Longwood’s Legacy #2003
…a review of winners’ performances from the 2019 Longwood International Organ Competition.
Hour 1
J. S. BACH: Passacaglia in c, BWV 582 –Sebastian Heindl
MAURICE DURUFLÉ (trans. Anderson): Scherzo for Orchestra, Op. 8, no. 2. MIKAIL GLINKA: Ruslan & Ludmilla Overture –Bryan Anderson
DAVID GOODE: Fantasy on Themes by Gershwin –Colin MacKnight
CÉSAR FRANCK: Cantabile, fr Trois Pieces. OLIVIER MESSIAEN (trans. Heindl): Alleluia sur la trompette, alleluia sur la cymbal, fr L’Ascension –Sebastian Heindl
Filler – DURUFLÉ (see above)
Hour 2
SIGFRID KARG ELERT: Rondo alla Campanella, Op. 156. KARG-ELERT: Valse mignonne, Op. 142, no. 2 –Sebastian Heindl
SAMUEL BARBER: To Longwood Gardens –Bryan Anderson
SERGEI RACHMANNOFF (trans. Hull & McKnight): Prelude in c#, Op. 3, no. 2 –Colin MacKnight
MODEST MUSSORGSKY (trans. Scott): Night on Bald Mountain. MARCEL DUPRÉ: Variations on a Noël –Sebastian Heindl
Filler – MESSIAEN (see above)
Sebastian Heindl won the Pierre S. du Pont First Prize as well as the AGO Philadelphia Chapter and Audience Choice Prizes in the 2019 Longwood Competition. Bryan Anderson won the Firmin Swinnen Second Prize, and Colin MacKnight the Clarence Snyder Third Prize.
You also can watch these performances:
• Heindl preliminary and final rounds
• Anderson's preliminary and final rounds
• MacKnight's preliminary round plus Rachmaninoff and Goode-Gershwin
Upcoming performances on Longwood’s 146-rank Aeolian pipe organ feature Michael Smith (1/26), Peter Richard Conte & Polyphonia (3/13), Andrew Senn (3/15), Chris Gage (4/19) and Thomas Heywood (5/1).
