from The Birds –Christopher Herrick (1998 Dobson/Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, Minneapolis, MN) (American Public Media recording 10/20/98)

TOURNEMIRE: Choral-Improvisation, Victimae paschali. ROTH: Improvisation, Veni Creator Spiritus –Daniel Roth (1998 Casavant/Church of Saint Louis, King of France, Saint Paul, MN) (American Public Media recording 5/27/98)