Feeling the Spirit #2614
. . . we dip into unexpected corners of the organ’s repertoire to discover a melodious miscellany.
Hour 1
ARNAUD de GROEN: Fantasy on Psalm 75 –Arnaud de Groen (1971 Metzler/Grote Kerk, den Haag, Netherlands) Fugate 511002
EDOUARD BATISTE: Offertoire in d, Op. 3 –Christopher Herrick (1989 van den Heuvel/St. Eustache, Paris, France) Hyperion 66457
CRAIG PHILLIPS: 2 Pieces (Aria & Fantasy Toccata) –Christopher Wells (2009 Casavant/Christ Church, Bronxville, NY) Pro Organo 7256
GARA GARAYEV (trans. Yagubova): Ballet Music (Dance of the Passionate Girl & Lullaby, fr The Path of Thunder; Waltz, fr Seven Beauties) –Jamila Javadova-Spitzberg (1973 Marcussen/Laurenskerk, Rotterdam, Netherlands) DMP 82557
REYNALDO HAHN (arr. Setchell): A Chloris. BONAVENTRA SOMMA: Toccata in A –Martin Setchell (1997-2019 Rieger/Town Hall, Christchurch, New Zealand) Pipeline Press 2
RICHARD ELLIOTT: Every time I feel the spirit –Richard Elliott (1948 Aeolian-Skinner/Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, UT) Klavier 11174
Filler – BATISTE (see above)
Hour 2
FRANCESCO BENDUSI: Chanson & Dance. PIERRE PHALESE: Branle -–Kalevi Kiviniemi (1390? Anonymous/Notre Dame de Valere, Sion, Switzerland) Fuga 9464
ERNST PEPPING: 4 Chorale-preludes (Zeuch an di Macht; Jesus Christus herrscht als König; Nun freut euch; Sonne der Gerechtigkeit), fr Kleines Orgelbuch –Roger Sherman (1965 Flentrop/St. Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, WA) ReZound 4022
BERT MATTER: Magnificat –Het Oude Musiekoor, Arnhem; Cecilia de Leeuw, recorder; Dorien Lievers, mezzo-soprano; Bert Matter (1643 Bader+1996 Reil/Walbergiskerk, Zutphen, Netherlands) Musica Walburga 96001
DAVID BEDNAL: Adagio for Organ –Paul Walton (1969 Walker-2009 Wood/Blackburn Cathedral, England) Regent 498
NAJI HAKIM: The Embrace of Fire –Ranald McCusker, tenor; Simon Leach (1871 Hill-2004 Wells/Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, Manchester, England) Metier 28583
The premiere of The Embrace of Fire took place during an organ inauguration at Southeran Adventist University in Collegedale, Tennessee, and you can hear that performance, by Leonard Raver, on Program #8647 in our archive.
Filler – ELLOITT (see above)
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