A Reformation Festival #2243
. . . music to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s revolutionary Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences (written 10/31/1517).
Hour One
J. S. BACH (arr. Near): Ein feste Burg, fr BWV 80 –Phil Snedecor, trumpet; Paul Skevington (1998 Steiner-Reck/St. Luke Catholic Church, McLean, VA) Summit 349
AARON DAVID MILLER: Variations on Ein feste Burg –Aaron David Miller (1979 Fisk/House of Hope Presbyterian Church, Saint Paul, MN) PD Archive (r. 5/3/13)
SIETZE de VRIES: Improvisation on Ein feste Burg –Sietze de Vries (1692 Schnitger/Martinikerk, Groningen, The Netherlands) SdV 002
HELMUT WALCHA: Ein feste Burg –Wolfgang Rübsam (2000 Brombaugh/1st Presbyterian Church, Springfield, IL) Naxos 8.572910
CHARLES VALENTIN ALKAN: Impromptu on a Choral of Luther, Op. 69 (Un fort rampart est notre Dieu…Ein feste Burg) –Isabelle Demers (1965 Flentrop/Cathedral of St. Mark, Seattle, WA) PD Archive (r. 7/5/22)
Filler – MILLER (see above)
Hour Two
PAUL MANZ: A Mighty Fortress –Paul Manz (1965 Schlicker/Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN) Manz Music 922
BACH: Ein feste Burg, BWV 720 –Wolfgang Rübsam (1995 Brombaugh/Lawrence University Chapel, Appleton, WI) Naxos 8.553629
MAX REGER: Ein feste Burg, Op. 79b –Robert Benjamin Dobey (2001 Schoenstein/Grace Episcopal Churchk Sheboygan, WI) Pro Organo 7204
KARL HOYER: Ein feste Burg –Graham Barber (1970 Link/St. Paul’s Church, Ulm, Germany) Fugue State Records 025
TORE BJORN LARSEN: Toccata for Organ (Ein feste Burg) –James D. Hicks (1994 Andersen/St. Morten’s Church, Randers, Denmark) Pro Organo 7292
COR KINT: Fantasy on Ein feste Burg, Op. 24 –Thijs Kramer (1923 Adema/St. Bavo Basilica, Haarlem, Netherlands) Koch 3-1276
SIGFRID KARG-ELERT: Ein feste Burg, Op. 65, no. 47 (Book 5, no. 3) ..3f – Stefan Engels (1914 Kuhn/St. Anton Church, Zurich, Switzerland) Priory 1087
REGER: Fantasy on Ein feste Burg, Op. 27 –Christoph Albrecht (1908 Sauer/St. Thomas Church, Leipzig, Germany) Ars Vivendi 2100188
Filler – De VRIES (see above)
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