Grace Cathedral organ, San Francisco
Provided
August 1, 1988
AGO '84 - San Francisco Skinners #8831 (Encore of #8595)
...in recital, John Weaver at Grace Cathedral and Thomas Murray (+) at Trinity Episcopal Church.
JOHN WEAVER: Passacaglia on a Theme by Dunstable (1978)
J.S. BACH: Prelude and Fugue in b, S. 544
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI: Ricercare (world premiere)
W.A. MOZART: Fantasia in f, K. 608 (+)
ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK (transcribed by Edwin H. Lemare): Hansel and Gretel Prelude (+)
JULIUS REUBKE: Sonata on the 94th Psalm
The instrument at Grace Cathedral was installed by the Aeolian-Skinner Company in 1934. Casavant added more pipes in 1974, to a present total of 123 ranks. Trinity's instrument is a 1926 E.M. Skinner design of 52 ranks, which perfectly suits its much smaller room.
