1992 Mander organ at St. Ignatius Loyola Church, New York City, N.Y..
1992 Mander organ at St. Ignatius Loyola Church, New York City, N.Y..
Eric Plutz

Igniting The Flame (St. Ignatius) #9419

…celebrating the new 91-rank N.P. Mander tracker-action organ, installed with great fanfare a year ago at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola on Park Avenue (at 84th Street) in New York City.

J.S. BACH: Fantasy in g, S. 542

SAINT-SAENS: Kyrie, from Mass, Opus 4 –Deborah Stephens, soprano; Phyllis Jo Kubey, contralto; Philip anderson, tenor; Gregory Purnhagen, baritone; Christopher Creaghan, grand organ; Keith Toth, petite organ; Sacred Music Festival Orchestra, Kent Tritle, conducting; recorded May 19, 1993

J.S. BACH: Fugue in g, S. 542

FRANCK: Choral Number 3 in A-minor

EBEN: Moto ostinato, from Sunday Music

BOELLMANN: Toccata, from Suite Gothique

PERSICHETTI: Shimah B'Koli, Psalm 130

GIGOUT: Rhapsody on Christmas Carols

 

Soloists Kent Tritle, Timothy Smith and Alan Davis were recorded in recital during the instrument's inaugural season 1993—1994.