For Bach’s Birthday #2611
. . . whatever the date really is, a party on his behalf is always a good time.
Hour 1
JOHANN ERNST (trans. Bach): Violin Concerto in d, Op. 1, no. 4 (BWV 987) –Konstantin Volostnov (2010 Grenzing/Tauride Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia) Melodiya 10 02677
J. S. BACH (trans. Coppey & Berrod): Toccata, fr Partita in e, BWV 830 –Joseph Coppey & Catherine Berrod (1702 Ring-Legros+1984 Kern/St. Gregory the Great, Ribeauvillé, France)In Organo Pleno 01092016
BACH (arr. Hohman): Air, fr Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 –Frederick Hohman (1997 Schoenstein/1st-Plymouth Congregational Church, Lincoln, NE) Pro Organo 7077
BACH (trans. Bach): Schübler Chorale, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 –Marcel Dupré (1862 Cavaillé-Coll/Church of St. Sulpice, Paris, France) Mercury 478 8388
BACH (trans. Bach): 3 Schübler Chorales, Wo soll ich fliehen hin (ii.), BWV 646, Meine Seele erhebet den Herrn (iv.), BWV 648 & Ach, bleib bin uns, Herr Jesu Christ (v.), BWV 649, fr Schübler Chorales –Livia Mazzanti (1930 Steinmeyer/Christuskirche, Rome, Italy) Continuo 111
BACH (trans. Bach): 2 Schübler Chorales, Wer nur den lieben Gott, BWV 647 –Ewald Kooiman (1745 J-A Silbermann/Protestant Temple, Wasselonne, France); Kommst du nun, Jesu, BWV 650 –Gerhard Gnann (1741 J-A Silbermann/St. Thomas Church, Strasbourg, France) Aeolus 10761
BACH (arr. Idenstam): Jesu, bleibet meine Freude, fr Cantata BWV 147; Courante, fr French Suite No. 5 in G, BWV 816 –Lisa Rydberg, violin; Gunnar Idenstam (Gefle reed organ) Gazell 1118
Filler - JOHANN ERNST: Concerto in d, BWV 987, finale (see above)
Hour 2
J. S. BACH: Contrapunctus No. 1, fr The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 –Balint Karosi (1995 Richards, Fowkes/1st Lutheran Church, Boston, MA) Hungaroton 32784
BACH: Pedal Exercitium in g, BWV 598 (with improvised prelude & coda) & Fugue in g, BWV 578
BACH: Manualiter Chorale-preludes, fr Clavierübung III (Kyrie, Gott Vater, BWV 672; Christe, allerWelt Trost, BWV 673; Kyrie, Gott Heiliger Geist, BWV 674; Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr, BWV 675 & 677; Dies sind die heil’gen zehn Gebot, BWV 679; Wir glauben all an einen Gott, BWV 681; Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 683; Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 685; Aus Tiefer Noth schrei ich zu dir, BWV 687; Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 689)
BALINT KAROSI: Prelude & Fugue on B-A-C-H in B-flat
BACH: Fugue in E-flat, BWV 552/2
Filler - BACH (arr. Hohman): Air (see above)
Balint Karosi plays the 1979 C. B. Fisk organ at House of Hope Presbyterian Church in Saint Paul, MN (r. 5/2/25).
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 the Andover Organ Company of Methuen, MA and the Bedient Pipe Organ Company of Roca, Nebraska, 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.
