We just got back from vacation, so there’s no show this week. Come back next week, though. AGO President Eileen Guenther is scheduled to join us!
This week we sit down and talk with organbuilder Patrick Murphy about himself and his company. Listen to it here:
Music used in this episode:
J.S. Bach – Prelude and Fugue in C major, 9/8 (BWV 547)
Andrew Mills
III/49 Murphy, St. Patricks Roman Catholic Church, New Orleans, Louisiana
Today we hear the rest of the interview with Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis organist William Partridge and our discussion of the work Prelude on Malabar. Recorded live in the Cathedral on a busy day, you can even hear tourists, worshipers and even janitors making noise in the background. Listen to it here:
If you missed the first part of this, you can find that here.
Music used in this episode:
- Leo Sowerby – Prelude on Malabar
Henry Evans
1965 IV/70 Aeolian-Skinner, Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis, Missouri
Today is the first of a two-part series on Leo Sowerby and two of his Chorale Preludes, Prelude on Land of Rest, and Prelude on Malabar. We talked with William Partridge, organist of Christ Church Cathedral in St. Louis, and a student of Leo Sowerby’s. Listen to it here:
Music used in this episode:
- Leo Sowerby – Prelude on Land of Rest
Andrew J. Peters
1965 IV/60 Schantz, Second Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, Missouri
Today we conclude our interview with Dr. Frederick Hohman about his teacher David Craighead. Listen to it here:
Music used in this episode:
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From the album The Craigheads at Asbury performed by David and Marian Craighead
- Gustav Merkel – Sonata in D minor for Organ 4 Hands, op. 30 – III. Allegro con fuoco; Fuga
- Howard Hanson – Chorale and Alleluia
- Gustav Merkel – Sonata in D minor for Organ 4 Hands, op. 30 – II. Adagio
- Gustav Merkel – Sonata in D minor for Organ 4 Hands, op. 30 – III. Allegro con fuoco; Fuga
Pro Organo CD 7046
1956 IV/70 Austin op. 2215, Asbury First United Methodist Church, Rochester, New York
At The Organ returns! After an unexpectedly long hiatus, we are back with new episodes. Sadly, today’s episode is the first of a two-parter about organist David Craighead who passed away last month. Dr. Frederick Hohman joins us to share his memories of studying under David.
Music used in this episode:
Louis Vierne – Sixth Symphony in B – II. Aria – MP3 Download
Max Reger – Second Sonata in D minor – Introduction and Fugue – MP3 Download
Organ Music of Reger and Vierne – Delos DE 3096
1987 III/85 Rosales, Trinity Episcopal Church, Portland, Oregon
Listen to it here:
After some website issues we took a short hiatus a little sooner than expected. The good news is our web site is coming back, and we’ll be back this week with a new podcast episode. In fact, the plan is to make all episodes podcasts in the future, meaning you can listen to them here, or subscribe to our RSS Feed in your favorite podcast software and you can listen to us wherever you want! Look for our upcoming episode on April 15 with a tribute to David Craighead as well as a fresh update to our website.
This week we remember organist and professor Gerre Hancock who passed away last week on January 21. We were scheduled to have an interview with Dr. Hancock, instead, our own Bruce Ludwick will share some of his memories of studying with Dr. Hancock.
Listen to it here:
This week we look back at organbuilders Dom Bedos de Celles, Joseph Casavant, and Henry Pilcher. Listen to it here:
Music used in this episode:
- Johann Sebastian Bach – L’Art de la Fugue, Contrapunctus 10 alla Decima, inversus (BWV 1080)
Kei Koito
Bach – Die Kunst Der Fugue
1748 Dom Bedos, Sainte-Croix de Bordeaux
MP3 Download - Charles-Marie Widor – Second Symphony, VI. Finale
Benjamin Waterhouse
Widor – Complete Organ Works
1885 IV/52 Casavant, Cathedral of St.Hyacinthe the Confessor, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada - John Knowles Paine – Fantasie über Ein feste Burg, op. 13
John Brock
A Tennessee Organ Tour, Vol 2
1891 II/25 Pilcher/Rule, Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
We’re back with a show this week about Clarence Eddy, GOttfried Silbermann, the Hindemith Kammermusik #7, Maurice Duruflé, and the Copland Symphony for Organ and Orchestra. Listen to it here:
Music heard in this episode:
- Clarence Eddy – Praeludum
Charles Callahan
All Glory Be to God on High
2010 III/37 Rodgers, St. Michael’s Church, Wheaton, IL - Maurice Duruflé – Prelude sur l’Introit de l’Epiphanie
Todd Wilson
Maurice Durufle Organ Music (Complete) – Delos DE 3047
1978 III/52 Schudi, Church of St. Thomas Aquinas, Dallas, Texas
MP3 Download - Paul Hindemith – Kammermusic No. 7
Wayne Marshall
Hindemith: Kammermusic 1-7 – EMI Classics 0946 3 97711 2 7
IV/72 Schuke, Berlin Philharmonic
MP3 Download - Johann Sebastian Bach
Vater unser im Himmelreich (BWV 683) – MP3 Download
Duetto I in E minor (BWV 802) – MP3 Download
Wolfgang Rübsam
Bach – Clavierubung III, Vol 2 – Naxos 8.550930
1714 III/67 Silbermann, Freiburg Cathedral, Germany - Aaron Copland – Symphony for Organ and Orchestra – III. Finale: Lento; Allegro moderato
E. Power Biggs
Copland: Symphony No. 3- Symphony for Organ and Orchestra – Sony Classical SMK 63155
1960 IV/98 Aeolian-Skinner, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, New York
MP3 Download