New in Nashville #1447
…concert performances and some engaging contemporary compositions from Tennessee’s Music City.
Hour 1
KURT KNECHT: The Missouri Sonata (2013) –Wyatt Smith (1970 Aeolian-Skinner/St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Franklin, TN) Pipedreams Archive (r. 3/3/14)
ROBERTO SIERRA: Organ Concerto (premiere) –Nashville Symphony Orchestra/Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Todd Wilson (2007 Schoenstein/Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN) Pipedreams Archive (7/6/12)
Filler – KNECHT Sonata, 1st movement (see above)
Hour 2
CRAIG PHILLIPS: Prelude and Exultation for Organ and Brass –Belmont Brass Quintet/Matthew Clark, director; Craig Phillips (1970 Schantz/1st Baptist Church, Nashville, TN) Pipedreams Archive (r. 7/1/12)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Variations serieuses, Op. 54 –Nathan Laube, organist. STEPHEN PAULUS: Grand Organ Concerto (2004) –Nashville Symphony Orchestra/Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Nathan Laube (2007 Schoenstein/Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN) Pipedreams Archive (7/6/12)
Filler – PAULUS Concerto, 1st movement (see above)
The majority of this music was recorded during a National Convention of the American Guild of Organists held in Nashville in 2012. Our thanks to the local AGO chapter for facilitating the making of these recordings.
The Paulus Grand Concerto performance has been issued on compact disc (Naxos 8.559740)
Special Audio Features:
Organist Darryl Miller and organ builder Dennis Milnar of the fateful relocation of the Aeolian-Skinner instrument from Kalamazoo, Michigan to St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Franklin, Tennessee…an intriguing saga!
Composer Roberto Sierra for the AGO Convention in Nashville.
Soloist Wyatt Smith of the Missouri Sonata by Kurt Knecht.
