The Kney Players #1829
…concert performances on the Gabriel Kney pipe organ at the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, MN.
Hour 1
DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE: Praeludium in d, BuxWV 140 — Balint Karosi (r. 11/15/15)
HENRY HUGH BANCROFT: A Fancy. GASTON LITAIZE: Prélude et Danse Fuguée. LITAIZE: Prélude & Variations sur un noël Angevin, fr Douze Pièces —Michael Unger (r. 3/30/09)
HERBERT HOWELLS: Master Tallis’ Testament. THIERRY ESCAICH: Evocation II —Clive Driskill-Smith (r. 4/3/16)
WILLIAM MATHIAS: Chorale & Recessional —John Scott (r. 4/14/08)
Filler: BUXTEHUDE (see above)
Hour 2
G. F. HANDEL (trans. Owolabi): Rinaldo Overture. J. S. BACH: Allein Gott in der Höh, BWV 676. PAMELA DECKER: Albarda, fr Flores del Desierto —Kola Owolabi (r. 9/24/17)
JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK: Chromatic Fantasy —Joseph Adam (r. 2/27/06)
RACHEL LAURIN: 2 Short Pieces, Op. 43, nos. 3 & 5 (Intermezzo; Moto Perpetuo) —Rachel Laurin (r. 6/26/08)
NORD JOHNSON: Epic (1982). RACHEL LAURIN: Prelude & Fugue in f, Op. 45 (2007). FLOR PEETERS: Aria, Op. 51 (1945). RICHARD VOORHAAR: Thaxted Fancy (2004) —David P. Jenkins (r. 9/16/12)
Filler: MATHIAS Recessional (see above)
Between 1955 and his semi-retirement in 2006, Gabriel Kney and his co-workers build 129 pipe organs, the majority with mechanical-action, found throughout the United States and Canada. This one at the University of Saint Thomas is one of the best.
