At the Meyerson, Part 1 #9318
…At the Meyerson....sounds of the spectacular new Herman W. and Amelia H. Lay Family Concert Organ at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, from inaugural-series events.
RICHARD STRAUSS: Festival Prelude of Organ and Orchestra, Op. 61
CÉSAR FRANCK: Choral No. 2 in b
FRANCIS POULENC: Concerto in g for Organ, Strings & Timpani
LOUIS CLAUDE D’AQUIN: Noel Grand Jeu & Duo No. 10 in G
ROBERT SCHUMANN: Canon in b, Op. 56, no. 5
CALVIN HAMPTON: 3 Dances (The Primitives; At the Ballet; Everyone Dance)
Soloist Michael Murray appears with Eduardo Mata and the Dallas Symphony (recorded 9/2/1992); organ-only selections feature recitalist David Higgs (recorded 9-28-1992 in concert). Built as Opus 100 by C.B. Fisk, Inc., of Gloucester, Massachusetts, this instrument is one of the largest mechanical-action organs ever created for a concert hall. towering more than fifty feet above the stage, its immense cherry wood case contains 4,535 pipes (84-ranks, 4-manuals).
