1888 Puget/Notre Dame de la Dalbade, Toulouse
1888 Puget/Notre Dame de la Dalbade, Toulouse
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Absolutely Grand #2122

. . . whether in solo or with other instruments, the effect of the pipe organ is like no other.

Hour One

M-A. CHARPENTIER (trans. Tracey): Te Deum PreludeIan Tracey (1926 Willis/Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, England) Priory 6001

EUGENE GIGOUT: Grand Choeur DialogueBBC Philharmonic/Rumon Gamba; Ian Tracey (Liverpool Cathedral) Chandos 5048

JOSEPH JONGEN: Prelude & Fugue, Op. 121Anton Doornhein (1907-1981 Seifert/St. Mary’s Church, Kevelaer, Germany) Versluis 1022

MARCEL DUPRÉ: Allegro deciso, fr Evocation, Op. 37John Scott (Willis-Mander/St. Paul’s Cathedral, London) Hyperion 67047

ERIK SUTER: Improvisation on Amazing GraceErik Wm. Suter (Aeolian-Skinner/National Cathedral, Washington, DC) WNC 0701

OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Apparition de l’Eglese éternelleOlivier Latry (1868 Cavaillé-Coll, expanded/Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris) DG 471 480

PAUL WINTER: Triumph –Davy Spillane, Uilleann pipes; Paul Winter, saxophone; Paul Halley (1953 Aeolian-Skinner/Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY) Living Music 80036

Filler – CHARPENTIER (see above)

Hour Two

GIUSEPPE VERDIGrand March, fr Aida –Ian Tracey (1926 Willis/Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, England) Priory DVD 1

EDOUARD BATISTE: Grand Offertoire in D, Op. 8, no. 2  –Thomas Heywood (1913 Hill-1996 Jewkes/St. John’s Church, Toorak, Australia) Hillwood 4174

LOUIS MARCHANDGrand Dialogue in C, fr Book 3Pierre Bardon (1774 Isnard/Basilica of St. Marie-Madeleine, Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, France) Pierre Verany 784011

ANTONIO CORREA BRAGA: Battle Piece on the 6th ToneRiyehee Hong (1716 Urarte-2010 Lois/Iglesia de Santa Maria, Torredesillas, Spain) Cable Musical 1944

PADRE ANTONIO SOLER: Double Organ Concerto No. 5 in AJürgen Essl (1735 Nassarre) & Jeremy Joseph (1695 Sesma/Mexico City Cathedral) Cybele 031802

CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Final, fr Symphony No. 7, Op. 42, no. 3Matthieu de Miguel (1888 Puget/Notre Dame de la Dalbade, Toulouse) Priory 1210

Filler – CYRIL JENKINS:  Dawn –Simon Pearce (1883 Willis-2000 Harrison/St. David’s Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, Wales) Priory 1222

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 Dobson Pipe Organ Builders of Lake City, IA, C. B. Fisk, Inc. of Gloucester, MA, 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.