AGO '86 - Finalists from the National Young Artists Competition #8821
…Finalists in the National Young Artists Competition perform at the Mariner's Church and St. Jude's Church, Detroit.
J.S. BACH: Prelude & Fugue in e, S. 548 (Wedge)
NICOLAS de GRIGNY: Recit de Tierce en taille
Persichetti: Vivace (3rd movement), fr Organ Sonata, Op. 86
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Allegro vivace (1st movement), fr Organ Symphony No. 5 in f, Op. 42, no. 1
J.S. BACH: Chorale-preludes An Wasserfluessen Babylon (S. 653) and Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend (S. 655)
WILLIAM ALBRIGHT: Final - The Offering, fr Organbrook III
JEHAN ALAIN: Variations on a Theme of Clement Jannequin
MAURICE DURUFLÉ: Prelude & Fugue on the Name of Alain, Op. 7
Performers include David J. Messineo, Carla Edwards, Edward Murray (2nd prize), and Richard Robertson (r. 6/28 & 7/1/88)
Michigan organbuilder Daniel F. Pilzecker completed his large mechanical-action instrument at St. Jude's Church in the month just prior to the competition. He also affected a major revoicing of the Casavant organ at the Mariner's Church.
Dr. Robert Noehren, former University of Michigan professor, makes a cameo appearance.
