An Organist’s Yearbook #2152
. . . the annual summary of 12 months' happenings, celebrating success and lamenting losses
Hour One
SIGFRID KARG-ELERT: Nun danket alle Gott , Op. 65, no. 59 –Diane Bish (1965 Marcussen+1965 Spaeth+1966 Rieger+1990 Fischer & Krämer/Freiburg Cathedral, Germany) Artisan 1999
JEAN-FRANÇOIS DANDRIEU: 4 Pieces (Trio, Basse de Cromorne, Récit de Nazard & Dialogue), fr Magnificat in g –Gillian Weir (1740 Picard-1969 Kern/St. Maximin de Thionville, France) Decca 484 1435
DAN LOCKLAIR: Silence may be kept, fr Rubrics –Marilyn Keiser (2007 Casavant/St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, IN) Loft 1110
J. S. BACH: Prelude in G, BWV 550 –Anthony Newman (1985 Rieger/Recital Hall, SUNY-Purchase, NY) Newport Classic 60004
SETH BINGHAM: Bells of Riverside –Frederick Swann (Aeolian-Skinner/Riverside Church, New York, NY) PD Archive (r. 7/10/96)
CECILIA MacDOWALL: Regina Coeli, fr 3 Antiphons –Lucy Humphris, trumpet; William Fox (1963 Walker/Church of St. John the Evangelist-Islington, London, England) Naxos 8.579077
PATRICK CASSIDY: Laudamus te, fr The Mass –David Harris, director; Christoph Bull (1931 Skinner + 1969 Schlicker/1st Congregational Church, Los Angeles, CA) Supertrain 81225
JOHN HARBISON: Prelude for Organ (2020) –Ken Cowan (1997 Fisk-Rosales/Edith Bates Old Recital Hall, Rice University, Houston, TX) PD Archive (r. 6/19/21)
MAURICE RAVEL (trans. Wiersinga): Rigaudon, fr Le Tombeau de Couperin –Anna Lapwood (1908-2001 Harrison/Ely Cathedral, England) Signum 688
Filler – KARG-ELERT (see above)
Hour Two
JEREMIAH CLARKE (trans. Dupré): Trumpet Tune –Jeanne Demessieux (1915 Norman & Beard/St. Mark’s North Audley Street, London, England). JEANNE DEMESSIEUX: Te Deum –Jean Demessieux (1846 Cavaillé-Coll+1957 Roethinger/La madeleine, Paris, France) Decca 484 1424
DEMESSIEUX: Lumiere (No. 7), fr Méditations sur le Saint-Esprit –Pierre Labric (1868 Cavaillé-Coll+1965 Boisseau/Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris, France) Solstice 269
JOHANN PHILIPP KIRNBERGER: Komm, o komm, du Geist des Lebens –Beate Kruppke (1755 Migendt/Frohen botschaft Church, Berlin-Karlhorst, Germany) AMAVN 001
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS: Prelude in E, Op.99, no. 1 –Andrew-John Smith (1846 Cavaillé-Coll/Church of La Madeleine, Paris, France) Hyperion 67713
NICOLAS de GRIGNY: 3 Sanctus Versets, fr Messe –Pierre Bardon (1774 Isnard/Basilica of St. Mary Madeleine, St. Maximin, France) Pierre Verany 790031
NANCY PLUMMER FAXON: Intermezzo –John Weaver (1920 Skinner/Old South Church, Boston, MA) Pipedreams 1001
JOHANN LUDWIG KREBS: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier –Timothy Valentine, English horn; Edwin Swanborn (1969 Noack/Trinity Lutheran Church, Worcester, MA) Northeastern 211
GUSTAV HOLST (arr. Paul Smith): Anthem, O God, beyond all praising (premiere) –Cathedral Choir/Lawrence Lawyer; Christopher Ganza (1963 Aeolian-Skinner+2013 Quimby/Cathedral of Saint Paul, St. Paul, MN) PD Archive (r. 11/21/21)
Filler – GUILLOU: Improvisation on “Greensleeves” (Dorian 90112)
Enjoy these archive programs featuring several of today’s significant personalities:
#1716: Diane Bish – For the Joy of Music
#1301: Marilyn Keiser – Women at Work
#1132: Anthony Newman – A Newman for All Seasons
#0337: Frederick Swann – Swann Song
#0717: John Weaver – The Weaver’s Tale
#0010 & #0812: Dame Gilliam Weir – Nothing Like a Dame & Conversations with a Great Dame
Continuing support of PIPEDREAMS is provided in loving memory of Wesley and Lucinda Dudley by their family, with additional support from Walter McCarthy, Clara Ueland, and the Greystone Foundation, by Jan Kirchner on behalf of her family foundation, by the Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund of the HRK Foundation, in celebration of the life of Martha Hulings Kaemmer, and by listener-contributors to this public radio station. Additional support comes from Goulding & Wood, Inc. of Indianapolis, IN, and Integrated Organ Technologies, Inc. of Roswell, GA, members of APOBA, the Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America, a collaborative of designers, creators, and maintainers of pipe organs found in religious and educational institutions, concert halls, and residences throughout the United States and beyond. An APOBA resource guide and member prospectus is available at APOBA.COM.