1863 Walcker–1949 Aeolian-Skinner/Methuen Music Hall, Massachusetts
1863 Walcker–1949 Aeolian-Skinner/Methuen Music Hall, Massachusetts
Michael Barone

The Great Organ at Methuen #9328

…A Summer Mecca and an American legend, the famous instrument of the Music Hall in Methuen, Massachusetts provides ample opportunity for resourceful players.

All performances were recorded in concert on the 1863 Walcker/1949 Aeolian-Skinner organ of 115-ranks at the Methuen Memorial Music Hall.

EDWIN H. LEMARE: Concert Piece No. 2 (In the form of a Tarantella) Op. 90,  James Welch

Davies: Solemn Melody (1908)  Henry Lowe

Parry: Fantasia & Fugue in G (1913)  Ian Sadler

MAX REGER: Ave Maria, Op. 80, no.5  Richard Konzen

J.S. BACH: At Eventide, S. 244  Roberta Bitgood

Boellman: Fantasy in A  Grant Moss

J.S. BACH: Erbarm dich mein, S. 721  David Allen Porkola

Dubois: Fiat Lux  John Skelton

FRANZ LISZT: (trans. Saint-Saens): Legend, St. Francis of Assisi Preaches to the Birds  Dana Robinson

CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Finale, fr Symphony No. 8, Op. 42, no. 4  Mark Dirksen