AGO San Francisco 2024 (IV) - Some Rising Stars #2549
. . . winners of the American Guild of Organists Regional Competitions for Young Organists perform in concert.
Hour 1
RACHEL LAURIN: Scherzo, fr Symphony No. 1. LOUIS VIERNE: Final, fr Organ Symphony No. 3—Abagail Crafton (Southeast Region)
JEAN ROGER-DUCASSE: Pastorale –Alexander Leonardi (Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Region)
WILLIAM GRANT STILL: Elegy. MAURICE DURUFLÉ: Toccata, fr Suite, Op. 5 –Owen Tellinghuisen (Great Lakes Region)
Filler - LAURIN: Scherzo (see above)
Hour 2
CÉSAR FRANCK: Choral No. 1 in E –Nathan Elsbernd (West Region)
THIERRY ESCAICH: Trois Poemes (Eaux natales – Le Masque – Vers l’espérance) –Trevor Good (North Central Region)
JOSEPH JONGEN: Sonata Eroica –Marshall Joos (Southwest Region)
Filler – DURUFLE (see above)
All performances (r. 7/3/24) feature the 2006 Petty-Madden organ (Op. 55) at First Congregational Church, Berkeley, CA. Regional Competition prizes are sponsored by Michael Quimby, President of Quimby Pipe Organs, Inc.
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 Schoenstein & Company, Pipe Organ Builders of Beneia, CA and Solid State Organ Systems of Alexandria, 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.
