Remembering Marcel Dupré #2617
. . . as we embrace the 140th birthday of twentieth-century France’s most famous organist (b. May 3, 1886).
Hour 1
J. S. BACH: Prelude in G, BWV 541 –Marcel Dupré (1925 Hill, Norman & Beard/Queen’s Hall, London, England; r. 6/23/27) Opal 9863
BACH: Prelude in e, BWV 548 -–Marcel Dupré (1862 Cavaillé-Coll/Church of St. Sulpice, Paris, France; r. 7/8/59) Mercury 478 8388
MARCEL DUPRÉ: Cortege et Litanie, Op. 19, no. 2 –Marcel Dupré (1862 Cavaillé-Coll/Church of St. Sulpice, Paris, France; r. 7/7/59) Mercury 478 8388
DUPRÉ: Inaugural Improvisations (Tu consolaberis – Tu extolles – Oremus) –Marcel Dupré (1687 Thierry-1957 Beuchet-Debierre/St. Louis-des-Invalides, Paris, France; r. 12/8/57) Association des Amis de l’Art de Marcel Dupré 35032
CESAR FRANCK: Piece heroique –Marcel Dupré (1956 Aeolian-Skinner/St. Thomas Church, New York, NY; r. 10/15/57) Mercury 478 8388
DUPRÉ: Prelude & Fugue in C, Op. 36, no. 3 -–Marcel Dupré (1862 Cavaillé-Coll/Church of St. Sulpice, Paris, France; r. 7/9/59) Mercury 478 8388
Filler - DUPRE: Cortege & Litanie (see above)
Following a concert appearance at Carleton College, during his 10th tour in the United States, Marcel Dupré recorded an interview on November 11, 1948 in the radio studios of WCAL-760AM on the campus of St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN.
The musical material used in this first hour was derived from a 10-CD integral reissue of Dupré recordings, originally produced and issued as LP’s in the USA by Mercury Records. Sadly, that set now is out-of-print and something of a collector’s item. However, the individual CD albums still are available through the Association des Amis de l’Art de Marcel Dupré (click on the box Offres Promotionnelles) while their supply lasts.
Hour 2
DUPRÉ: Entrée, Canzona & Sortie, Op. 62 –Ben van Oosten (1846 Cavaillé-Coll+1971 Danion-Gonzalez/La Madeleine, Paris, France) Dabringhaus & Grimm 316 0952
DUPRÉ: Variations on Two Themes, Op. 35 –Alessio Bax, piano; Stefan Engels (1993 Fisk/ Caruth Auditorium, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX) Naxos 8.554210
DUPRÉ (arr. Shuster-Fournier): Berceuse enfantine –Julius Berger, cello; Carolyn Shuster-Fournier (1877 Cavaille=é-Coll/St. Bernard Church, Mainz, Germany) IFO/Organ 7201
DUPRÉ: Elevation, Op. 2 (1912) –Robert Delcamp (1983 Möller/West End United Methodist Church, Nashville, TN) Naxos 8.553918
DUPRÉ: Vitrail, Op. 65 –Jean-Jacques Grunenwald (1862 Cavaillé-Coll/Church of St. Sulpice, Paris, France) Motette 10521
DUPRÉ: Variations on a Noël, Op. 20 –E. Power Biggs (1958 Möller/St. George’s Episcopal Church, New York, NY) Columbia 6307 (LP)
Filler – DUPRE: Fugue in C, Op. 36, no. 3b (see above)
We seem to have devoted quite a number of previous PIPEDREAMS programs to the Art of Marcel Dupré. All are accessible in our archive library:
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 Kegg Pipe Organ Builders of Hartville, OH and Letourneau Organs Limited of Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, 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.
