This week we talk about Alexander Schreiner and Franz Liszt. Listen to this episode here:
- Music heard in this episode:
- Alexander Schreiner
Lyric Interlude
Charles Callahan
Charles Callahan plays the Byrd Memorial Organ
1996 III/14 Wicks, First United Methodist Church, Charleston, Missouri - Louis Vierne
Maestoso in C-sharp minor, op. 16
Alexander Schreiner
The Great Organ at the Mormon Tabernacle – Columbia MS 6101
1947 V/206 Aeolian-Skinner, Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah - Alexander Schreiner
O my Father
Richard Elliot
MP3 Download
Every Time I Feel the Spirit – Klavier 11174
1947 V/206 Aeolian-Skinner/Schoenstein, Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah - Franz Liszt
Prelude and Fugue on B-A-C-H, S260
Christopher Herrick
Organ Fireworks – VIII – Hyperion CDA66978
1989 IV/130 Rieger, Hong Kong Cultural Center, Hong Kong, China
Wonderful to find this tribute to Alexander Schreiner…one of the giants among 20th century organists. I always felt that his playing transcended the inherent mechanical nature of the instrument and in its warmth and musicality was comparable to that of, say, Fritz Kreisler.