Discovering Cleveland #2533
. . . performances by and conversations with the versatile and virtuosic American recitalist Douglas Cleveland.
Hour 1
DAVID DAHL: Suite Homage…honoring Buxtehude, Couperin, Franck & Dubois (2013). HENRY MOLLICONE: Elegy for Saxophone & Organ (2012). JOEL MARTINSON: Triptych Fantasy for Saxophone and Organ (2019). PAMELA DECKER: Kairos (1997). JOSEPH JONGEN: Toccata in D-flat, Op. 104 –Myles Boothroyd, saxophone; Douglas Cleveland (1987 Kney/St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN) PD Archive-Dropbox Audio (r. 10/16/22)
Filler – MARTINSON (see above)
Hour 2
JUAN CABANILLES: Battalla Imperial –Douglas Cleveland (1965 Flentrop-1991 Fritts/St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, Seattle, WA). PAMELA DECKER: Jesu dulcis memoria (2010). KEN YUKL: Meditation –Douglas Cleveland (1965 Flentrop-1991 Fritts/St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, Seattle, WA) PD Archive CD (r. 12/3/10)
DAVID BRIGGS: Four Concert Etudes (2006) –Douglas Cleveland (1978 Sipe/Center for Faith and Live, Luther College, Decorah, IA) PD Archive CD (r. 10/24/10)
LOUIS VIERNE: Sicilienne, Op. 53, no. 2. PERCY FLETCHER: Festival Toccata—Douglas Cleveland (1928 Skinner-2008 Schantz/Rockefeller Chapel, Chicago, IL) Loft 1118
Filler – DECKER: Jesu dulcis memoriea (see above)
Note that Douglas Cleveland’s performance of the Four Concert Etudes by David Briggs and Decker’s Jesu dulcis memoria (recorded at Rockefeller Chapel, Chicago) and Pamela Deckers own performances of Kairos and Jesu dulcis memoria, plus her husband Ken Yukl’s Meditation (all recorded at St. Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle), are available from Loft Recordings (CDs 1076, 1118, 1130, and 1167).
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