On Board for Ohio #2021
…we preview what might have been had Covid-19 not caused the cancellation of the 2020 Organ Historical Society National Convention this coming July.
Hour 1
MAX REGER: Toccata in d, Op. 59, no. 5 –John Alexander (1902 Schuelke-2000 Muller/St. Mary of the Assumption, Columbus) Muller 2011
LOUIS VIERNE: Preambule, fr 24 Pieces in Free Style, Op. 31, no. 1. JOHANN LUDWIG KREBS: Warum sollt ich mich den gramen –Stephen Ketterer (2003 Beckerath/St. Thuribius Chapel, Pontifical College, Columbus) MSR Classics 1115
HERMAN BERLINSKI: Sukkoth, fr Three Festivals –Thom Miles (1866 Koehnken/Plum Street Temple, Cincinnati, OH) Arsis 157
EUNYOUNG KIM: Prelude on Veni Creator Spiritus –Anne Laver (2006 Fritts/St. Joseph Cathedral, Columbus) Loft 1164
GABRIEL PIERNÉ: Serenade. GUY H. SCULL: Wiffenpoof Song, LEW PORTER: The Little Red Fox –Clark Wilson (1928 Robert Morton/Ohio Theatre. Columbus, OH) ATOS 2009
FRANK WARNER: Sea Sketch –Timothy Edward Smith (1931 Kimball/1st Congregational Church, Columbus, OH) Raven 900
STEFANIA DENBOW: Exaltatio –G. Dene Barnard (1968 Beckerath/1st Congregational Church, Columbus) PD Archive #9934
Filler – KREBS (see above)
Hour 2
JEHAN ALAIN: Variations on a Theme of Clément Janequin –Nicole Simental (1983 van Daalen/Jehovah Lutheran Church, Saint Paul, MN) PD Archive (r. 8/10/17)
EDWARD BAIRSTOW: Evening Song –Grant Wareham (1875 Steere & Turner/1st Baptist Church, Saint Paul, MN) PD Archive (r. 8/10/17)
WILLIAM BYRD: My Ladye Nevels Grownde –Gregory Crowell (1845 Anonymous/St. Wendelin Church, Luxemburg, MN) PD Archive (r. 8/9/17)
DUDLEY BUCK: Variations on "The Star-spangled Banner" –Thom Miles (1866 Koehnken/Plum Street Temple, Cincinnati, OH) Arsis 157
LOUIS ALFRED JAMES LEFEBURE-WELY: Elevation in B-flat, fr L’Organiste Moderne, Book 4 –Lynn Trapp. NICOLAS de GRIGNY: Trio & Point d’orgue, fr A solis ortus cardine –James Kosnik (1957 Holtkamp/Christ Church Cathedral, Cincinnati) PD Archive (r. 7/15/2003)
GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI: Toccata No. 7, fr Book 2 –Francesco Cera (2019 Fisk/Christ Church Cathedral, Cincinnati, OH) PD Archive (r. 10/17/18)
WILBUR HELD: Simple Gifts –John Balka (1970 Ruffatti/St. Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco, CA) Reference 98
MAX REGER: Invocation (ii.), and Introduction & Fugue (iii.), fr Second Sonata, Op. 60 –Craig Cramer (2006 Fritts/St. Joseph Cathedral, Columbus, OH) JAV 174
Filler – REGER: Toccata (see above)
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this year’'s Organ Historical Society Convention in and around Columbus, OH has been moved two years ahead to July 31-August 5, 2022. Find more information at organhistoricalsociety.org.
We dedicate this program to the memory of American musicologist, harpsichordist, organist, teacher, and former OHS Executive Director James M. Weaver, who succumbed in April to Covid-19. R.I.P.