AGO Seattle 2022 (III) #2348
. . . featuring the 1965 Flentrop organ at St. Mark’s Cathedral in recital and worship contexts.
Hour 1
MAX REGER: Toccata & Fugue in a, Op. 80, nos. 11/12. BALINT KAROSI: Toccata in Memory of Bela Bartok –James Kealey (NYACOP 1st Prize)
RACHEL LAURIN: Humoresque, Op. 77. DAVID CONTE: Toccata –Daniel Chang (2nd Prize)
JEANNE DEMESSIEUX: Etude in Octaves, Op. 5, no. 6. CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Choral (ii.), fr Symphonie romane, Op. 73 –Daniel Minnick (3rd Prize)
LOUIS VIERNE: Final, fr Symphony No. 6, Op. 59 –James Kealey (r. 7/4/22)
Filler - CONTE (see above)
Hour 2
HERBERT HOWELLS: Psalm Prelude, Set 1, no. 2 (The meek shall inherit the earth) –James Kealey (r. 7/6/22)
An Advent Procession . . . including a cycle of the ‘O’ Antiphons and other service music by PETER HALLOCK, plus hymns harmonized by Gunnar Idenstam, Michael Praetorius, Reginald Jacques, Mel Butler, Richard Proulx and David Hurd, and new anthems…O Clavis David, by WILLIAM C. WHITE (premiere) and Ecstatic Expectancy by ZANAIDA STEWART ROBLES –Cathedral Choir/Michael Kleinschmidt; Compline Choir/Jason Anderson; Choristers of St. Mark’s/Rebekah Gilmore; Tim Helming, handbells; John Stuntebeck, organ (r. 7/6/22)
Filler - DEMESSIEUX (see above)
This is the third of an evolving series of programs of performances recorded in and around Seattle during the 2022 National Convention of the American Guild of Organists. Additional performances from AGO Seattle 2022 will be broadcast in 2024. 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 Dobson Pipe Organ Builders of Lake City, IA and C. B. Fisk, Inc. of Gloucester, MA, 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.