A Taste of Tournemire #2606
. . . with specialist Richard Spotts, we reflect on one of the most comprehensive collections of organ music for the Roman Catholic church, Charles Tournemire’s L’Orgue Mystique.
Hour 1
TOURNEMIRE: Prelude to the Introit, fr Suite No. 44 for the 17th Sunday after Pentecost, Op. 57, no. 19 –Jacques Boucher (1927 Casavant+1985 Guilbault-Thérien/Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal, Quebec) REM 31131
TOURNEMIRE: Toccata sur un choral, fr Suite No. 18 for the Quasimodo Sunday, Op. 56, no. 7 –Georges Delvallée (1890 Cavaillé-Coll/St. Ouen Abbey, Rouen) Accord 476 1059
TOURNEMIRE: Offertoire, fr Suite No. 13 for Sexagesima Sunday, Op. 56, no. 2 --Georges Delvallée (1859 Cavaillé-Coll+1962 Beuchet/Basilica of St. Clothilde, Paris) Arion 268 104
TOURNEMIRE: Prelude to the Introit (i.) & Prelude and Praises (v.), fr Suite No.42 for the Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Op. 57. No.17—Georges Delvallée (1888 Puget/Notre-Dame-la-Dalbade, Toulouse) Accord 476 1059
TOURNEMIRE: Suite No. 7 for Epiphany, Op. 55, no. 7, fr L’orgue Mystique –André Marchal (1950 Holtkamp/Setnor Auditorium, Crouse Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY) Westminster 14130
Filler - Offertoire from Suite 13 (see above)
Hour 2
TOURNEMIRE: Petite Rhapsodie Improvisée --Charles Tournemire (1859 Cavaillé-Coll/Basilica of St. Clothilde, Paris, France; recorded 1931) Arbiter 156
TOURNEMIRE: Sortie, Op. 3, fr L’Orgue Moderne, Volume 1 –Aaron Tan (2004 Juget-Sinclair/Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Richmond, VA) Raven 208
TOURNEMIRE: Piece symphonique, Op. 16 –Michelle Leclere (1868 Cavaillé-Coll/Church of Saint Vincent, San Sebastian, Spain) Aeolus 10291
TOURNEMIRE: Triptyque, fr Suite No. 26 for Trinity Sunday, Op. 57, no. 1 –Georges Delvallée (1889 Cavaillé-Coll/Basilica of St. Sernin, Toulouse) Arion 268105
TOURNEMIRE: Communion, fr Suite No. 36 for the 10th Sunday after Pentecost, Op. 57, no. 11 –Adrian Gunning (1962 Harrison/Coventry Cathedral, England) Libra 155
TOURNEMIRE: Communion, fr Suite No. 6 for the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus, Op. 55, no. 6 –Sandro Müller (1929 Seifert-1939 Weyland/Liebfrauekirche, Bottrop-Eigen, Germany) Cybele 050 106
TOURNEMIRE: Choral, fr Suite No. 48 for All Saints Day, fr L’Orgue Mystique, Op. 57, no.23–Kathrine Handford (1949 Wicks/Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, MN) Sonus-Luxque 105
In a 17-part sequence of Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday concerts between February 23 and March 31, Richard Spotts …who literally has ‘written the book’ on this topic…will perform Tournemire’s entire L’Orgue Mystique, all 51 suites and 253 individual movements, on the 128-rank 1956-58 Aeolian-Skinner (Opus 724)+2024 Russell (Opus 62) pipe organ at St. Paul’s Church Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia, PA.
Filler – Fantasie fr Suite No. 7 for Epiphany, Op. 55, no. 7 (see above)
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