An Organist's Yearbook #1352
…the annual Olde Yeare–New Year reflection, with highlights from recent recordings, concert excerpts, prize–winning performances, memorial tributes and more.
Hour 1
EDWARD ELGAR: Carillon, Op. 75 –Thomas Murray (1954 Aeolian-Skinner/Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC) Pipedreams Archive (r. 10/30/13)
OLIVIER LATRY: Inaugural Improvisation No. 1 –Fr. Michael Perry, officiant; Olivier Latry (1934 Kilgen/Our Lady of Refuge Church, Brooklyn, NY) Pipedreams Archive (r. 10/18/13)
JACQUES BERTHIER: Jeu de quatres –Antonio Corveiras (18th c. Anonymous-1988 Grenzing/Santa Maria la Real de la Corte, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain) A&B 4
TRADITIONAL: Jarabe del Valle –Valentin Hernandez, percussion; Cecilia Winter (1712 Chavez/Oaxaca Cathedral, Mexico) IOHIO 5
HIRAM TITUS: The Enchanted Castle –Maria Bucka (1965 Casavant/Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive (r. 3/3/06)
SIGFRID KARG-ELERT: Harmonies du soir, Op. 72, no. 1 –Daryl Robinson (1993 Fisk-Rosales/Rice University, Houston, TX) Pro Organo 7261
JOHANNES BRAHMS (trans. Sheen): Tragic Overture, Op. 81 –Benjamin Sheen (1929 Aeolian/Longwood Gardens Ballroom, Kennett Square, PA) Pipedreams Archive (r. 6/22/13). Benjamin Sheen took 1st Prize in the 2013 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition.
MARCEL DUPRÉ: Toccata, fr Deuxieme Symphonie, Op. 26 –Adam Pajan (1998 Glatter-Götz-Rosales/United Church of Christ, Claremont, CA) Pipedreams Archive (r. 11/9/13). Adam Pajan took 1st Prize in the 2013 Ruth and Clarence Mader International Competition.
Filler – ELGAR (see above)
Hour 2
ERNEST MacMILLAN: Cortege Académique –Isabelle Demers (1948 Aeolian-Skinner/1st Presbyterian Church, Kilgore, TX) Pipedreams Archive (r. 11/11/13)
RACHEL LAURIN: 3 Short Pieces (Divertimento; Prelude; Fuga Seriosa), fr Op. 58 –Rachel Laurin (1988 Casavant/St. Anne Church, Ottawa, Canada) Raven 943
RICHARD PURVIS: A Highland Ayre –James Welch (1934 Aeolian-Skinner/Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA) Pipedreams Archive (r. 10/6/13)
ROBERT ELMORE: Toccata, fr Sonata for Organ –Norman Mackenzie (1927 Casavant/2001 Schantz/St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Mahtomedi, MN) Pipedreams Archive Ir. 9/15/13)
THOMAS WALMISLEY: Prelude & Fugue in e –Colin Wright (1885 Hill-1995 Wood/Beverly Minster, England) Priory 810
THOMAS WALMISLEY: Nunc dimittis –Choir or St. Paul’s Cathedral, London/John Scott, director; Christlpher Dearnley (1872 Willis-1972 Mander/St. Paul Cathedral) Hyperion 66249.
BENJAMIN BRITTEN (completed by Colin Matthews): Village Organist’s Piece –Eric Plutz (1968 Aeolian-Skinner/Epiphany Church, Washington, DC) Raven 945
CLAUDE DEBUSSY: La cathédrale engloutie (No. 10), fr Preludes, Book 1 –Jean-Baptiste Robin (1929 Skinner/Museum Center at Union Terminal, Cincinnati, OH) Brilliant Classics 94726
JEAN GUILLOU: Improvisation on a Neapolitan Song (Fenesta che lucive) –Jean Guillou (1983 Tamburini/Naples Conservatory, Italy) Philips 480.0987
Filler – PURVIS (see above)
