San Francisco AGO 2024 (VII) – Recital Sampler #2619
. . . more vivid performances of arresting scores heard in concert at the AGO Convention in California.
Hour 1
DAVID DAHL: Suite Homage (tributes to Buxtehude, Couperin, Franck and Dubois) –Douglas Cleveland (1972 Flentrop/St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Berkeley) PD Archive (r. 7/3/24)
HENRI DUPARC (arr. Tan): Aux étoiles. JUDITH WEIR: 2 Pieces (The Tree of Peace & Wild Mossy Mountains) –Aaron Tan (1928 Aeolian+1936 Aeolian-Sinner+1970 Swain & Kates/Calvary Presbyterian Church, San Francisco) PD Archive (r. 7/2/24)
JACQUES VAN OORTMERSSEN: Nun ruhen alla Wälder –Anne Laver (1957-1989 Casavant/St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Palo Alto) PD Archive (r. 7/4/24)
GANG CHEN & ZHANHAO HE (trans. Zhao): The Butterfly Lovers Concerto. CHANGCHEN ZHANG & YE YUAN: A soldier returns to life –Fang Gao, violin; Weicheng Zhao (1960 Aeolian-Skinner/St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, San Francisco) PD Archive (r. 7/4/24)
Filler – OORTMERSSEN (see above)
Hour 2
PAMELA DECKER: The Freese Collection (Augenmusik - Lirio e Amapola – La croix de foi) –Faythe Freese (1934 Aeolian-Skinner/Grace Cathedral, San Francisco) PD Archive (r. 7/1/24) Click here to view the artworks which inspired Pamela Decker to write The Freese Collection.
CÉSAR FRANCK: Grande Piece Symphonique –Dong-Il Shin (2010 Letourneau/Cathedral of Christ the Light, Oakland, CA) PD Archive (r. 7/1/24)
Filler – CHEN & HE: Butterfly Lovers (see above)
The next national gathering of the American Guild of Organists takes place July 4-10. 2026 in Saint Louis, MO. Several convention events are open to the public…check the AGO website for details.
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