Onstage with Bradley Hunter Welch #2302
. . . a concert performance, with commentary, recorded at Bethel University in Minnesota.
Hour One
J. S. BACH: Toccata & Fugue in d, BWV 565. MAX DRISCHNER: Variations on O laufet, ihr Hirten. RAYMOND HAAN: Pastorale, fr 3 Lyric Pieces. FREDERICK SWANN: Trumpet Tune. CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Andante sostenuto, fr Symphonie Gothique (No. 9), Op. 70. EUGENE GIGOUT: Toccata in b. HERBERT HOWELLS: Rhapsody No. 1 in D-flat, Op. 17, no. 1. MARCEL DUPRÉ: Prelude & Fugue in B, Op. 7, no. 1.
Filler – DRISCHNER (see above)
Hour Two
BACH: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 -Bradley Hunter Welch (1952 Aeolian-Skinner/St. Luke’s Methodist Church, Kilgore, TX) PD Archive (r. 11/9/15)
TOMASO ALBINONI (trans. Cowan & Welch): Adagio in g –Ken Cowan & Bradley Hunter Welch (1996 Casavant/Broadway Baptist Church, Fort Worth, TX) Pro Organo 7275
WILLIAM ALBRIGHT: Jig for the Feet, fr Organbook III. EDWARD ELGAR (arr. Harris/Welch): Nimrod, from Enigma Variations, Op. 36. AARON DAVID MILLER: Chorale Fantasy, Lobe den Herren. SWANN (arr.): Amazing Grace –Bradley Hunter Welch (2003 Blackinton/Benson Great Hall, Bethel University, Arden Hills, MN) PD Archive (r. 9/23/2022)
Filler – DUPRE (see above)
Bradley’s discography includes:
Loft 1084 – Bradley Welch Plays at Broadway Baptist
Pro Organo 7175 – Dynamic Duo: Music for Two Organists, with Ken Cowan & Bradley Hunter Welch
Naxos 8.572511 – Into the Night: Contemporary Choral Music
Also check out the Preston Hollow Sessions, interesting ‘behind-the-music’ conversations filmed with Artist-in-Residence Bradley Hunter Welch and Music Director Stephen Jobman at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church in Dallas, TX.
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 Kegg Pipe Organ Builders of Hartville, OH, and Letourneau Organs Limited of Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, 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.
