The Organist’s Yearbook #1952
…our traditional summing-up of some of the previous year’s happenings in the world of the King of Instruments.
Hour 1
J. S. BACH (arr. Guillou): Sinfonia to Cantata, BWV 29. FRANZ LISZT (arr. Guillou): Valse oubliée No. 1 –Jean Guillou (1969 Kleuker/Notre Dame des Neiges, Alpe d’Huez, France) Dorian 90112
JOHN JOUBERT: Prelude on Song One –Tom Winpenny (1962 Harrison/St. Alban’s Cathedral, England)
HENRY PURCELL (arr. Ley): 2 Trumpet Tunes and Air –Noel Rawsthorne (1926 Willis/Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, England)
H. WALFORD DAVIES: Solemn Melody –Peter Hurford (1979 Sharp/Opera House Concert Hall, Sydney, Australia)
WILLIAM ALBRIGHT: Finale, fr The King of Instruments –William Albright, narrator; Marilyn Mason (1964 Casavant/Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN) PD Archive (r. 6/18/80)
DUKE ELLINGTON: It don’t mean a thing –Charlie Balogh (Wurlitzer/Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa, AZ) Organ Stop 120
SERGEI RACHMANONIFF (trans. Vierne): Prelude in c#, No. 3, no. 2 –Olivier Latry (Cavaille-Coll/Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris)
G. F. HANDEL: Largo, fr Xerxes –Jared Jacobsen (1907 Warren-1972 Möller/Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY) PD Archive (r. 8/25/2019)
CHARLES WOOD: Nunc Dimittis in E-flat (No. 2) –Charles Baigent, baritone; King’s College Choir/Sir Stephen Cleobury; Henry Websdale (1968 Harrison/King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, England) KCC 038
HARVEY GRACE: Resurgam –Sir Stephen Cleobury (1968 Harrison/King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, England)
Filler – LISZT (see above)
Hour 2
SZOLT GARDONYI: Mozart Changes –Gordon Stewart (2019 Dobson/Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, VA) PD Archive (r. 9/7/19)
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA: Oblivion –Hector Olivera (2001 Rieger-Kloss/St. John the Evangelist Co-Cathedral, Rochester, MN) PD Archive (r. 10/26/19)
ERIC DELEMARTER: Eclogue –Robert Baker (1964 Casavant/North Shore Congregation Israel, Glencoe, IL) PD Archive (r. 11/13/64 by Dr. Clarence Close)
LUBOS SLUKA: Via del Silenzio –Kathryn Moen (1978 Hendrickson/1st Lutheran Church, St. Peter, MN) Moen 2008
OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Les Anges, fr La Nativité –Louis Thiry (1965 Metzler/Cathedral of St. Peter, Geneva, Switzerland)
HEALEY WILLAN: Chorale Prelude on a Melody by Orlando Gibbons –Patrick Wedd (1814-1995 Casavant/Church of St. John the Baptist, Montreal, Canada)
DEREK HOLMAN: Prevent us, o Lord –St. John’s Cathedral Choristers, Albuquerque/Maxine Thévenot; Stephen Tharp (2002 Reuter) Raven 926
CAMILLO SCHUMANN: Praeludium in b, Op. 123, no. 2 –Nancianne Parrella (1993 Mander/Church of St Ignatius Loyola, New York, NY) MSR 1143
FATS WALLER: A handful of keys –Walt Strony (1949 Aeolian-Skinner/1st Presbyterian Church, Kilgore, TX) ETPOF 94303
PAUL MANZ: Creator spirit, heavenly dove –John Schwandt (1966 Schlicker/Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN) PD Archive (r. 10/25/19)
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Finale, fr Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 13, no. 2 –Wolfgang Rübsam (1928 Skinner-2008 Schantz/Rockefeller Chapel, Chicago, IL) Naxos 8.574161
Filler – BACH (see above)
Other musicians of note who died in 2019 include:
• Marilyn Mason (1925-1919); see also PD #8207
• John Storm Mueller (1928-2019)
• Robert E. Scoggin (1930-2019)
• Leo Cornelius Nestor (1948-2019)
• Herman Daniel Taylor (1937-2019), see also PD #0234
• Notre Dame Catheral, Paris (April 15, 2019)
