Virtuous Virtual Virtuosos (II) #2028
…another set of singular concert performances from the Pipedreams Archive.
Hour 1
J. S. BACH: Prelude, Adagio & Fugue in C, BWV 545 –Dong-ill Shin (1949 Aeolian-Skinner/Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Methuen, MA) PD Archive (r. 8/22/18). Check out the complete, compelling and convoluted history of The Great Organ of Methuen in Barbara Owen’s detailed account published by the Organ Historical Society.
KIT DOWNES: 2 Pieces (Black is the color of my true love’s hair; Flying Foxes) –Kit Downes (2001 Lively-Fulcher/St. Olaf Catholic Church, Minneapolis, MN) PD Archive (r. 6/30/19). Kit’s album of organ improvisations, Obsidian, is available from ECM Records 2559.
G. F. HANDEL: Largo, fr Xerxes. HECTOR OLIVERA: Improvisation on themes by Saint-Saëns, Lloyd-Webber and Reubke) –Hector Olivera (1930 Wicks + 2001 Rieger-Kloss/Co-Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Rochester, MN) PD Archive (r. 10/26/19)
Filler – DOWNES: Black is the color of my true love’s hair (see above)
Hour 2
DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE: Praeludium in a, BuxWV 153 –David Jenkins (2000 Noack/St. Paul Seminary Chapel, St. Paul, MN) PD Archive (r. 10/19/19)
ROBERT HEBBLE: Heraldings. LEO SOWERBY: Carillon. MARCEL DUPRÉ: Annunciation, Op. 56. EDMOND LEMIAGRE: Capriccio. DUDLEY BUCK: Variations on Old Folks at Home. SEARLE WRIGHT: Introduction, Passacaglia & Fugue –Nicholas Schmelter (1949 Wicks/Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, MN) PD Archive (r. 10/15/18)
Filler – J. S. BACH: Fugue in C, BWV 545 (see above)
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