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THE DIAPASON JUNE 2020 Holy Cross Catholic Church New York, New York Cover feature on pages 18–19 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 BÁLINT KAROSI JEAN-WILLY KUNZ HUW LEWIS RENÉE ANNE LOUPRETTE ROBERT MCCORMICK JACK MITCHENER BRUCE NESWICK ORGANIZED RHYTHM RAÚL PRIETO RAM°REZ JEAN-BAPTISTE ROBIN BENJAMIN SHEEN HERNDON SPILLMAN JOSHUA STAFFORD CAROLE TERRY JOHANN VEXO W͘K͘ŽdžϰϯϮ ĞĂƌďŽƌŶ,ĞŝŐŚƚƐ͕D/ϰဒϭϮϳ ǁǁǁ͘ĐŽŶĐĞƌƚĂƌƟƐƚƐ͘ĐŽŵ ĞŵĂŝůΛĐŽŶĐĞƌƚĂƌƟƐƚƐ͘ĐŽŵ ဒϲϬͲϱϲϬͲϳဒϬϬ ŚĂƌůĞƐDŝůůĞƌ͕WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ WŚŝůůŝƉdƌƵĐŬĞŶďƌŽĚ͕&ŽƵŶĚĞƌ BRADLEY HUNTER WELCH SEBASTIAN HEINDL INSPIRATIONS ENSEMBLE ϮϬϭဓ>ÊĦóÊÊ'ÙÄÝ /ÄãÙÄã®ÊĽKÙ¦Ä ÊÃÖã®ã®ÊÄt®ÄÄÙ THE DIAPASON Editor’s Notebook Scranton Gillette Communications One Hundred Eleventh Year: No. 6, Digital edition promotion Whole No. 1327 Throughout June, those purchasing a new or renewal one- JUNE 2020 year subscription will receive a free one-year digital subscrip- Established in 1909 tion for a friend. This offer is valid when purchasing a print Stephen Schnurr ISSN 0012-2378 or digital subscription; the free subscription is digital. For 847/954-7989; [email protected] information and to subscribe: toll free, 877/501-7540; local, www.TheDiapason.com An International Monthly Devoted to the Organ, 847/763-4933; for new subscriptions: https://sgc.dragonforms. the Harpsichord, Carillon, and Church Music com/DPP_newfriend; for renewals: https://sgc.dragonforms. completed their goals of study this semester, no matter what com/DPP_renewfriend. level of study. CONTENTS A part of the “new normal” In this issue FEATURES Lviv Organ Art: History, churches, music, and As we all adjust to a new life within the time of a pandemic, The feature article for this month is an overview of the personalities there are creative ways to present recitals, as some of these history of organs and organists in Lviv, Ukraine, by Olena by Olena Matselyukh 12 events are now presented via livestream. As an example, you Matselyukh. John Bishop, in “In the Wind . ,” observes how NEWS & DEPARTMENTS will read below that the Methuen Memorial Music Hall is now online tools have suddenly changed worship in our churches Editor’s Notebook 3 offering its summer recitals via livestream. We welcome your and synagogues, particularly as pertains to music. In “Harpsi- Letters to the Editor 3 news of these events, as we will list them in our Calendar sec- chord Notes,” Larry Palmer pays tribute to the groundbreaking Here & There 3 tion with the designation “livestream,” hoping that these events career of harpsichordist Elaine Funaro. Gavin Black is taking a Appointments 4 will reach a wider audience than ever before. break from “On Teaching” this month and plans to contribute Nunc Dimittis 6 next month. Carillon Profi le by Kimberly Schafer 9 Congratulations Our cover feature is Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 908, In the wind . by John Bishop 10 Andrew Schaeffer, our editor-at-large, successfully defended fi nished in 1933 and recently restored by Foley-Baker, Inc., of Harpsichord Notes by Larry Palmer 20 his dissertation for completion of his degree of Doctor of Musi- Tolland, Connecticut, for Holy Cross Catholic Church of New REVIEWS cal Arts at the University of Oklahoma in late April. The staff York City. The organ is ready to inspire future generations of New Organ Music 20 of The Diapason congratulates Andrew and all who have parishioners and guests. ■ New Recordings 21 CALENDAR 23 Letters to the Editor RECITAL PROGRAMS 25 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING 26 Ralph Vaughan Williams Harris may have assisted him at the revised from 1921 to 1930. The fi rst per- Since the publication of my article on church, the composer John Ireland was formance was given at the Three Choirs Ralph Vaughan Williams (“Ralph Vaughan to become organist at St. Barnabas in Festival in 1930. Sources disagree on Williams and the Organ,” January 2020, succession to RVW. which version came fi rst: that for solo pages 14–18), I have come upon some • Page 16, column 3: RVW was pro- organ or for orchestra. THE additional information, which suggests a moted to lieutenant in the Royal Gar- • Page 18, column 2: The sentence DIAPASON few points in the article, along with some rison Artillery in 1917, after the Battle of stating RVW’s funeral was the fi rst in JUNE 2020 typographical errors, require correction. the Somme. Westminster Abbey for a commoner • Page 14, column 3: The speaker • Page 16, column 4: The English since Purcell is inaccurate and should was not RVW’s niece; he had none. He Hymnal should be considered as a com- be disregarded. did have many young women admir- petitor to Hymns Ancient and Modern, • Finally, in the fi nal footnote ers, some of whom referred to him as not a successor. (which should be numbered 45, not “Uncle Ralph.” • Page 17, column 1: The correct 33) the composer’s name should be • Page 15, column 2: The correct spelling is George Thalben-Ball. spelled Darke. spelling is T. Tertius Noble. • Page 17, column 2: The Prelude David Herman • Page 16, column 1: Although W. H. and Fugue in C Minor was written and Newark, Delaware ■ Holy Cross Catholic Church New York, New York Cover feature on pages 18–19 Here & There COVER Events Cancellations Foley-Baker, Inc., Tolland, Connecticut; The American Guild of Organ- Holy Cross Catholic Church, ists’ national convention, scheduled for New York, New York 18 July 6–10, 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia, is cancelled. In addition, all Pipe Organ Editorial Director STEPHEN SCHNURR Encounter programs for 2020 are can- and Publisher [email protected] celed; many of these will be rescheduled 847/954-7989 for 2021. For information: President RICK SCHWER www.agohq.org. [email protected] 847/391-1048 The Association of Anglican Musi- Editor-at-Large ANDREW SCHAEFFER cians has postponed its 2020 conference [email protected] in Richmond, Virginia, to June 19–23, 2022. (There will also be a conference in Sales Director JEROME BUTERA 2021.) For information: [email protected] 608/634-6253 First Presbyterian Church, Kilgore, Tex- anglicanmusicians.org. Circulation/ as, Aeolian-Skinner organ Subscriptions THE DIAPASON The Guild of Carillonneurs in P.O. Box 300 Lincolnshire, IL. 60069-0300 The tenth annual East Texas Pipe North America and the World Caril- [email protected] Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Methuen, Organ Festival will be held Novem- lon Federation have cancelled their Toll-Free: 877/501-7540 Massachusetts ber 8–12 with headquarters in Kilgore, 2020 conferences at Longwood Gardens, Local: 847/763-4933 Texas. The event features Aeolian-Skin- Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. For Designer KIMBERLY PELLIKAN Methuen Memorial Music Hall, ner organs designed and tonally fi nished information: gcna.org. [email protected] Methuen, Massachusetts, offers organ by Roy Perry (1906–1978), including 847/391-1024 recitals via livestream, Wednesdays First Presbyterian Church, Kilgore, and The Oregon Bach Festival is post- Contributing Editors LARRY PALMER at 7:30 p.m., at its YouTube channel St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, Shreve- poning this year’s festival to summer Harpsichord (http://www.youtube.com/c/methuen- port, Louisiana. Recitalists include 2021. For information: memorialmusichall): June 17, Heinrich Ken Cowan and Lisa Shihoten, the www.oregonbachfestival.org. BRIAN SWAGER Carillon Christensen; 6/24, Janet E. Hunt; July 1, Chenaults, Aaron Tan, Faythe Freese, Jennifer Pascual; 7/8, Leonardo Ciampa; Jan Kraybill, Organized Rhythm, and The Organ Historical Society JOHN BISHOP 7/15, Sarah Johnson. For information: others. 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WWW.THEDIAPASON.COM THE DIAPASON ■ JUNE 2020 ■ 3 Here & There ➤ page 3 member of The Diapason’s 20 Under United States as well as in Canada. He Guild of Organists Southwest Regional Columbus, Ohio, to July 2022. (There 30 Class of 2019), Daniel Minnick, and has also appeared on numerous occa- Competition for Young Organists and the will be a convention in Toronto in 2021.) Andrew Morris.