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THE DIAPASON FEBRUARY 2020 First United Methodist Church Pittsburg, Kansas Cover feature on pages 22–23 PHILLIP TRUCKENBROD CONCERT ARTISTS ANTHONY & BEARD ADAM J. BRAKEL THE CHENAULT DUO PETER RICHARD CONTE CONTE & ENNIS DUO LYNNE DAVIS ISABELLE DEMERS CLIVE DRISKILL-SMITH DUO MUSART BARCELONA JEREMY FILSELL MICHAEL HEY HEY & LIBERIS DUO CHRISTOPHER HOULIHAN DAVID HURD MARTIN JEAN JEAN-WILLY KUNZ HUW LEWIS RENÉE ANNE LOUPRETTE ROBERT MCCORMICK BRUCE NESWICK ORGANIZED RHYTHM RAéL PRIETO RAM°REZ JEAN-BAPTISTE ROBIN BENJAMIN SHEEN HERNDON SPILLMAN JOSHUA STAFFORD CAROLE TERRY JOHANN VEXO BRADLEY HUNTER WELCH SEBASTIAN HEINDL ϮϬϭဓt®ÄÄÙ >ÊĦóÊÊ'ÙÄÝ /ÄãÙÄã®ÊĽKÙ¦Ä ÊÃÖã®ã®ÊÄ INSPIRATIONS ENSEMBLE ĞŵĂŝůΛĐŽŶĐĞƌƚĂƌƟƐƚƐ͘ĐŽŵͬǁǁǁ͘ĐŽŶĐĞƌƚĂƌƟƐƚƐ͘ĐŽŵͬဒϲϬͲϱϲϬͲϳဒϬϬ ŚĂƌůĞƐDŝůůĞƌ͕WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚͬWŚŝůůŝƉdƌƵĐŬĞŶďƌŽĚ͕&ŽƵŶĚĞƌ THE DIAPASON Editor’s Notebook Scranton Gillette Communications One Hundred Eleventh Year: No. 2, Think summer Whole No. 1323 I don’t know about you, but in the winter months I like to FEBRUARY 2020 plan for the summer! Is your church, university, or municipality Established in 1909 having a summer recital series for the organ or carillon? Be Stephen Schnurr ISSN 0012-2378 sure to send me all the particulars for inclusion in the Calendar 847/954-7989; [email protected] section and perhaps in Here & There. www.TheDiapason.com An International Monthly Devoted to the Organ, the Harpsichord, Carillon, and Church Music A gift subscription is always appropriate! Larry Palmer, in “Harpsichord Notes,” brings to our attention Remember, a gift subscription of The Diapason for a friend, a contemporary printing of Gottlieb Muffat’s Componimenti CONTENTS colleague, or student is a gift that is remembered each month. Musicali for harpsichord (1739). In “Carillon Profi le,” Kimberly FEATURES (And our student subscription rate cannot be beat at $20/year!) Shafer details the full-scale John Taylor & Company carillon at An interview with Pierre Labric Subscriptions can be ordered by calling our subscription service Iowa State University, as well as the school’s mobile campanile- by Jesse Eschbach 14 at 800/501-7540 or visiting www.thediapason.com and clicking carillon model based on the full-sized tower with bells cast by Building Bach: His Foundations and Futures, on Subscribe. Meeks, Watson & Company. Gavin Black continues recovery University of Michigan 59th Annual Organ from surgery and will resume his column, “On Teaching,” likely Conference, September 29–October 1, 2019 by Brooks Grantier 17 In this issue with the March issue. Jesse Eschbach interviews Pierre Labric of Dreux, France, This month’s cover feature is C. B. Fisk, Inc., Opus 152, built Organ Festival Holland and International Schnitger Organ Competition 2019: Sint- as Labric approaches his 100th birthday. The interview for the First United Methodist Church of Pittsburg, Kansas. Laurenskerk and Kapelkerk, Alkmaar, the includes detailed remembrances of Jeanne Demessieux. Pittsburg is also home to Fisk Opus 106, the principal organ Netherlands, June 21–28, 2019 Brooks Grantier reports on the University of Michigan’s 59th at Pittsburg State University. In New Organs, Randall Dyer & by Lorraine S. Brugh 20 annual organ conference, “Building Bach: His Foundations and Associates, Inc., Opus 100 is featured, built for First United NEWS & DEPARTMENTS Futures,” held this past September and October in Ann Arbor. Methodist Church of Lebanon, Tennessee. Editor’s Notebook 3 Lorraine Brugh reports on the Organ Festival Holland and As always, our Here & There section contains all manner Letters to the Editor 3 International Schnitger Organ Competition 2019, held in July. of news, from items about events, competitions, and people in Here & There 3 In “In the wind . .,” John Bishop remembers Johannes the profession to appointments, obituaries, and notices of new Appointments 4 Geratus Petrus Leek (1929–2019), an Ohio organbuilder who recordings and publications. Check out all the offerings in this Carillon Profi le by Kimberly Schafer 6 greatly infl uenced Bishop’s professional and personal life. month’s issue! Q Nunc Dimittis 8 Harpsichord Notes by Larry Palmer 8 In the wind . by John Bishop 12 Letters to the Editor REVIEWS Book Reviews 10 I am grateful to Larry Palmer for a lesson at Trinity Lutheran Church in Westminster Choir College and put me New Organ Music 10 including a tribute to his fi rst organ Ashland, where she was organist/direc- in touch with a former student of hers New Recordings 11 teacher, Mabel Zehner, who was also my tor, she was at the console playing the who had graduated from WCC. Her New Handbell Music 11 fi rst organ teacher (“Harpsichord Notes,” Sowerby Pageant. I was amazed at how sage advice set my life on a trajectory NEW ORGANS 24 The Diapason, December 2019, page 11). fl awlessly she played that diffi cult piece that was much different than it other- CALENDAR 25 I have known of Mr. Palmer for decades and just sat and listened without inter- wise would have been. I owe so much and once chatted with him, but I did not rupting her. to her. Few of the good things that have RECITAL PROGRAMS 29 know he had studied with Miss Zehner. Miss Zehner was much more to me come my way in life would have hap- CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING 30 Miss Zehner was an accomplished than just an organ teacher. She was pened without Miss Zehner’s guidance performer as well as a wonderful teacher. the only person who ever sat me down and encouragement. THE She played the dedicatory recital in 1968 and asked what I wanted to do with my Over the years I have met numer- DIAPASON FEBRUARY 2020 on the new organ at St. John’s United life. At that time I had served two years ous organists who studied with Miss Church of Christ in Mansfi eld, Ohio, in the U. S. Army and was working at Zehner. I wonder if her infl uence on where I was then organist. She had been a low-level job that wasn’t going any- any of her other students was as great as the consultant for the organ and had where. She could apparently see that it was for me. recommended me for the position at my life was a bit like a ship without a Thomas L. Scheck the church. One day when I arrived for rudder. She recommended that I attend Key West, Florida First United Methodist Church Pittsburg, Kansas Cover feature on pages 22–23 Here & There COVER Events Pipe Organ Builders organ of three man- Bruce Bengtson; 2/19, Just Bach; March C. B. Fisk, Inc., Gloucester, Massachusetts; uals, 49 ranks. (The organ was featured 4, Andrew Schaeffer; 3/11, Casey Oelk- First United Methodist Church, Pittsburg, Kansas 22 on the cover of the January 2011 issue.) ers, fl ute, and Mark Brampton Smith, All events are organ recitals, except piano; 3/18, John Chappell Stowe; 3/25, where noted: February 14, Charles W. Just Bach; Editorial Director STEPHEN SCHNURR Ore; 2/15, Charles W. Ore, workshop; April 1, Andrew Schaeffer and Kang- and Publisher [email protected] 2/16, Irene Beethe; April 19, Richard won Kim; 4/15, Just Bach; 4/22, Peter 847/954-7989 Elliott; October 4, Jeffery Blersch, hymn Fennema; 4/29, Ethan Mellema; May 6, President RICK SCHWER festival. For information: Bruce Bengtson; 5/13, Michael David- [email protected] https://zionlutheranwausau.com. son; 5/20, Just Bach. 847/391-1048 Luther Memorial Church houses three Editor-at-Large ANDREW SCHAEFFER organs. The gallery organ was installed [email protected] in 1966 by Austin Organs, Inc., featuring three manuals, 56 ranks. On the fl oor of Sales Director JEROME BUTERA [email protected] the nave is an 1893 J. W. Steere & Son 608/634-6253 organ of two manuals, 19 ranks. There Circulation/ is also a 1986 Bedient portativ organ Subscriptions THE DIAPASON P.O. Box 300 with three stops. For information: www. Lincolnshire, IL. 60069-0300 luthermem.org and www.justbach.org. [email protected] Toll-Free: 877/501-7540 Local: 847/763-4933 Christ Cathedral, Garden Grove, California, announces events rededicat- Designer KIMBERLY PELLIKAN Zion Lutheran Church, Wausau, Wiscon- Luther Memorial Church, Madison, Wis- ing its Hazel Wright Organ, built by [email protected] sin, Kegg organ consin, Austin organ 847/391-1024 Fratelli Ruffatti of Padua, Italy. The dedication recital will take place May Contributing Editors LARRY PALMER Zion Lutheran Church, Wausau, Luther Memorial Church, Madi- 15 with Fred Swann, Paul Jacobs, Hec- Harpsichord Wisconsin, announces special music son, Wisconsin, announces its Music at tor Olivera, Michael Barone, and Diane BRIAN SWAGER events for 2020 in celebration of the Midday concerts, Wednesdays at noon: Bish; the following day, workshops, Carillon tenth anniversary of the church’s Kegg February 5, Andrew Schaeffer; 2/12, ³ page 4 JOHN BISHOP In the wind . 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