Calgary Festival Highlights (III) #0308
Major works are played by some bright new stars in the organ firmament, recorded in competition at the Calgary International Organ Festival.
MAX REGER: Choral-Fantasy, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, Opus 52, number 2 –Christian Schmitt, Germany
LOUIS VIERNE: Andantino, from Fantasy Pieces, Opus 51 –Siu-Wai Ng, Hong Kong
CALVIN HAMPTON: Variations on The Old Hundredth –Jonathan Oldengarm, Canada
FRANZ LISZT: Fantasy and Fugue on a Theme by Meyerbeer, Ad nos, ad salutarem undam –Vincent Dubois, France
Performances were recorded using the 1992 Ruffatti organ in Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia and by the CBC using the 1987 Casavant Frères at Jack Singer Concert Hall in Calgary, Alberta, as part of the Royal Bank Calgary International Organ Competition.
