American Diversions #2434
. . . once more into the breach, and a further foray into some home-grown repertoire for the ‘King of Instruments’.
Hour 1
CHARLES ZEUNER: Organ Concerto No. 1 –L’Orchestre d’Trupiano/Karl Loveland; Stephen Pinel (1830 Appleton/Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY) PD Archive (r. 5/1/1987)
DAN LOCKLAIR: Ere long we shall see… --Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Kirk Trevor; Gregory D’Agostino (1979 Rieger-Kloss/Radio Hall, Bratislava, Slovakia) Albany 517
CHRISTOPHER HOH: Concertino Corona –Czech Chamber Philharmonic Pardubice/Stanislav Vavrinek; Karel Maatinek (2004 Rieger-Kloss/Suk Hall, House of Music, Pardubice, Czech Republic) Navona 6529
BENJAMIN BOYLE: Toccata (iii.), fr Organ Concerto, Op. 14 –Hope College Orchestra/Richard Flippo; Huw Lewis (1928 Skinner/Memorial Chapel, Hope College, Holland, MI) PD Archive (r. 4/24/07)
Filler – ZEUNER (see above)
Hour 2
NED ROREM: The Nest in Old South Church, fr Views from the Oldest House –Stephen Price (2006 Goulding & Wood/Ball State University, Muncie, IN) Raven 168. Listen to a complete performance by John Obetz of this work’s 1984 world premiere, including composer comments, available in the PIPEDREAMS Archive.
ROBERT FRANK: Liturgical Impressions (Introit-Sanctus-Gloria) –Grant Peters, trumpet; Charles Ore (1997 Schoenstein/1st Plymouth Congregational Church, Lincoln, NE) GSP 2004
GRAHAM FARRELL: 2 Hymn Tune Arrangements for Trumpet (Duke Street & St. Bride) –Martin Hodel, trumpet; Graham Farrell (1998 Casavant/Church of St. Louis King of France, Saint Paul, MN) PD Archive (r. 6/19/2002)
LOU HARRISON: Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra (1972) –San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas; Paul Jacobs (1894 Ruffatti/Davies Hall, San Francisco, CA) SFS Media 0056. You can enjoy another performance of this rarely-heard piece, with soloist John Walker and the University of Minnesota Percussion Ensemble led by Fernando Meza, available in our extensive PIPEDREAMS Archive.
Filler – HARRISON (see above)
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