Demers Never Demures #2305
. . . performances by the outstanding world-travelling recitalist and teacher, Isabelle Demers.
Hour One
JEANNE DEMESSIEUX: Te Deum. SHARON WILLIS: Ascension Organ Suite (Juba-Elegy-Interlude-March Triumphant) (world premiere). RACHEL LAURIN: Organ Sonata No. 1, Op. 91 (1965 Flentrop/St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, Seattle, WA) PD Archive (r. 7-5-22 as part of the American Guild of Organist’s National Convention)
LAURIN: Three Impressions on Kingsfold, fr 12 Short Pieces, Op. 75 (1978 Brunzema-Casavant/Haan Auditorium, Dordt University, Sioux Center, IA) PD archive (r. 11-7-20)
Filler – DEMESSIEUX (see above)
Hour Two
J. S. BACH: Sinfonia, fr Cantata BWV 146. FELIX MENDELSSOHN (trans. Best): Overture, fr St. Paul, Op. 36. CÉSAR FRANCK (trans. Hampton): Allegretto (ii.), fr Symphony in d (2022 Letourneau/Alumni Chapel, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI) PD Archive (r. 4-10-22)
JASON ROBERTS: Fantasia in g (1978 Brunzema-Casavant/Haan Auditorium, Dordt University, Sioux Center, IA) PD archive (r. 11-7-20)
HENRY MARTIN: Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in G-flat (1997 Fisk-Rosales/Edith Bates Old Recital Hall, Rice University, Houston, TX) Pipedreams CD 1004
Filler – LAURIN: Sonata No. 1, Finale (see above)
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