David Hurd and Conrad Susa #8205
…performances in Minneapolis on the 1980 Robert Sipe organ at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, and on the 1981 Holtkamp organ of Plymouth Congregational Church, with commentary by Philip Brunelle and Conrad Susa.
Part 1
DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE: Te Deum Laudamus, BuxWV 218 –David Hurd (1980 Sipe/Hennepin Avenue UMC, Minneapolis, MN) PD Archive (r. 06/16/1980)
CONRAD SUSA: Fantasy for Organ, Brass and Percussion, 1980 version –John Ferguson (1980 Sipe/Hennepin Avenue UMC, Minneapolis, MN) PD Archive (r. 06/16/1980)
MAX REGER: Variations & Fugue on an Original Theme, Opus 73 –David Hurd (1980 Sipe/Hennepin Avenue UMC, Minneapolis, MN) PD Archive (r. 06/16/1980)
Part 2
CONRAD SUSA: Fantasy and Tango for Organ, Brass and Percussion, 1982 version –Philip Brunelle (1981 Holtkamp/Plymouth Congregational, Minneapolis, MN) PD Archive (r. 04/1982)
Conrad Susa’s Fantasy was commissioned for the 1980 National AGO Convention. After the premiere, he rethought the piece, added the Tango, and conducted its revised premiere at Plymouth Congregational Church in 1982.
