Invitation to the Dance #2010
…though the pipe organ itself may seem big and ponderous, its music will have your toes tapping.
Hour 1
CARL MARIA von WEBER: Invitation to the Dance –Boston University Symphonic Organ (Boston University, MA) PD Archive 08/87
ANGELA KRAFT CROSS: Folk Hymn Fantasia on Lord of the Dance (1993) –Angela Kraft Cross (2002 Dobson/Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels, Los Angeles, CA) Compass Audio 7201
PAMELA DECKER: La Danza (2017) –Pamela Decker (1965 Flentrop/St. Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, WA) Loft 1151
MAURICE DURUFLÉ (trans. Whitehead): Danse lente (ii.), fr Trois Danses, Op. 6 –William Whitehead (Oberthür/Auxerre Cathedral, France) Chandos 10315
DURUFLÉ (trans. Anderson): Tambourin (iii.), fr Trois Danses, Op. 6 –Bryan Anderson (1997 Fisk-Rosales/Rice University, Houston, TX) PD Archive (r. 2/24/18)
MAURICE RAVEL (trans. Figiani): La Valse –Stephen Tharp (1992 Ruffatti/Spivey Hall, Morrow, GA) Pipedreams Archive (r. 1/28/17) [See also Acis APL31995]
Filler –DURUFLÉ: Tambourin, fr Trois Danses, Op. 6 (Sinfonia of London/John ) Chandos 5252
Hour 2
ELIAS AMMERBACH: Passamezzo antico –Joseph Payne (1890 Moline/St. Joseph’s Church, Fort Madison, IA) Naxos 8.550965
ANONYMOUS: 3 Galliards –Francesco Cera (1772 Anonymous positive) Brilliant Classics 85240
PIERRE ATTAIGNANT (pub.): Renaissance Songs & Dances (Fortune lesse moy la vie-Branle-Languir me fait sans tavoir offense-Pavane & Gaillard) –Robert Bates (1568 Anonymous-2012 Cattiaux/Church of St. Peter, Saint-Julien-du-Sault, France) Loft 1137
JOHANN STRAUSS, Jr. (trans. Hohman): Pizzicato Polka. SIGFRID KARG-ELERT: Valse mignonne, Op. 124, no. 2 –Frederick Hohman (1953 Aeolian-Skinner/Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY) Pro Organo 7272
ANONYMOUS: Estampida de Rocamadour –Thierry Gomar, percussion; Christophe Deslignes (Seitz organetto) Ricercar 206662
BERNARD JOHNSON: Elfentanz –Simon Nieminski (2012 Reuter/3rd Baptist Church, Saint Louis, MO) Regent 473
FERRUCCIO BUSONI: Contrapunctisches Tanzstück, Op. 30a –Paolo Bottini (1968 Bevilacqua-2004 Chichi/Collegiata di Sant’Andrea, Empoli, Italy) Bongiovanni 5191
NOEL RAWSTHORNE: Dance Suite –Gordon Stewart (1881 Willis/Huddersfield Town Hall, England) Dolcan 09
Filler – CROSS (see above)
