The AGO in Seattle (I) #2209

Hour One

CLAUDE BALBASTRE:  3 Pieces (Prelude in C; Ariette & Grands Jeux in a) –Guy Bovet (2000 Fisk/Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA) (r. 7/2/2000)

SIGFRID KARG-ELERT:  Stimmen der Nacht, Op. 142, no. 1 –Nicolas Kynaston (1907 Hutchings-Votey + 2000 Rosales/St. James Cathedral, Seattle) (r. 7/6/2000)

PAUL HINDEMITH:  Organ Sonata No. 1 –Christa Rakich (1965 Flentrop/St. Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle) (r. 7/3/2000)

MARK WINGES:  The Breath of Nature.  JAMES DENMAN:  A Song to the Lamb –St. Mark’s Cathedral Choir & Congregation/J. Melvin Butler (St. Mark’s Cathedral/Seattle, WA) (r. 7/5/2000)

Filler – HINDEMITH (see above)

Hour Two

DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE:  Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BuxWV 220 –James David Christie (1984 Fritts-Richards/St. Alphonsus Church, Seattle) (r. 7/3/2000)

BUXTEHUDE:  Toccata in d, BuxWV 155 –Robert Bates (1998 Fritts/Lagerquist Hall, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA) (r. 7/4/2000)

J. S. BACH:  Passacaglia in c, BWV 582 –Bruce Neswick (1998 Fritts/Lagerquist Hall, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA) (r. 7/4/2000)

G. F. HANDEL:  Concerto in F, Op. 4, no. 5 –Edie Johnson (1997 Noack/Church of the Epiphany/Seattle) (r. 7/5/2000)

KAREN P. THOMAS:  Ancient Souls (premiere) –Seattle Pro Musica/Karen Thomas; James Holloway (1995 Casavant/1st Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, WA) (r. 7/6/2000)

DAVID HURD:  Toccata (1991) –David Hurd (1885 Willis/St. Joseph’s Church, Seattle) (r. 7/5/2000)

Filler – BACH (see above)

These recordings from the PIPEDREAMS archive were made during the American Guild of Organist’s National Convention in Seattle in 2000.  They are receiving their first national broadcasts here.  The AGO Seattle 2022 convention takes place July 3-7, 2022.

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