An Organist’s Yearbook #2252
. . . the annual summing up of twelve month’s happenings, celebrating success and lamenting losses. choral, instrumental, and organized treats make for a family-friendly festival.
Hour One
ARTHUR WILLS: Carillon on Orientis Partibus –Jeremy Filsell (1998 Marcussen/Tonbridge School Chapel, Kent, England) Guild 7225
CÉSAR FRANCK (trans. Macinanti): Petite Piece d’Entrée pour Concours (1877) –Roberto Antonello (1999 Zanin/Church of St. Michael the Archangel, Salgareda, Italy) Treviso Festival 50213
FRANCK: 5 Posthumous Pieces, fr L’Organiste Part 2 (2 Magnificat Verses in E-flat; Allegretto in c; Allegretto non troppo & Gloria Patri in E-flat) –Hans-Eberhard Ross (1998 Goll/St. Martin’s Church, Memingen, Germany) Audite 21.413
JAMES CALLAHAN: Allegretto (ii.), Organ Concerto No. 2 –St. Thomas Festival Orchestra/James Callahan; Jacob Benda (1987 Kney/University of St. Thomas Chapel, Saint Paul, MN) PD Archive (r. 4-24-22)
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS: Allegretto (No. 4), fr Seven Pieces, Op. 150 –Bruce Stevens (2022 Juget-Sinclair/Sacred Heart Cathedral, Richmond, VA) PD Archive (r. 9/23/22)
OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Offrande sur Sainte Sacrament –Jon Gillock (2011 Quoirin/Church of the Ascension, New York, NY) Raven 986
MARK GORDON & HARRY REVEL: Wake up and live –Jim Riggs (1929 Wurlitzer/Greek Room, Macy’s Department Store, Philadelphia, PA) DSP Recordings 1311
SIMON PRESTON: Alleluyas. ROBERT SCHUMANN: Fugue on B-A-C-H, Op. 60, no. 5 –Simon Preston (1992 Ruffatti/Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA) PD Archive (r. 5-19-12 & 5-12-07)
FRANCIS JACKSON: Scherzo amabile, Op. 92 –Francis Jackson (1904-1960 Walker/York Minster, England) Priory 930
JOSEPH JONGEN: Toccata, Op. 104 –Frederick Swann (1964 Aeolian-Skinner/Riverside Church, New York, NY) PD Archive (r. 7/10/96)
Filler – (see above)
Hour Two
J. S. BACH: 6 Orgelbüchlein Chorale-preludes (Wer nur den lieben Gott, BWV 642; Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 599; In dulci jubilo, BWV 608; Vom Himmel hoch, BWV 606; Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV 614; Herr Christ, der ein’ge Gottessohn, BWV 601) –Maitrise Notre Dame de Paris/Emilie Fleury; Benjamin Alard (2009 Blumenröder/Temple du Foyer de l’Ame, Paris) Harmonia Mundi 902498.99
FLORENCE PRICE: Cantilena & Allegretto –Alan Morrison (1992 Ruffatti/Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA) ACA Digital 20132
IVAN BOSNAR: Intermezzo No. 2. CHARLES KOECHLIN: Choral in f, Op. 90bis –Ivan Bosnar (1890 Barckhoff/St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Auburn, NY) Pro Organo 7301
Check out this video of Ivan and the Barckhoff in Auburn.
NED ROREM: Impromptu, fr Organbook III –Ronald Prowse (1965 Casavant/St. Joan of Arc Church, St. Clair Shores, MI) Albany 398
HELMUT WALCHA: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, fr Chorale Preludes Volume 4, no. 17 –Delbert Disselhorst (2004 Brombaugh/1st Presbyterian Church, Springfield, IL) Naxos 8.572913
GEORG FRIEDRICH KAUFFMANN: Komm, heiliger Geist (3 settings) –Delbert Disselhorst (2004 Brombaugh/1st Presbyterian Church, Springfield, IL) Pro Organo 7165
BACH (attrib.): Fugue in G, BWV 577 (Gigue) –Stephen Rosenberg (2007 Casavant/Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church, Saint Paul, MN) Rosenberg 2014
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Allegro con brio, fr Sonata in B-flat, Op. 65, no 4 –Sietze de Vries (2014 Edskes/Maria Frieden Church, Dübendorf, Switzerland) JSB Records 300515
Filler – (see above)
These programs from our archive are offered as special memorial tributes to four major artists who died in 2022:
Frederick Swann – Swann Song (#0337)
Simon Preston – Simon Says (#9916)
Ned Rorem – Tribute to Ned Rorem (#9629)
Delbert Disselhorst – That Professor from Iowa (#0633)
PIPEDREAMS is supported in memory of Mr. & Mrs. Wesley C. Dudley by their family, by grants from Walter McCarthy, Clara Ueland, and the Greystone Foundation, the Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund of the HRK Foundation, by Jan and Steve Kirchner, and by listener-contributors to this public radio station. Additional support comes from Foley-Baker, Inc. of Tolland, CT, and Paul Fritts & Company, Organ Builders of Tacoma, WA, 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. A resource guide and member prospectus is available at APOBA.COM.
