AGO Seattle 2022 (I) #2346
. . . performances by recent winners of the AGO National Competitions in Organ Performance and Improvisation and some of the young artist winners of the regional 2022 AGO/Quimby Rising Stars Competition.
Hour 1
ROBERT HORTON: Improvised Gloria Versets, fr Missa lux et origo –Robert Horton (2022 Pasi/St. George’s Episcopal Church, Arlington, VA) Pro Organo 7308
PERCY WHITLOCK: Grave-Animato (i.), fr Sonata in c –James Kealey (1876 Hook & Hastings-2001 Andover/St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Buffalo, NY) Pro Organo 7305
ROBERT HORTON: Improvised Partita on Es flog ein kleins Waldvögelein –Robert Horton (Arlington, VA)
WILLIAM GRANT STILL: Reverie. HERBERT HOWELLS: Rhapsody in c#, Op. 17, no. 3 – James Kealey (1876 Hook & Hastings-2001 Andover/St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Buffalo, NY) Pro Organo 7305
Filler – FLORENCE PRICE: In Quiet Mood –James Kealey (Buffalo, NY)
Hour 2
JEAN LANGLAIS: Fete –Katherine Jolliff (Great Lakes Region)
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Allegro-Vivace (Variations), fr Symphony No 5, Op. 42, no. 1 –David Preston (Southwest Region)
AUGUSTIN BARIE: Elegy. RACHEL LAURIN: Finale, Op. 78 –Andy Brown (Mid-Atlantic Region)
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (arr. Palmer): March, Seventeen come Sunday, fr English Folksong Suite –Sarah Palmer (Upper Midwest Region)
AARON DAVID MILLER: Jump. NANCY PLUMMER FAXON: Toccata –David Stultz (Southeast Region)
JOSEF RHEINBERGER: Passacaglia, fr Sonata No. 8 in e, Op. 132 –Paul Oftedahl (West Region)
Filler – WHITLOCK (see above)
Performances in this second hour were recorded on the 1953/2014 Wicks/Bond organ at University Congregational Church (7/4/22) and on the 1953-2007 Aeolian-Skinner/Bond organ at 1st Baptist Church, Seattle (7/7/22).
This is the first of an ongoing series of programs of performances recorded in and around Seattle during the 2022 National Convention of the American Guild of Organists. The next AGO National Convention will take place in San Francisco, CA (June 30-July 4, 2024).
Continuing support of PIPEDREAMS is provided in loving memory of Lucinda and Wesley Dudley by their family, with additional support from Walter McCarthy, Clara Ueland, and the Greystone Foundation, from Jan and Steve Kirchner, from the Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund of the HRK Foundation, and from listener-contributors to this public radio station. Support also comes from Berghaus Organ Company, Inc. of Bellwood, IL and Bond Organ Builders, Inc. of Portland, OR, 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.
