A Montreal Organ Festival #1726
…a salute to Canada Day and the upcoming combined conventions of the Royal Canadian College of Organists and the American Guild of Organists.
Hour 1
ANONYMOUS: Magnificat in C, fr Livre d’Orgue de Montréal –Kenneth Gilbert (1981 Wolff/Redpath Hall, McGill University, Montreal) Analekta 3002
HEALEY WILLAN: Prelude & Fugue in c –Patrick Wedd (1914-1995 Casavant/Church of St. John the Baptist, Montreal) Naxos 8.557375
RAYMOND DAVELUY: Fantasy & Fugue, fr Sonata No. 3 –Rachel Laurin (1960 Beckerath/St. Joseph Oratory, Montreal) CBC 1111
FRANÇOIS MOREL: Priere –Gerald Wheeler (1980 Wilhelm/Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal) Cathedral 130401
LOUIS VIERNE: Les Cloches de Hinckley, fr Pieces de Fantasie, Op. 55 –Hélene Dugal (1893-1951 Casavant/Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal) Sono-REM 11116
Hour 2
GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI: Canzona L’Altera –Suzanne Deserres, dulzian; Genevieve Soly (1993 Wilhelm/Eglise Madonna della Difesa, Montreal) Analekta 3013
C.P.E. BACH: Adagio in d. GIUSEPPE GHERARDESCHI: 4 Concert Verses ---Catherine Todorovski (1993 Wilhelm/Eglise Madonna della Difesa, Montreal) ATMA 2110
ROBERT SCHUMANN: Canon in A-flat, Op. 56, no 4 –Christian Lane (2002 Casavant/Eglise des Saints-AngesGardiens, Lachine) ATMA 2674
FRANÇOIS COUPERIN: Offertoire, fr Messe a l’usage des Paroisses –Yves-G. Préfontaine (1991 Guilbault-Thérien/Grand Séminaire, Montreal) Helios 110603
GASTON LITAIZE: Liturgical Prelude No. 12 –Antoine Bouchard (1927 Casavant+1985 Guilbault-Therien/Notre Dame Basilica, Quebec City) REM 311128
ARTHUR LETONDAL: Prelude & Toccata, fr Trois Pieces –Jacques Boucher (1893-1951 Casavant/Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal) Basilique Notre Dame 007
OLIVIER MESSIAEN: God is simple, fr Trinity Meditations --David Palmer (1892-1950 Casavant/Marie-Reine-du-Mond Cathedral, Montreal) Ethereal 120
RACHEL LAURIN: Epilogue, Op. 50 –Rachel Laurin (1917-1988 Casavant/Church of St. Clement & St. Anne, Ottawa) Raven 943
The RCCO and AGO’s NE Region meet together in Montreal, Quebec on July 1-7, 2017. Perhaps we’ll see you there?
