East Texas Treasures II #1841
…highlights from the previous year’s East Texas Pipe Organ Festival as this year’s festival prepares to launch.
Hour 1
ANNE WILSON: Toccata –Alan Morrison (1949 Aeolian-Skinner Op. 1173/1st Presbyterian Church, Kilgore)
JAMES BROOKS KUYKENDALL: Ceremonial March –Michael Shake (1952 Aeolian-Skinner Op. 1175/St. Luke’s Methodist, Kilgore)
GEORGE THALBEN-BALL: Tune in E (after Stanley). CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD: Fantasia on Engelberg, Op. 121, no. 1 –Mark Dwyer (1951 Aeolian-Skinner, Op 1174/1st Baptist Church, Longview)
CHARLES CALLAHAN: Prelude and Dance (premiere) –David Baskeyfield & Thomas Gaynor (1949 Aeolian-Skinner Op. 1173/1st Presbyterian Church, Kilgore)
HUGH McAMIS: Dreams. JOHN WEAVER: Variations on Sine nominee –Alan Morrison (1949 Aeolian-Skinner Op. 1173/1st Presbyterian Church, Kilgore)
PAUL HALLEY: Toccata Andromeda –Paul Halley (1954 Aeolian-Skinner, Op. 1308/St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, Shreveport)
Filler – HALLEY (see above)
Hour 2
MIGUEL PÉREZ: Danza de las Hachas. GUY BOVET: Tango a modo de Bossanova. JEAN LANGLAIS: Double Fantasie, fr Mosaîque, Op. 190 –Jason Alden & Jeremy Tarrant (1963 Williams/1st Baptist Church, Shreveport)
JEAN LANGLAIS: Cantilène, fr Suite Brève. CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Final, fr Organ Symphony No. 2, Op. 13 –Frederick Hohman (1949 Aeolian-Skinner Op. 1173/1st Presbyterian Church, Kilgore)
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD: Intermezzo on an Irish Air, Op. 189 –Jan Kraybill (1951 Aeolian-Skinner, Op 1174/1st Baptist Church, Longview)
DAVID HEGARTY: Appalachian Triptych –Jonathan Dimmock (1954 Aeolian-Skinner, Op. 1308/St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, Shreveport)
ALEXANDRE GUILMANT: Final, fr Organ Sonata No. 1 in d, Op. 42 –Henry Webb (1952 Aeolian-Skinner Op. 1175/St. Luke’s Methodist, Kilgore)
Filler – STANFORD: Fantasia (see above)
Performances were recorded by audio guru Peter Nothnagle between November 5-9, 2017 at 1st Presbyterian Church, Kilgore (1949 Aeolian-Skinner Op. 1173); St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, Kilgore (1952 Aeolian-Skinner Op. 1175); 1st Baptist Church, Longview (1951 Aeolian-Skinner, Op 1174); St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, Shreveport (1954 Aeolian-Skinner, Op. 1308); and 1st Baptist Church, Shreveport (1963 Williams).
The next East Texas Pipe Organ Festival will be held from November 11-15, 2018. The public is invited!