1970 Aeolian-Skinner, Opus 1476, organ at National Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC.
1970 Aeolian-Skinner, Opus 1476, organ at National Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC.
 

AGO 1982 IX #8436

…performances by finalists in a National Open Competition in Organ Playing, recorded during the 1982 Biennial Convention of the American Guild of Organists in Washington, DC.

Part 1

J.S. BACH: Toccata, Adagio & fugue in C, BWV 564. PAUL HINDEMITH: Organ Sonata Number 2, 2nd movement –Edwin P. Day, organ

OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Combat de la Mort et de la Vie, from Les Corps GlorieuxMarilyn Biery, organ

Part 2

JEAN GUILLOU: Saga Number 6. MARCEL DUPRÉ: Fileuse, from Suite Bretonne, Opus 21 –Jonathan M. Parker, organ

JEANNE DEMESSIEUX: Etude in Octaves, from 6 Etudes –Peter Fennema, organ

LOUIS VIERNE: Finale, from Organ Symphony Number 6, Opus 59 –David Yearsley, organ

 

This broadcast, another in a series of programs that marked the full-time return of PIPEDREAMS to the national airwaves in 1983, features the 1970 Aeolian-Skinner organ at National Presbyterian Church.

On-location recordings were engineered by Michael Barone.