Venerable Vierne #2040
. . . a celebration of the legacy of the famed organist of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, Louis Vierne, on the sesquicentennial of his birth (b. 10/8/1870)
Hour One
J. S. BACH: Prelude in e, BWV 533 –Louis Vierne (1868 Cavaillé-Coll/Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris) EMI 153-16411/5 (r. 1928)
LOUIS VIERNE: Allegro (i.), fr Symphony No. 2 in e, Op. 20 –Pierre Cochereau (1868 Cavaillé-Coll/Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris) Solstice 177/8 & FY 028 (r. 1955 & 1975)
VIERNE: Dédicace, Op. 54, no 1 –Olivier Latry (1868 Cavaillé-Coll/Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris) BNL 112742
BACH (trans. Vierne): Sicilienne, fr BWV 1031 –Christine Kamp (1890 Cavaillé-Coll/Abbey of St. Ouen, Rouen) Festivo 6962052
VIERNE: Prelude, fr Symphony No. 1, Op. 14. VIERNE: Aria, fr Symphony No. 6, Op. 59. VIERNE: Carillon de Westminster, Op. 54, no. 6 –Todd Wilson (1988-2015 ‘Aeolian-Skinner’/Blackstone Residence, Cleveland, OH) PD Archive (r. 5/17/19). Check online for expanded video and audio coverage of this concert.
Filler - VIERNE: Meditation-Improvisation –Louis Vierne, r. 1928 (Notre Dame Cathedral) EMI 153-16411/5
Hour Two
VIERNE: Marche episcopale in D (improvisation, r. 1928) –Louis Vierne (1868 Cavaillé-Coll/Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris) EMI 153-16411/5
ÉMILE BOURDON: Élegie a la mémoire de Louis Vierne, Op. 18, no. 8 –Maurice Duruflé (1850 Callinet-1959 Müller/Collégiale Saint-Jacques, Sallanches, France) Solstice 251
VIERNE: Messe Basse, Op. 30 (Entrée-Introit-Offertoire-Elevation-Sortie) –Wolfgang Rübsam (1880 Cavaillé-Coll/St. François-de-Sales, Lyon) IFO Organ 7266
VIERNE: Cantique a Saint Louis de Gonzague (1926) –Ioan Micu, tenor; Koor Nieuwe Nuzick/René Nieuwint; Christine Kamp (1890 Cavaillé-Coll/St. Ouen Abbey, Rouen) Festivo 6962052
VIERNE: Piece Symphonique for Organ & Orchestra (Scherzo-Adagio-Final) –Holland Symfonia/Ermanno Florio; Christine Kamp (1875 Cavaillé-Coll+2005 Flentrop/Haarlem Philharmonie) Festivo 6962232
Filler – VIERNE: Allegro (i.), fr Symphony No. 2 –Pierre Cochereau, r. 1975 (Notre Dame Cathedral) FY 028
For additional enjoyment, we invite you to listen to this Vierne-focused program from our archive (#1722 - “Hey, Louis, Louis”), as well as any number of other programs found there in which Vierne’s music is included. Though many organists will pay tribute to the Vierne Sesquicentennial, we point out two, featuring Christopher Houlihan at Trinity College in Hartford, and Eric Plutz at Princeton University.
Continuing support of PIPEDREAMS is provided in loving memory of Wesley and Lucinda Dudley by their family, with additional support from Walter McCarthy, Clara Ueland, and the Greystone Foundation, by Jan Kirchner on behalf of her family foundation, by the Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund of the HRK Foundation, in celebration of the life of Martha Hulings Kaemmer, and by listener-contributors to this public radio station. Additional support comes from Quimby Pipe Organs, Inc. of Warrensburg, MO, and Schoenstein and Company, Pipe Organ Builders of Benecia, CA, members of APOBA, the Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America, a collaborative of designers, creators, and maintainers of pipe organs found in religious and educational institutions, concert halls, and residences throughout the United States and beyond. An APOBA resource guide and member prospectus is available at APOBA.COM.
