Cameron Carpenter #0837
…a close-up visit with one of the most enterprising talents on the world music scene, with excerpts from recent concert performances and his newly-released Telarc Records compact disc, Revolutionary.
Part 1
J.S. BACH (arranged by Cameron Carpenter): Evolutionary Toccata & Fugue in d, S. 565 (2003 Marshall & Ogletree Opus 1/Trinity Episcopal, New York, NY)
MARCEL DUPRÉ: Prelude & Fugue in B, Opus 7, number 1 (2003 Marshall & Ogletree Opus 1/Trinity Episcopal, New York, NY)
CAMERON CARPENTER: Love Song #1, premiere (2003 Marshall & Ogletree Opus 1/Trinity Episcopal, New York, NY)
Part 2
JEANNE DEMESSIEUX: Octaves, Number 6, from Six Etudes, Opus 5 (1927 Casavant Frères; 2001 Schantz/St. Andrew Lutheran, Mahtomedi, MN)
JOE HISAISHI (arranged by Cameron Carpenter): The Promise of the World and The Merry-Go-Round of Life, from Howl’s Moving Castle (1927 Casavant Frères; 2001 Schantz/St. Andrew Lutheran, Mahtomedi, MN)
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN: Revolutionary Etude in c, Opus 10, number 12 (1927 Casavant Frères; 2001 Schantz/St. Andrew Lutheran, Mahtomedi, MN)
DUKE ELLINGTON; PERCY GRAINGER; J.S. BACH; CAMERON CARPENTER: Solitude - a blended meditation of quiet moments (2003 Marshall & Ogletree Opus 1/Trinity Episcopal, New York, NY)
Part 3
PERCY GRAINGER: Colonial Song (1927 Casavant Frères; 2001 Schantz/St. Andrew Lutheran, Mahtomedi, MN)
CAMERON CARPENTER: Nautical Rhapsody, premiere (1927 Casavant Frères; 2001 Schantz/St. Andrew Lutheran, Mahtomedi, MN)
VLADIMIR HOROWITZ: Variations on a Theme from Carmen (2003 Marshall & Ogletree Opus 1/Trinity Episcopal, New York, NY)
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA: Stars and Stripes Forever
Filler –FRANZ LISZT: Mephisto Waltz; Telarc CD-80711
In conversation with host Michael Barone, Mr. Carpenter reveals some of his revolutionary ideas, and demonstrates his unique and amazing talent as virtuoso, tone-painter, composer and philosopher.
Performances were recorded on the 2003 Marshall & Ogletree Opus 1 digital virtul pipe organ at Trinity Episcopal Church in New York City on Telarc CD-80711 and the vibrant 108-rank at Saint Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi, MN, recorded January 29, 2007 and June 24, 2008.
Cameron Carpenter presents a six-day Organ Exposé of concerts, workshops and celebrations, September 24-28, 2008, at Middle Collegiate Church, 50 East 7 th Street, in the East Village, New York, NY.
