More Artists at Work #2536
. . . additional surprises from the varied and surprising contents of the Pipedreams archive.
Hour 1
DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE: Praeludium in C, BuxWV 136. HERBERT HOWELLS: Master Tallis’s Testament. FLOR PEETERS: Toccata, Fugue & Hymn, Ave maris stella –Joseph Ripka (1961 Holtkamp/St. John’s Abbey Church, Collegeville, MN) PD Archive (r. 8/9/17)
J. S. BACH: Trio in G, BWV 1027a –Robert Anderson (1979 Sipe/Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, Minneapolis, MN) PD Archive (r. 4/13/80)
BACH (arr. Schwandt): Sheep may safely graze, BWV 208 –John Schwandt (2014 Murphy/Zion Lutheran Church, Baltimore, MD) PD Archive (r. 4/18/15)
BACH (trans. Houlihan): Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971 –Christopher Houlihan (1940 Aeolian-Skinner/Sage Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY) PD Archive (r. 8/13/14)
Filler – BACH: Sheep may safely graze (see above)
Hour 2
PAMELA RUITER-FEENSTRA: 3 Improvised verses on Herzlich lieb’ hab’ ich dich, O Herr —Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra (2010 Fritts/St. Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston, TX) PD Archive (r. 4/14/12)
ZHANHAO HE & GANG CHEN: The Butterfly Lovers –Fang Gao, violin; Weicheng Zhao (2002 Ruffatti/Epiphany Catholic Church, Miami, FL) PD Archive (r. 1/25/13)
JOHANN GEORG HILLE: Hymn, Praise the Lord who reigns above. ROBERT A. HARRIS: The Hungry Angels (premiere). GORDON YOUNG: The Sure Foundation (premiere). CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Allegro (i.), fr Symphony No. 6, Op. 42, no. 2 –Brazeal Dennard Chorale/Brazeal Dennard; Huw Lewis (1957 Aeolian-Skinner/Ford Auditorium, Detroit, MI) PD Archive (r. 6/30/86). These performances were recorded during the 1986 National Convention of the American Guild of Organists. Time marches on and since then the acoustically unsatisfactory Ford Auditorium has been torn down. Though the organ was removed just prior to demolition, its future remains very uncertain.
Filler – YOUNG: The Sure Foundation (see above)
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