Cathedral Consecration #9008
…Music from the Washington National Cathedral celebrating the completion of this magnificent Gothic structure after more than half a century of work.
J.S. BACH: Prelude in D, S. 532
J.S. BACH: March, fr Cantata No. 208
C.P.R. Bach: March, fr Anna Magadalena Book
Lloyd-Webber: Solemn Processional
HERBERT HOWELLS: Psalm Prelude, Out of the Depths (Set II, no.1)
Grieg: Triumphal March, fr Sigurd Jorsalfar
Willan: Anthem, I looked and behold
Arnatt: Fanfare for Organ
CHARLES TOURNEMIRE: Suite for Quasimodo Sunday, fr L'Orgue Mystique
Schubert: Great is Jehovah, the Lord Gene Tucker, t –
Hoiby: Anthem, Let this mind be in you
Sousa: Washington Post March
Walton: Crown Imperial March
Performers include past and present Cathedral organist Paul Callaway and Douglad Major and the National Cathedral Choir led by Richard W. Dirksen. The instrument, originally a 1937 E.M. Skinner organ, has been altered and expanded over the years to its present specification which lists 150 stops. Recordings of the Cathedral organ alone, featuring solos by Douglas Major, are issued on the Gothic label; CD's 118315, 118316, 18828, while recordings of the choir appear on the VQR label LP-011 and CD-2006
