Joan of Art #2538

Hour 1

J. S. BACH:  Nun danket alle Gott, BWV 657 (1976 Flentrop/Duke University Chapel, Durham, NC) Gothic 49099

BACH:  Piece d’Orgue in G, BWV 572 (1998 Fritts/Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA) Gothic 49202

BACH:  Prelude & Fugue in c, BWV 537 (2004 Fritts/Reyes Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN) Gothic 49260

BACH:  O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV 618 (2000 Fritts/Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ) Gothic 49297

FRANZ LISZT:  Prelude & Fugue on B-A-C-H (1956 Aeolian-Skinner-1986 Austin/All Saint’s Cathedral, Albany, NY) OHS 2006

Filler – BACH:  Fantasy in G, BWV 572 (see above)

Hour 2

W. A. MOZART:  Gigue in G, K. 574 (1971 Fisk/Old West Church, Boston, MA) Gothic 49051

HERBERT HOWELLS: Rhapsody in c#, Op. 17, no. 3 (1928 Skinner-1992 Mander/University Chapel, Princeton, NJ) Gothic 49061

BACH:  Trio Sonata No. 6 in G, BWV 530 (1995 Taylor & Boody/St. Thomas Church, New York, NY) Gothic 49116

CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR:  Andantino quasi allegretto (iii.), fr Symphony No. 5, Op. 42, no. 1 (1911-1950 Möller/Cadet Chapel, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY) Gothic 49046

JOHANNES BRAHMS: Chorale & Fugue, O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid, WoO 7 (2001 Taylor & Boody/Bower Chapel, Naples, FL) Gothic 49255

J. ALBERT JEFFREY:  Hymn, Ancient of Days (1956 Aeolian-Skinner-1986 Austin/All Saint’s Cathedral, Albany NY) OHS 2006

Filler – BACH:  Fugue in E-flat, BWV 552 (see BRAHMS above)

Included are comments from friends and colleagues Larry and Diane Biser, Tom Dressler, and Eric Plutz.  Larry Biser is author/editor of Joan Lippincott: The Gift of Music, a celebratory volume published in 2013 by the Organ Historical Society containing a brief biography and essays and tributes by 21 of Joan’s former students and associates.

Students at Westminster Choir College found that Bach’s Organ Prelude in C, BWV 547 perfectly fit their teacher’s last name, with the ten notes of its rising scalar opening theme matching perfectly with the letters…L-I-P-P-I-N-C-O-T-T…and the downward step-wise pedal theme neatly linked with, “Hello, my name is Joan!”

A program of chamber music with organ (using Joan’s former house instrument, Paul Fritts Opus 21) will take place at 7 p.m. on October 3 in the Gambrell Room/Scheide Hall on the grounds of Princeton Theological Seminary, followed by a memorial service at Princeton University Chapel at 11 a.m. on October 4. 

PIPEDREAMS is supported in loving memory of Lucinda and Wesley Dudley by their family, with additional support from Walter McCarthy, Clara Ueland, and the Greystone Foundation, from Ed and Wanda Eichler, and from Syndyne Corporation of Vancouver, WA, and Taylor & Boody Organ Builders of Staunton, VA, 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. An APOBA resource guide and member prospectus is available at APOBA.COM.