Dance Party #1235
…contrary to common opinion, the supposedly staid old pipe organ can, when it wishes, get down and boogie.
Hour 1
NOEL RAWSTHORNE: Dance Suite: March; Dancing Feet; Waltz; Danse des Papillons; Line Dance –Gabriel Dessauer (1985 Mayer/St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden, Germany) Dessauer 2004
GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI: Bergamasca, from Fiori Musicali –Andrea Marcon (1998 Zanin/Chiesa di S. Caterina, Treviso, Italy) Divox 79904
JEAN FRANCAIX: Danses exotiques: Pambiche; Baiao; Nube gris; Mambo; Merengue; Samba lente –Sabine Meyer, clarinet; Trio di Clarone; Pierre Charial (André Odin barrel organ) Marsyas 1801
CALVIN HAMPTON: Five Dances The Primitives; At the Ballet; Those Americans; An Exalted Ritual; Everyone Dance – Cherry Rhodes (2003 Dobson/Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, CA) Delos 3346
Hour 2
PHILIP MOORE: Dance-Rondo – Jonathan Vaughn (1857 Henry Willis; 1974 Harrison & Harrison/Wells Cathedral, England, UK) Regent 315
MELCHIOR FRANCK (arr. Sturzenegger): Dance Suite – John Coulton, trumpet; David Dunnett (1942 Hill, Norman & Beard/Norwich Cathedral, England, UK) Brass Classics 3009
BERNARDO STORACE: Balletto – Andrea Marcon (1750 Nacchini/Santa Maria dei Battuti, Treviso, Italy) Divox 79405
JOHN GARDNER: Five Dances for Organ Lavolta; Pavin; Jig; Lament; Fling, Op. 179 –William Saunders (1991 Daniel/Brentwood Cathedral, England) Regent 346
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA (arr. Olivera): Oblivion –Hector Olivera (2003 Ruffatti/Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Kansas City, MO) MPI CD-119
PER GUNNAR PETERSSON: Dancing Pipes –Mary Chard Petersson (2009 Ruffatti (Älmhult Church, Sweden) Nosag 199
ANONYMOUS: 4 Dances, from Caspar Schaffner’s Book –Philip Cooper (1807 Doll/Peace Church, Camp Hill, PA ) AFKA SK-564
HANS UWE HIELSCHER: Charleston Winzersekt, from Franconian Wine Dance Suite, Op. 60 –Hans Uwe Hielscher (1982 Oberlinger/Market Church, Wiesbaden, Germany) Glocke 2012
Check out some additional dance-related programming in our archive, too:
Shall We Dance? (#0628)
Come on, Let's Dance (#0829)
