The AGO In Seattle (II) #2220
. . . more mementos from the AGO convention in Seattle in the year 2000, preluding the upcoming one in July 2022.
Hour One
NIKOLAUS HASSE: Choral Fantasia on Komm, heiliger Geist –Bruce Neswick (1998 Fritts/Lagerquist Hall, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma) (r. 7/4/2000)
YORK BOWEN: Fantasia, Op. 136 –Nicolas Kynaston (1907 Hutchings-Votey + 2000 Rosales/St. James Cathedral, Seattle) (r. 7/6/2000)
PAMELA DECKER: Rio abajo rio (premiere) –Christa Rakich (1965 Flentrop/St. Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle (r. 7/3/2000)
Filler – HASSE (see above)
Hour Two
SAMUEL SCHEIDT: Bergamasca. JOHN DOWLAND (trans. Melchior Schildt): Paduana Lachrymae. ARVO PÄRT: Annum per annum –Robert Bates (1998 Fritts/Lagerquist Hall, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma) (r. 7/4/2000)
NAJI HAKIM: Seattle Concerto for Organ and Orchestra –Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet-Hakim (1999 Fisk/Benaroya Hall, Seattle) (r. 7/7/2000)
Filler – BOWEN (see above)
Though these archive recordings are twenty-two years old, most are receiving their first national broadcast here.
The next convergence of the American Guild of Organists National Convention in Seattle will take place this summer (July 3-7, 2022).
Additional performances from the AGO 2000 Convention can be enjoyed in these archived programs:
Bach for Springtime - #0111
Rising Stars - #0204
Earning the Prize - #0222
Seattle Serenade - #0611
The AGO in Seattle (I) - #2209
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