Miami Magic #1507
…finalists from the 2014 Miami International Organ Competition and other soloists perform in concert.
Hour 1
OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Die parmi nous, fr La Nativité –Christopher Keenan (3rd Prize)
MARCEL DUPRÉ: The World Awaiting the Savior, fr Symphonie Passion. J.S. BACH: Trio, Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWV 655. LOUIS VIERNE: Finale, fr Symphony No. 6, Op. 59 –Thomas Gaynor (2nd Prize)
J. S. BACH: Vivace, fr Trio Sonata No. 2 in c, BWV 526. ETHEL SMYTH: Chorale-prelude & Fugue on O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid. MAURICE DURUFLÉ: Toccata, fr Suite, Op. 5 –Alcee Chriss III (1st Prize and Audience Prize)
These performances feature the 61-rank 2002 Ruffatti pipe organ at Epiphany Roman Catholic Church in Miami, recorded during the Seventh Miami International Organ Competition. Competition winner, Alcee Chriss III, plays his ‘winner’s concert’ at Epiphany Church on Thursday, February 26, 2014. The next MIOC will be held in February 2016.
Hour 2
ANTONIO DE CABEZON: Diferencias sobre la Galliard Milanesa. CRISTINA GARCIA BENEGAS: Tiento al Tango. VINCENZO PETRALI: Allegretto per Clarinetto. –Cristina Garcia Benegas (1999 Schantz/Wertheim Performing Arts Center, Florida International University, Miami) Pipedreams Archive (r. 2/28/10)
VIERNE: Impromptu, Op. 54, no. 2. BACH: Fugue in g, BWV 542 –Christopher Keenan. ROBERT SCHUMANN: Canonic Study in A-flat, Op. 56, no. 4 –Thomas Gaynor. ANTON HEILLER: Post Benedictionem, fr In Festo Corpus Christi –Alcee Chriss III (2002 Ruffatti/Epiphany Church, Miami) Pipedreams Archive (r. 2/28/14)
FREDERICK OUSELEY: Fugue in g. BACH: Dies sind die heil’gen Zehn Gebot, BWV 678. HERBERT HOWELLS: Paean –Matthew Steynor (1924 Skinner +/Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Miami) Pipedreams Archive (r. 2/26/10)
PIPEDREAMS fans in Southern Florida can join Michael Barone on February 26, 2015 for the Miami Competition Award Concert, played by Alcee Chriss III at Miami’s Epiphany Church (8235 SW 57th Avenue), or visit with Michael, Alcee and John Fenstermaker before and after their concert on February 27, 2015 at Trinity-by-the-Cove (553 Galleon Drive) in Naples, FL.