AGO San Francisco 2024 (III) – The Competitive Spirit Persists #2540
. . . featuring winners of the AGO’s National Young Artist Competition in Organ Performance (NYACOP).
Hour 1
KHRISTOPHOR KUSHNARYOV: Passacaglia (1924). JEAN GUILLOU: Toccata, Op. 9 (1963) –Victoria Shorokhova (2nd Prize)
LIBBY LARSEN: Sonata in One Movement on Kalenda Maya. CONNOR CHEE: Hózhó. MAURICE DURUFLÉ: Toccata, fr Suite, Op. 5 –Ryan Chan (1st Prize and Audience Prize)
All performers played the 2003 Robert Pearson organ (Op. 1) at Lakeside Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA (r. 6/30/24). The AGO’s NYACOP takes place every two years, and entry information is available online.
Filler – LARSEN (see above)
Hour 2
FLORENCE PRICE: In Quiet Mood –James Kealey (1876 Hook-2001 Andover/St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Buffalo, NY) Pro Organo 7305. James Kealey won the NYACOP 1st Prize in 2022.
MARK S. CAMPBELL: Pleiades, fr The Heavens Declare. LOUIS VIERNE: Final, fr Organ Symphony No. 5, Op. 47 –Tyler Boehmer (3rd Prize)
SIGFRID KARG-ELERT: Wie schön leucht’ uns der Morgenstern, Op. 65, nos. 64 & 44. JOSEPH-ERMEND BONNAL: Paysages Euskariens (3 Basque Impressions: La Vallée du Béhorléguy, au matin; Le Berger d’Ahusguy; Cloches dans le Ciel) –Aaron Tan (2005 Rieger/Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA) Pro Organo 7284. Mr. Tan won the NYACOP in 2000.
Filler – VIERNE (see above)
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 Berghaus Organ Company, Inc. of Bellwood, IL, and Bond Organ Builders, Inc. of Portland, OR, 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.
