A Beethoven Sestercentennial #2048
. . . celebrating the 250th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven (b. 1770) with some of few pieces he wrote for organ, and many that he didn’t!
Hour One
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN (trans. Heywood): Allegro con brio (i.), fr Symphony No. 5 in c, Op. 67 –Thomas Heywood (1929 Hill-2001 Schantz/Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia) Pro Organo 7141
BEETHOVEN: 2 Pieces for Organ (Allegro non piu molto in C, WoO 33; Präludium durch all Tonarten, Op. 39, no. 2) –Maria-Magdalena Kaczor (1786 Stieffell/Ludwigskirche, Langensteinbach, Germany) Aeolus 11111
BEETHOVEN (trans. Biesemans): Allegro con brio (i.), fr Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 19 –Pieter-Jelle de Boer, piano; Els Biesemans (2015 Grenzing/Radio France (ORTF) Auditorium, Paris) PD Archive (r. 5/8/16)
EDUARD BATISTE: Offertoire in B-flat, Op. 33 (after Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6). BATISTE: Grand Offertoire in F, Op. 35 (after Beethoven’s Violin Sonata, Op. 47) –Diego Innocenzi (1857 Merklin & Schütze/St. Mary’s Cathedral, Murcia, Spain) Aeolus 10731
ANDREAS WILLSCHER: My Beethoven Rag –Domenico Severin (2008 Ruffatti/Upsala Cathedral, Sweden) Syrius 141479
Filler – BATISTE: Offertoire in B-flat (see above)
Hour Two
BEETHOVEN: Adagio in F, fr Suite for Mechanical Organ –Hans-Ola Ericsson (1985 Kuersgaard/Masonic Hall, Uppsala, Sweden) Bis 609
BEETHOVEN (trans. Biery): Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 –James Biery (1927-Skinner+1963 Aeolian-Skinner/Cathedral of Saint Paul, St. Paul, MN) PD Archive (r. 7/25/03)
BEETHOVEN: Bagatelle in C, Op. 33, no. 5 –Maria-Magdalena Kaczor (1786 Stieffell/Ludwigskirche, Langensteinbach, Germany) Aeolus 11111
GUSTAV MERKEL: Variations on a Theme (fr Op. 109) of Beethoven, Op. 45 –Holger Gehring (1963 Jehmlich/Kreuzkirche, Dresden) Querstand 10211
BEETHOVEN (trans. Biesemans): Adagio (ii.) & Rondo (iii.), fr Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 19 –Pieter-Jelle de Boer, piano; Els Biesemans (2015 Grenzing/Radio France (ORTF) Auditorium, Paris) PD Archive (r. 5/8/16)
Filler – BEETHOVEN: Symphony 5 (see above)
Despite having studied and played the organ in his youth, Beethoven (like Mozart) composed relatively few…and no significant…pieces for the instrument. Others have made up for that.
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