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All Saints Episcopal Church Southern Shores, North Carolina Cover feature on pages 26–27 ANTHONY & BEARD ADAM J. BRAKEL THE CHENAULT DUO JAMES DAVID CHRISTIE 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 SIMON THOMAS JACOBS MARTIN JEAN HUW LEWIS RENÉE ANNE LOUPRETTE LOUPRETTE & GOFF DUO ROBERT MCCORMICK
BRUCE NESWICK ORGANIZED RHYTHM RAéL PRIETO RAM°REZ JEAN-BAPTISTE ROBIN ROBIN & LELEU DUO BENJAMIN SHEEN HERNDON SPILLMAN
CAROLE TERRY JOHANN VEXO BRADLEY HUNTER WELCH JOSHUA STAFFORD THOMAS GAYNOR 2016 2017 LONGWOOD GARDENS ST. ALBANS WINNER WINNER
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE ART ǁǁǁ͘ĐŽŶĐĞƌƚĂƌƟƐƚƐ͘ĐŽŵ 860-560-7800 ŚĂƌůĞƐDŝůůĞƌ͕WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚͬWŚŝůůŝƉdƌƵĐŬĞŶďƌŽĚ͕&ŽƵŶĚĞƌ THE DIAPASON Editor’s Notebook Scranton Gillette Communications One Hundred Ninth Year: No. 9, A new season Whole No. 1306 As I write this on August 1, I realize you will read this at SEPTEMBER 2018 the end of this month or early September, the very last days of Established in 1909 summer. Most choirs and ensembles will soon begin rehears- Stephen Schnurr ISSN 0012-2378 als for their weekly services or seasonal concerts. The staff of 847/954-7989; [email protected] The Diapason hopes that these past weeks and months have www.TheDiapason.com An International Monthly Devoted to the Organ, provided you a bit of respite from the myriad activities you will the Harpsichord, Carillon, and Church Music soon experience. 20 Under 30 Our “Here & There” section this month contains listings for The Diapason’s 20 Under 30 program returns in December! CONTENTS many church, university, civic, and regional ensembles that will We will recognize once again young women and men whose FEATURES excite you with opportunities for excellence in organ and choral career accomplishments place them at the forefront of the organ, The 1864 William A. Johnson Opus 161, music. If you have a series of events you would like for us to con- church music, harpsichord, carillon, and organbuilding fi elds, Piru Community United Methodist Church, sider, it is not too late to send the appropriate information to me. before their 30th birthdays. Nominations will open December 1 Piru, California, Part 2 by Michael McNeil 20 and close on February 1, 2019. Begin to consider now the young Lessons & Carols leader you might nominate for this important award! NEWS & DEPARTMENTS Planning ahead, if your church or educational institution is Editor’s Notebook 3 having a service of Lessons & Carols, presentation of Handel’s In this issue Here & There 3 Messiah, Advent recital series, or Advent or Christmas concert, We continue Michael McNeil’s series on the documentation Appointments 6 please submit that information to me as far in advance as pos- of what is likely California’s oldest pipe organ, the 1864 William Nunc Dimittis 10 sible for proper coverage in our Calendar section. A. Johnson Opus 161 in the Piru Community United Method- Harpsichord Notes by Larry Palmer 12 In the wind . . . by John Bishop 16 ist Church. In “Harpsichord Notes,” Larry Palmer introduces On Teaching by Gavin Black 18 Resource Directory us to a new and complete edition of the keyboard works of Our 2019 Resource Directory will be mailed with your Armand-Louis Couperin, available at the website of Martin REVIEWS January issue. Planning has already begun for this helpful Pearlman. John Bishop, in “In the Wind . . .,” reveals for us the Book Reviews 13 booklet. If your business was not listed in the 2018 Directory interesting life of a little-known organist/organbuilder of the New Organ Music 13 and should be in 2019, please let us know, as these listings 19th century, William Horatio Clarke. We welcome back Gavin New Recordings 14 are free of charge. We cannot include you if we do not know Black with his column, “On Teaching,” and he tells us about his New Handbell Music 15 about you! If your business was included in our 2018 Directory, interesting visit to London this summer. NEW ORGANS 28 kindly carefully evaluate your entry to see if information needs Our Cover Feature includes two recent modest-sized pipe CALENDAR 29 to be updated, expanded, etc. For enhanced presence through organs in North Carolina, created by Quimby Pipe Organs of advertising, Jerome Butera ([email protected]; 608/634– Warrensburg, Missouri. One is a two-manual, 18-rank instru- RECITAL PROGRAMS 33 6253) is always ready to assist you with many opportunities. ment for All Saints Episcopal Church, Southern Shores, the CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING 34 Our Resource Directory is a reference tool for our readership other a three-manual, 30-rank organ for Concord United for the entire year, so make sure you are included! Methodist Church, Concord. Q
THE DIAPASON Here & There SEPTEMBER 2018 Correction In John Bishop’s “In the Wind . . .” (August 2018, page 15), a former organ- ist of Grace Church, New York City, was incorrectly identifi ed as George Mitch- ell. The correct name is Ernest Mitchell.
Events All Saints Episcopal Church Southern Shores, North Carolina Cover feature on pages 26–27
COVER Quimby Pipe Organs, Warrensburg, Missour; Longwood Gardens Aeolian organ All Saints Episcopal Church, Southern Shores, console (photo credit: Duane Erdmann) North Carolina 26
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St. Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church, Chicago, Illinois, C. B. Fisk, Inc., organ
St. Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church, Chicago, Illinois, announces its 2018– The choir of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at 2019 season of musical events: September Salzburg Cathedral 16, Kimberly Schafer, carillon, featuring the premiere of a work by Kevin Michael The choir of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Kay, commissioned for the church’s 125th toured Austria in late June. The group sang for Mass at the Salzburg Cathedral and anniversary; 9/28, Jason Moy, harpsichord, Washington National Cathedral performed concerts in the Peterskirche and the Capuchin Church, both in Vienna. and friends; October 30, Thomas Ospi- In addition to performing formal concerts, they sang informally at Melk Abbey and tal, organ; November 11, Erica Schuler, Jeremy Filsell; 6/16, Paul Griffi ths; 6/23, the palace in Eisenstaedt. A varied program with emphasis on lesser-performed com- soprano, and Scott Brunscheen, tenor. Jackson Borges; July 4, 11:00 a.m., Inde- posers and American spirituals was presented. The choir was directed by Michael January 6, 2019, choral Evensong for pendence Day concert. Batcho, director of music, and accompanied by Andrew Kreigh, organist. For Epiphany; 1/25, David Jonies, organ, Additional concerts are as follows: information: www.stjohncathedral.org. and Ryan Berndt, trumpet; February 15, September 10, Diderot String Quartet; Bruce Neswick, hymn playing masterclass; October 30, Prague Philharmonic Chil- March 22, Jason Moy, harpsichord, Tönig- dren’s Choir; November 5, PostClassical Tarasevich, baroque fl ute, and Anna Stein- Ensemble; 11/11, National Veterans Day hoff, baroque cello; May 7, Ken Cowan. Concert; December 7–9, Handel, Mes- The church also hosts its summer carillon siah; 12/22, The King’s Singers; festival, June 9, 16, and 23. For informa- January 16, 2019, Diderot String tion: www.saintc.org. Quartet; 1/23, PostClassical Ensemble with gamelan and dancers; March 30, Trinity Lutheran Church, Worces- King’s College Choir, Cambridge, UK; ter, Massachusetts, announces its 2018– April 14, Mozart, Requiem; May 16, 2019 series, Music at Trinity, celebrating Diderot String Quartet; 5/31, Diderot the 50th anniversary of Noack Organ String Quartet. For information: Company Opus 40, completed in March https://cathedral.org/music/organ/. 1969: September 30, Harmonie Trans- verse Flute Ensemble; November 1, Durufl é, Requiem; December 2, Advent Lessons & Carols; March 3, 2019, Jona- than Dimmock; March 31, Sean Redrow; Participants of the American Guild of Organists Pipe Organ Encounter in Philadel- April 14, James MacMillan, St. Luke phia at the shops of Patrick J. Murphy & Associates Organbuilders Passion; May 19, Nathaniel Gumbs. For information: www.trinityworc.org. Patrick J. Murphy & Associates Organbuilders welcomed participants in the American Guild of Organists Pipe Organ Encounter (POE) in Philadelphia, Pennsyl- Washington National Cathedral, vania, to its shops on July 11. A buffet lunch was provided, and the group participated Washington, D.C., announces its 2018– in a shop tour. The wood shop portion observed the newly acquired CNC router in 2019 organ recital series, Sundays at 5:15 action as well as workers explaining ongoing rebuilding work of the Schantz organ p.m., unless otherwise noted: September from the Cathedral of St Francis of Assisi, Metuchen, New Jersey. In the pipe shop, 23, George Fergus; 9/30, Weston Jen- voicer Megan Farrell explained the process of pipe preparation and demonstrated nings; October 7, Matthew Cates; 10/14, fl ue voicing. Prior to departure all participants asked questions and tried out two Erik Wm. Suter; 10/28, Elmo Consen- instruments (Skinner and Möller) currently for sale. tini; November 4, Stefan Donner; 11/25, Jeremy Filsell; December 25, 1:30 p.m., George Fergus; February 3, 2019, Alexander Straus- Fausto; 2/17, Stephen Kalnoske; March 3, Jeremy Filsell; 3/10, Jordan Prescott; Grace Church, New York, New York, Tay- 3/24, Jonathan Vaughn; April 7, Virgin- lor & Boody organ ius Barkauskas; 4/21, 1:30 p.m., George Fergus; May 5, Richard Spotts; 5/12, Grace Church, New York, New York, Chuyoung Suter; 5/26, Rebecca Marie announces its 2018–2019 Season of Bach Yoder; June 2, John Walthausen; 6/9, ³ page 6 Saving organs throughout America....affordably!
Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows, Chicago, Illinois, 1902 Lyon & Healy Opus 90
The Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows, Chicago, Illinois, will present a recital rededicating its 1902 Lyon & Healy organ, nearing completion of restoration by City Organ Works, LLC, under the leadership of David Rhodes. The recital by Freder- ick Hohman will take place September 16, 3:00 p.m. Our Lady of Sorrows was founded in 1874 and built its present church of Renais- sance architecture seating 1,200 between 1890 and 1902. In March of 1902, Clarence Eddy of Chicago played the dedicatory recital on Lyon & Healy Opus 90 (factory 1-800-621-2624 number 1342), a four-manual, 57-rank organ, the largest extant instrument of this Chicago builder. The Organ Historical Society presented the organ with its Historic foleybaker.com Organ Citation in 2002, during a convention recital honoring the organ’s centennial. For information: www.ols-chicago.org.
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³ page 4 and Paul Cienniwa, harpsichord; April at Noon and Weekend Organ Medita- 28, Amernet String Quartet, with Paul Appointments tions. Bach at Noon takes place every Cienniwa, harpsichord; May 19, Giorgi Daniel J. Fenn is appointed director of music Tuesday through Friday, September 11 Chkhikvadze, piano; June 16, PEN Trio. and organist at Saint Luke Lutheran Church through May 22, 12:20–12:50 p.m., fea- For information: (ELCA), Silver Spring, Maryland. He succeeds turing the organ works of Johann Sebas- www.music.stpaulsdelray.org. Jeffrey R. Pannebaker, who is retiring after 30 tian Bach as daily meditation. Weekend years of service to the church. A native of Mis- Organ Meditations feature the diverse sissippi, Fenn studied organ performance at Mis- repertoire of the organ each Saturday sissippi College (Bachelor of Music, 2002) and and Sunday, September 9 through May University of Houston (Master of Music, 2004). 26 in 45-minute informal programs. A He earned the Master of Sacred Music degree in free-will offering of dry goods for New choral conducting in 2009 in the program shared York food pantries is accepted. The organ between St. Olaf College and Luther Semi- of Grace Church is Taylor & Boody Opus nary in Minnesota. His organ teachers include 65 of four manuals, 87 ranks. For infor- Daniel J. Fenn Jeff McLelland, Robert Knupp, and Robert mation: www.gracechurchnyc.org. Bates, and he studied conducting with Anton Armstrong. Previous director of music positions include Grace Presbyterian Madonna della Strada Chapel, Goulding Church, Houston, Texas, and St. John’s Lutheran Church, Northfi eld, Min- & Wood organ nesota. At Saint Luke Church, he will serve as the principal organist and direct the adult, youth, and handbell choirs. Madonna della Strada Chapel, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, Reverend J. Michael McMahon is announces its 2018–2019 Third Sunday appointed executive director of the Hymn @3 Organ Concert Series: September Society in the United States and Canada, suc- 16, Michael Soto; October 21, Patrick ceeding Jan Kraybill. McMahon holds degrees Pope; November 18, Susan Klotzbach; in theology from Washington Theological Union, December 16, Matthew Haider; Janu- University of Notre Dame, and Catholic Uni- ary 20, 2019, Corrado Cavalli; February versity of America and is an ordained minister 17, Jeremy Kiolbassa; March 17, Sharon of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Peterson; May 19, Thomas Fielding. For Since 2013, he has served as minister of music information: www.luc.edu/organ. at National City Christian Church (Disciples of Ransdell Chapel, Campbellsville Uni- Christ), Washington, D.C. From 2001 until 2013 versity, Campbellsville, Kentucky Westminster Cathedral, London, Reverend J. Michael he was president and chief executive offi cer of UK, continues its 2018 Grand Organ McMahon the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. Campbellsville University, Camp- Festival, with recitals on Wednesdays McMahon has taught in the Department of bellsville, Kentucky, announces its 11th at 7:30 p.m.: September 19, Stephen Theology at the Catholic University of America and has been featured as a Annual Noon Concert Series with organ Farr; October 24, Catherine Ennis. For speaker and clinician for regional church gatherings and national music orga- recitals at 12:20 p.m. in Ransdell Chapel further information: nizations. He is the author of a book on Christian initiation, has written articles or Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic www.westminstercathedralchoir.com. on worship and church music for a variety of journals, and has contributed to Church: September 11, Stephen Black; several books on music ministry. October 16, Kenneth Stein; November 13, Larry Sharp; February 19, 2019, Jim Kirk Michael Rich is appointed associate di- McFarland; March 26, Jane Johnson; rector of music and organist of All Saints’ Epis- April 9, Wesley Roberts. For informa- copal Church, Atlanta, Georgia, one of the larg- tion: www.campbellsville.edu. est Episcopal churches in the country. He will assist interim director of music David Brensing- St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Delray er in all aspects of the music program, including Beach, Florida, announces its 2018–2019 accompanying the adult choir and playing for concert season: September 16, Delray two choral services each Sunday. In addition to String Quartet with Jure Rozman, piano; the adult choir of forty volunteer and staff sing- October 21, Bernstein at 100, with Tril- ers, the parish has four youth choirs. Rich was lium Piano Trio; November 4, Choral most recently associate director of music for St. Evensong for All Saints’ Sunday; 11/18, Cathedral Church of the Advent, Birg- John Vianney Catholic Church, Houston, Texas. mingham, Alabama, M. P. Möller organ Cantors in Concert, featuring Sagee console Kirk Michael Rich After early studies with Douglas Reed at the Goldenholz, David Presler, Bruce Hur- University of Evansville, Indiana, Rich earned witz, clarinet, Gary Lawrence, piano; a Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, December 2, Advent Lessons & Carols; The Cathedral Church of the Ohio, where he studied organ with James David Christie and harpsichord 12/16, the Billington and Gonzalez Duo; Advent, Birmingham, Alabama, with Webb Wiggins. He received the Master of Music degree from the Jacobs 12/30, Christmas Lessons & Carols; announces special music events for School of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, studying with 12/31, Paul Cienniwa, harpsichord, 2018–2019. Choral Evensongs, Thurs- Christopher Young, Bruce Neswick, and Elisabeth Wright. He is a Doctor of Bach, Goldberg Variations. days at 5:30 p.m.: September 20, Octo- Musical Arts degree candidate at the Moores School of Music, University of January 20, 2019, Lynn University ber 18, November 15, December 20 Houston, Texas, studying with Robert Bates and Matthew Dirst. Kirk Rich is chamber music fi nalists; February 10, (Christmas Lessons & Carols), January represented by Seven Eight Artists. For information: Anton Belov, baritone, and Milana 17, 2019, February 21, and May 30. www.seveneightartists.com. Q Strezeva, piano; March 3, Choral Even- Advent Lessons & Carols are presented song; 3/24, Emily Carter, soprano, Erin December 2, 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. Paiva, piano, Laurice Campbell Buck- The Cathedral’s Midday Music Series, Jeffrey Flaniken, violin, Angela Flan- St. George’s Episcopal Church, Nash- ton, violin, Marie Ridolfo, viol da gamba, Fridays at 12:30 p.m.: September 28, iken, viola, and Donald Sanders, piano; ville, Tennessee. For information: October 26, Melissa Lander, clarinet, www.adventbirmingham.org. and Charles Kennedy, organ; Novem- ber 16, Peter H. Bloom, fl ute, Francis St. John’s Episcopal Church, West Grime, viola, and Mary Jane Rupert, Hartford, Connecticut, announces its piano; December 14, Cathedral Ring- 2018–2019 Music at the Red Door ers Handbell Ensemble; January 25, events: October 14, Jazz at the Red Birmingham Boys Choir; March 1, Fred- Door, with the Nat Reeves Quintet; erick Teardo, piano; April 26, Cathedral December 9, Candlelight Festival of Ringers Handbell Ensemble. Lessons and Carols; February 9, 2019, In addition, the Cathedral Concert Handel, Messiah, with the American Series presents: November 2, Frederick Baroque Orchestra and Chorus; March Teardo; January 10, Michael Unger; 9, Celtic Fire, with the CitySingers of February 22, VOCES8; May 4, Festival Hartford; March 24, Durufl é, Requiem; of Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs, April 27, Suzanne Bona, fl ute. with the cathedral choir and the choir of ³ page 8
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Congratulations to St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Centennial, Colorado on the installation of their new highly customized Johannus Ecclesia D-570. This 4-manual organ of 81 stops and 94 ranks in 5 divisions plays a vital role in the church’s diverse music program, supporting worship, choral works and community concerts.
St. Tim’s selected Johannus after auditioning many instruments by various builders. In consultation with trusted advisors, they selected the Ecclesia D-570 for its beautiful authentic pipe organ sound and its tonal flexibility. Only Johannus was able to customize the organ to meet their every need: a movable console featuring beautiful routed oak panels, LED console lighting, ebony and oak keyboards, wooden drawknobs, brass toe studs ergonomically mounted on sweeps, a custom stop list, MIDI sequencer, adjustable bench, mechanical and digital Zimbelsterns and the Johannus Ultimate Voice Package featuring 39 inspiring orchestral instruments. This formidable new organ, with its 4 tonal styles, is suitable for any repertoire desired.
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St. John’s Episcopal Church, West Hart- ford, Connecticut
Choral Evensong is offered Sundays at 5:00 p.m.: September 23, October 28, January 27, February 24, April 28. The New World Trio, ensemble in residence, presents concerts: September 30, Janu- ary 13, March 31. Pipes Alive! organ recitals are pre- sented on Sundays at 12:30 p.m.: January 6, Diana Chou; February 3, Kyle Swann; St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church, March 3, Nathan Lively; April 7, Scott New York, New York, Mander organ Lamlein; May 5, Jackson Merrill; June 2, Randi Dalton, Susan Reim, Erin Schmandt, and Nicholas Schmelter Christa Rakich. For information: Sacred Music in a Sacred Space www.reddoormusic.org. announces its 2018–2019 season of Nicholas Schmelter, director of worship and congregational life for First Presby- concerts at St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic terian Church, Caro, Michigan, hosted a Pedals, Pipes, & Pizza event at the church Church, New York, New York: Sep- for 22 participants on June 27 as part of the Caro Area District Library’s summer tember 26, I Wish It So, with vocalist reading program, “Libraries Rock!” Event staff appearing in the photograph include Dayna Katok and pianist Michael Sheetz; Randi Dalton (library assistant), Susan Reim (organist, First Presbyterian Church), October 17, Serenade to Music, with the Erin Schmandt (library director), and Nicholas Schmelter. For information: www. choir of St. Ignatius Loyola; 10/18, Jen- schmeltermusic.com. nifer Pascual; November 3, Yale Schola Cantorum; 11/12, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and the Tallinn Chamber Muller, viol de gamba; November 21, Orchestra in music of Arvo Pärt; 11/30 Paul Goussot, silent fi lm accompani- and December 2, A Chanticleer Christ- ment; December 19, Christmas concert; mas; 12/9 and 12/16, Christmas concerts. Shin-Young Lee, organ. January 20, 2019, Renée Anne Lou- January 30, 2019, Hommage à André Peachtree Road United Methodist prette with Ivan Goff, Uillean pipes; Isoir, with François Espinasse and Church, Atlanta, Georgia, Mander organ February 8, Passion for Bach and Col- Michel Bouvard; February 27, Mous- trane, with Imani Winds and Harlem sourgski, Pictures at an Exhibition, Peachtree Road United Methodist String Quartet; 2/24, Brahms, Requiem, with Vincent Genvrin; March 27, Yves Church, Atlanta, Georgia, announces and Mendelssohn motets; March 3, Ste- Lafargue, organ, with Léa Desandre, music events for the 2018–2019 season: phen Tharp; 3/21, Songs without Words, mezzo-soprano, and Lise Berthaud, alto; September 23, Nicole Marane, with with Mark Markham; April 14, So We April 10, Thomas Ospital, organ, with John Lemley, narrator, John Lawless, Must Make the Journey, with Lorelei Jean-Claude Gengembre, percussion; percussion, Prokofi ev, Peter and the Ensemble; May 24, Handel, Dixit Domi- May 15, Nathan Laube. For information: Wolf; 9/30, Coro Vocati; October 9, nus, and Haydn, Harmoniemesse; June www.maisondelaradio.fr. Thomas Heywood; 10/30, Chanticleer; 2, Sing & Celebrate, with St. Ignatius November 4, Su-Ryeon Ji, followed by Children’s Choirs. For information: Eastman School of Music, Uni- All Saints’ choral Evensong; 11/11, Scott www.smmsconcerts.org. versity of Rochester, Rochester, New Atchison and Nicole Marane; Decem- York, announces its 2018 Eastman ber 9, The Many Moods of Christmas; TENET announces its 2018–2019 Rochester Organ Initiative (EROI) 12/14–15, Georgia Boy Choir; 12/16, season of events, in New York, New York, Festival, Finding the Organ’s Voices, Carols by Candlelight; the organization’s tenth year: September October 24–26. The festival marks February 10, 2019, Nicole Marane, 28, Sacred Vespers, Rovetta @ 350, at Grenzing organ, Radio France, Paris, the tenth anniversary of three organ Akerley, A Sweet for Mother Goose; 2/16, the Church of St. Joseph in Greenwich France (photo credit: Christophe Abramowitz) installations in Rochester: the Craig- Georgia Boy Choir; 2/26, Oliver Brett Village; December 19, Handel, Messiah, head-Saunders Organ (GOArt/Yokota/ and Malcolm Matthews; March 3, The location to be announced; January 3, Radio France, Paris, announces Arvidsson) at Christ Episcopal Church, Crown: Music from the Coronation, with 6, 2019, Monteverdi, Vespers of 1610, 2018–2019 organ events. Tours of the the Halloran-All Saints Organ (Paul the Chancel Choir and the Georgia Boy Church of St. Jean Baptiste; February 7, concert hall and organ occur: October Fritts & Company Opus 26) at Sacred Choir; April 4, Three Choirs Festival; Oh Death, Rock Me Asleep, House of the 8, November 26, January 28, 2019, Feb- Heart Catholic Cathedral, and Taylor 4/6, Coro Vocati; 4/7, Scott Atchison and Redeemer; March 28–29, Bach, St. Mat- ruary 7, May 9, and June 3. Programs & Boody Opus 57 at First Presbyterian Schola; 4/26, Georgia Boy Choir; May 1, thew Passion, location to be announced. featuring the Gerhard Grenzing organ: Church of Pittsford. For information: Su-Ryeon Ji; 5/8, Timothy Wissler; 5/15, For further information: October 28, Nicholas Bucher, with www.esm.rochester.edu/organ/eroi. Sarah Hawbecker; 5/22, Scott Atchison https://tenet.nyc. Marion Tassou, soprano, and Marianne ³ page 10
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Nunc Dimittis Nelson Bernard Newby, 72, died May 30. Born in Hartsburg, Illinois, in 1945, he graduated from Hartsburg- Emden High School in 1963. A veteran of the Vietnam War, he served from 1968–1969. Upon his return, he resumed working in Bloomington, Illinois, selling pianos and organs. In November 1977, Newby and his family moved to Florida, where he began his career as owner of Central Music. As a Rodgers Instruments and Fratelli Ruf- fatti representative, he provided organs to Around the World in 80 Minutes Nelson Bernard Newby churches across the United States and to Patrick Wedd (photo credit: Jonathan Sa’adah) the Caribbean Islands. Jeannine Jordan, organist, and A funeral was held June 13 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Hartsburg, and David Jordan, media artist, performed After 22 years of service as director he was buried with a military honor guard at Hartsburg Union Cemetery. their program Around the World in 80 of music at Christ Church Cathedral, Nelson Bernard Newby is survived by his wife, Kimberle Newby, son Timo- Minutes for the Parish Arts Series at Montreal, and 58 years in the profession, thy (Tara) Newby, grandson Alex Newby, sister Doris (Newby) Higdon, and Fairlawn Lutheran Church, Akron, Patrick Wedd retired at the end of June brother Howard Newby. Q Ohio, April 14, and at Prince of Peace 2018. At the cathedral he was responsible Lutheran Church, Loveland, Ohio, on for three choral services each Sunday— April 18. For information: two Eucharists (one in English, the other ³ page 8 She had composed her Offertoire in www.promotionmusic.org. in French) and choral Evensong. Under Beauvais, France, in March 1915, while his direction the Cathedral Singers pre- People she was a nurse for wounded soldiers sented music from medieval times to the during the war. The performance also present day, and had commissioned and included works by Jean-Charles Gan- premiered many settings. drille, Francis Poulenc, William Bolcom, Wedd was born in Ontario and holds and Bernard Wayne Sanders. For infor- degrees in organ performance from mation: http://shusterfournier.com. the Universities of Toronto and British Columbia. While living in Vancouver for 16 years he worked in the areas of early and new music, and played frequently with the Vancouver and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation orchestras. Connor Reed He was director of music for 11 years at Vancouver’s Christ Church Cathedral. On July 7, the Young Organist In 1986 he moved to Montreal to Collaborative (YOC), centered in assume artistic directorship of the Tudor Carolyn Shuster Fournier at the choir Portsmouth, New Hampshire, awarded Singers, one of Canada’s then four pro- organ of Soissons Cathedral, France its annual Penn Brown Memorial Schol- fessional chamber choirs. With them he arship for Advanced Organ Study to concertized, toured, and recorded, and Carolyn Shuster Fournier per- Connor Reed of Bow, New Hampshire. collaborated with Montreal performing formed the world premiere of Alice R. J. William Greene Qualifi ed applicants completed a judged organizations. Wedd founded the semi- Lesur’s unpublished Offertoire en la audition for the scholarship conducted professional choir Musica Orbium, which mineur (Offertory in A Minor), opus 9, J. William Greene has recently pub- on the 36-stop, 2,425-pipe Létourneau recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. on the Jaquot Jean-Pierre & Sons choir lished new works through Sacred Music Opus 75 at St. John’s Episcopal Church, He has concertized extensively in organ at Soissons Cathedral, France, Press and Lorenz Pushing Company. Portsmouth. The Penn Brown scholar- North America and England. He played in a concert July 7 that commemo- Festive Brass is a collection of 31 concer- ship provides 24 lessons of advanced the opening recital on the fi rst Casavant rated the end of the First World War. tato style hymn settings for brass, organ, study and is named in honor of the late organ to be installed in Australia and Also participating in the program was and optional timpani. Simply Lent is a C. Pennington Brown, a YOC supporter. played the fi rst solo recital on the Gabriel soprano Magali Léger and trumpeter collection of easy to moderate settings For information: www.stjohnsnh.org/ Kney organ of Roy Thompson Hall in Nicolas Debacq. Alice Thiboust-Lesur of Lenten hymns. Also newly released young-organist-collaborative/. Toronto. He concertized and hosted fre- (1881–1980), the mother of composer is a new Advent anthem, See How Our quently for the CBC and recorded the Daniel-Lesur (1908–2002), had studied Christ Comes, for SATB and organ. For Poulenc and Jongen concertos with the composition with Charles Tournemire. information: www.jwilliamgreene.com. Calgary Symphony Orchestra, NAXOS discs of music for organ and trombone with Alain Trudel, as well as organ works of Healy Willan. He has composed for the church, including anthems, Masses, canticles, and hymns. Wedd served on the national committee that assembled the latest hymnbook for the Anglican Church, Common Praise. He was also artistic director of the Montreal Boys’ Choir Course (now the Massachu- Mark Steinbach setts Course) for over 20 years, the longest continuously running summer course of Mark Steinbach was invited by the the RSCM anywhere in the world. Xi’an Conservatory of Music, Xi’an, In recognition of his contribution to China, for a fi ve-day residency May the worlds of organ and liturgical music 8–12. He taught masterclasses, coached he received an honorary Doctorate of the conservatory choir, and performed Divinity from McGill’s Diocesan College on the school’s new Eule pipe organ in a and an honorary Fellowship of the Royal collaborative concert of solo organ works Canadian College of Organists. At his and compositions for choir and organ. retirement he also received the President’s Mark Steinbach is university organist Award of the RCCO Montreal Centre. and senior lecturer of music at Brown A weekend celebration was held in University, Providence, Rhode Island. Montreal in June, including concert and For information: liturgical performances of the Stravin- [email protected]. sky Mass with instruments and choral
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Evensong featuring music by Britten, coronation services, and a number of Howells, Gabriel Jackson, Paul Halley, state funerals. Catalogued are his 315 Concert management and Wedd. Patrick Wedd plans to con- compositions with musical examples, Karen McFarlane Artists, Inc., announces tinue concertizing and composing and works published and unpublished in the addition of Katelyn Emerson to its main will continue conducting Musica Orbium. manuscript. For further information: roster of concert organists. Emerson has been www.rscm.com. with the management for the last two years as the winner of the 2016 American Guild of Publishers Organists National Young Artist Competition in Fruhauf Music Publications Recordings Organ Performance. announces a complimentary publica- Katelyn Emerson concertizes and presents tion, Unnumbered through the Ages, an masterclasses and lectures throughout the expanded three-verse hymn anthem for United States and Europe. She has received SATB choir and organ. Conceived in an prizes in international organ competitions, most Anglo-Catholic tradition, text and music recently in the United States, France, Japan, and combine in a manner suitable for All Russia. Emerson’s double degrees in organ per- Saints as well as the seasons of Epiphany formance and French are from Oberlin College and Pentecost. This is the fi rst of three Katelyn Emerson (photo and Conservatory, Oberlin, Ohio. Recipient of verse anthems to be published by Fru- credit: Joseph Routon) the J. William Fulbright Study/Research Grant, hauf, and it is the most adventurous of Katelyn studied en perfectionnement at the Con- the set, featuring the organist as a soloist servatoire de Toulouse, France, with Michel Bouvard, Jan Willem Jansen, and and accompanist. For information: Yasuko Uyama-Bouvard. She has studied with Hans-Ola Ericsson, James David www.frumuspub.net. Christie, Olivier Latry, Marie-Louis Langlais, and Ray Cornils, among others. Over the past two years Emerson served as associate organist and Oxford announces new choral publi- All the Host of Heaven choirmaster at Boston’s Church of the Advent. Beginning autumn cations: Psalm 105, by Dominic DiOrio 2018, through a German Academic Exchange Scholarship (DAAD), (978-0-19-352296-1, £3), for SATB Acis announces a new CD release: Emerson will pursue a Master’s degree at the Musikhochschule, and organ; The Presence, by Cecilia All the Host of Heaven, featuring the Stuttgart, Germany. For more information and to hear recordings: McDowell (978-0-19-351198-9, £2.35), Baylor A Cappella Choir, Alan Raines, www.katelynemerson.com. For booking information: for SATB double choir unaccompanied; conductor, Isabelle Demers, organ- www.concertorganists.com. Q How can I keep from singing?, by Sarah ist, Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano, and Quartel (978-0-19-352208-4, £2.25), for Quinn Kelsey, baritone. The featured SATB unaccompanied; and Preces and works are Durufl é, Requiem; Ešenvalds, the Dale Warland Singers and the Min- Responses, by Howard Skempton (978- Stars; and Dove, Seek Him, recorded at nesota Beethoven Festival Chorale. The 0-19-351787-5, £2.05), for SATB unac- Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, Paris, France. title work is the premier recording of a companied. For information: For information: four-movement work by Argento. For www.oup.com/sheetmusic. www.acisproductions.com. information: www.gothic-catalog.com.
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Cambridge, and the Ely Cathedral Girls’ Choir, directed by Sarah MacDonald. The CD is the fi rst recording dedicated to the works of Gotham. Seasons Even Such is Time features the Choir Utrumne est Ornatum of Christ’s College, Cambridge, UK, per- Gothic announces a new CD: Seasons: forming works of Gerald Finzi, Kenneth Choral works of Dominic Argento & Regent announces new CD releases: Leighton, Herbert Howells, and William Vincent Persichetti (G-49316, compact Utrumne est Ornatum: The Music Walton. David Rowland is conductor. disc, $19.99; digital download, $14.98). of Mark Gotham, is performed by For information: In this album, Dale Warland directs the Chapel Choir of Selwyn College, www.regent-records.co.uk. Q Sir William Henry Harris: Organist, Choir Trainer and Composer
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Armand-Louis Couperin: Complete Keyboard Works During this past concert season I have been revisiting a few of my favor- ite harpsichord solos from the French repertoire. High among these have been several works by Armand-Louis Couperin (La Chéron and l’Affl igée) and, with guest harpsichordist Mitchell Crawford, the fi rst movement of the same composer’s Symphony for Two Harpsichords. Following one of these concerts, my sometime harpsichord student Deborah Dana brought one of the two B-fl at solo pieces to her lesson, using a score printed from an online source. I asked her for more complete information, and she graciously sent me this link to Martin Pearlman’s website: http://www.martinpearlman.com/artist. php?view=dpk#docs. And thus began this month’s column, with its informa- tion about a very large gift to the entire harpsichord community! Pearlman’s online magnum opus comprises the complete keyboard works of Armand-Louis Couperin in a pristine scholarly edition of 350 downloadable pages: under Docu- ments, simply scroll down to the fourth Martin Pearlman at the harpsichord (photo credit: Patrick O’Connor) icon (Armand-Louis Couperin Edition Complete) and make your choices —the What a kind and useful gift! Previ- whole edition or the helpful preface, ously we have had the two volumes of followed by the individual groups of selected works for keyboard edited by pieces: a very legible modern-notated the eminent scholar and organist/harp- edition of the complete Pièces de sichordist David Fuller for A-R Editions Claveçin, several newly offered miscel- of Madison, Wisconsin, and a complete laneous solo pieces (including one with facsimile edition of the 1752 solo harp- organ registrations), and the extensive sichord pieces by Brigitte Haudebourg group of works for two harpsichords. for French publisher August Zurfl uh. There are also two appendices com- Incidentally, both Fuller and Haude- prising separate parts for Harpsichord bourg have recorded various pieces One and Harpsichord Two of the duo- from their respective print editions, as harpsichord compositions. has Martin Pearlman. All of this is offered for free down- Pearlman graciously acknowledged loading and performing: a gift from the the work of his predecessors in publica- generous and thoughtful editor, who tion. He also dedicated this extensive also has given me permission to quote study to Gustav Leonhardt, from whom from his introduction: “Based on work he took harpsichord lessons in Amster- I began in the 1970s I decided, in the dam. In a note to me Pearlman men- modern spirit of online sharing, to make tioned, “Mr. Leonhardt was quite com- Armand-Louis Couperin and his wife, portraits by Charles-Nicolas Noel (courtesy this edition available without charge to plimentary . . .” concerning the scholarly of Martin Pearlman) those who are interested in it. I ask only effort involved in this new addition to that any performers of the two Quatuors A-L Couperin scores. subjects that are presented in the fi fty- Instruments [particularly of interest which I have completed acknowledge Rather than reprint the many helpful page preface: Introduction and Acknowl- since the composer’s wife was a Blanchet my role in writing the second harpsi- sections of Pearlman’s 359-page oeuvre, edgements; Genealogical Table [of the from that family of harpsichord-building chord parts (which were missing from I present here a list of those topics that Couperin Dynasty]; Life of Armand- fame]; Performance Issues (Double Bars the manuscripts).” curious readers may fi nd to be useful Louis Couperin; Couperin’s Keyboard and Repeats, Abbreviations, Appoggia- turas, Ornaments); [A comprehensive] Bibliography; Editorial Policy; Descrip- tion of Sources; Critical Notes; and, fi nally, Portraits and Facsimiles. faculty What follows are 219 pages compris- graduate study in Thomas Murray ing the easy-to-read musical scores, which include several formerly unknown organ performance Professor of Organ works in the category “Other Pieces at Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale School of Music Martin Jean for Solo Keyboard Instruments.” Addi- tionally, there is access to more than a Professor of Organ hundred additional pages of individual Jeffrey Brillhart parts for harpsichords 1 and 2 of the duo works. (In our Dallas printing spree we Organ Improvisation consumed more than a ream of paper Walden Moore and several cartridges of black printer ink, all for this very “Baroque” cause.) Liturgical Keyboard Skills What treasures! What a treat! End- less thanks are due Martin Pearlman for his generosity and true collegial spirit. And, fi nally, a tip of the hat to Deborah degrees offered Dana in this, her birthday month. Once Master of Music again, as with her introducing me to the Master of Musical Arts Wagnerian unmeasured prelude by Scott Doctor of Musical Arts Ross (cited in The Diapason, July 2017, page 11), her teacher has learned from his student. And that (along with hearing musical progress) is one of the greatest joys in a professor’s life! Q Yale Institute of Sacred Music, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511 Institute students receive full tel 203.432.9753 fax 203.432.9680 · ism.yale.edu/musicprograms tuition scholarships. 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Book Reviews feel under-appreciated and expendable to propose that the duets are an explora- Volume 1 contains Marsh’s treatise A High and Holy Calling, by Paul in today’s climate. Westermeyer attri- tion of vocation, a musical sending-out. on playing the organ; Volume 2, on the Westermeyer. MorningStar Music butes the seemingly inexorable tension We will never know what Bach’s true other hand, is music for performance. Publishers, St. Louis, Missouri, 2018, between pastors and church musicians purpose was, but Westermeyer’s line of The twenty pieces in this collection pro- 104 pp., $16.00. Available from www. to their divergent training: with but a reasoning is compelling. vide a window into eighteenth-century morningstarmusic.com. few exceptions, seminaries teach pastors This book may fi nd its greatest pur- English organ music in the tradition of Let’s face it—these are diffi cult times to regard music as merely one of the pose as a pastoral tool for organists John Stanley (who Marsh heard play to be an organist. Appreciation of West- church’s many side-offerings and a tool facing uncertainty, disillusioned in their as a young man), Maurice Greene, and ern art music is in decline; religious to attract people to their pews, while jobs. To these readers, Westermeyer says William Goodwin (whose Twelve Volun- affi liation is dropping at an alarming rate, conservatories foster musical excellence he hears them, and they are not alone. taries for Organ are another item in the particularly among the mainline denomi- divorced from a background in theology, —Stephen Buzard Fitzjohn catalogue). nations; and as worship attendance falls, administration, and church politics. Nei- Chicago, Illinois Marsh displays both skill and original- too, many pastors respond by slashing ther background is suffi cient, and a suc- ity of invention in these pieces, making it traditional music programs, perceiving cessful parish requires a healthy dialogue diffi cult to provide a collective descrip- traditional music as out-of-touch or elit- between the pastor and the musician. New Organ Music tion. Following some general comments, ist. In his new book, A High and Holy Westermeyer writes with the tone Twenty Voluntaries (Set 2), by John features of particular voluntaries are pre- Calling: Essays of Encouragement for of an optimistic curmudgeon: “In our Marsh (1752–1828), edited by David sented to give some idea of the variety the Church and Its Musicians, Paul Wes- culture, virtually all music is regarded Patrick and John Collins. Fitzjohn found herein. termeyer mounts a full-throated defense as a tool to sell things. Bach’s music, Music Publications, Herts, EN5 Most of the voluntaries are cast in of the importance of the organ and the however, is doing something else and 2HN, UK, 2017. fi tzjohnmusic@ the slow-fast pattern familiar to users organist in the life of contemporary reaches beyond that superfi cial patina to btinternet.com, www.impulse-music. of the Oxford Old English Organ Music Christianity. Although he draws on his essence. . . . It puts us at odds with music co.uk/fi tzjohnmusic. for Manuals volumes. First sections, Lutheran background, his words speak as sales technique and makes us—along John Marsh, an English organist and marked, “Largo,” “Largo e cantabile,” to those of any denomination. with Bach—easy targets.” Yet he sees a composer, wrote “some 324 voluntaries “Andante,” and “Adagio,” are gener- This 104-page compilation is a quick silver lining in the people we have com- for organ as well as numerous anthems, ally homophonic, expressive, and fuller read and could be devoured in a single mitted ourselves to serve, writing simply, songs, glees,” and thirty-nine sympho- textured (three voices with added notes) sitting or enjoyed as individual nuggets “Congregations are smart.” He believes nies, according to the editors’ preface. than the following sections. Second of inspiration. The fi rst section, “Refl ec- the path forward is rooted in the past, An inheritance early in his career as a sections present satisfying contrasts in tions,” is adapted from twelve columns sometimes to the detriment of his argu- solicitor allowed Marsh to devote him- tempo, texture, and harmony: these written for the newsletter of the Twin ment. For example, in a chapter about self to teaching and writing music for are energetic, imitative passages in two Cities Chapter of the American Guild healthy clergy-musician relationships, the organ, his true passion. Although voices that touch on secondary key areas of Organists. The second, “Hymns,” he describes two examples from the fi ve volumes of his voluntaries survive, before resolving to the tonic. Manual contains four brief essays on hymn play- nineteenth century. While history should only a few pieces have appeared in print indications, among Great, Swell, and ing and hymnody. The fi nal and meatiest inform the present, citing contemporary until recently. Both editors of this vol- Choir divisions, and registration sugges- section, “Vocation,” expounds on this success stories would make the case for ume bring exemplary credentials to this tions, are all original, refl ecting Marsh’s theme using the historical examples of hope—and the relevance of our profes- task: David Patrick is well-acquainted pedagogical bent; in his preface to the the Reformation, Bach’s Clavierübung sion—more compelling. with the classical English voluntary, 1792 publication, reproduced in the III, and the ministry of Paul Manz. My favorite part of the book was the having edited the multivolume set, foreword, he states that these pieces are Anyone looking for a scholarly or chapter on Bach’s Clavierübung III that 18th-Century English Organ Music, intended “chiefl y for Young Practitio- exhaustive exposition on any of these aims to contextualize and explain those (Oxford), and John Collins researches ners.” Old practitioners will fi nd them topics will be disappointed, nor does enigmatic duets just before the fugue. and performs early organ and harpsi- helpful, too. this book purport to bring forth radi- While this subject would seem tangen- chord repertoire in addition to regularly Voluntary I is lengthier than most of the cally new ideas. Instead it reads as a tial, he points to numeric symbolism, reviewing organ music and recordings others, with a da capo indication at the end rallying-cry to anxious organists who key relationships, and motivic structure for The Diapason. ³ page 14
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³ page 13 Voluntary XIX returns to the Italian and has juxtaposed it with some lyric pas- then carries us to a full organ fff repeat of the second (“Trumpet” solo) section. style, which is never really absent— sage work in the upper range of the cello of the Ode to Joy section with larger After the performer returns to the begin- Handel and other composers absorbed in between. This makes for a piece of chords, culminating in a short repeat ning of the piece and plays to the fermata it completely, and Italian musicians like some variety as the cello moves between of the opening fanfare in the left hand. in measure 58, she is apparently meant to Geminiani in eighteenth-century Lon- the two extremes: moments of stress and Amazingly, there is also a one-measure leap to the (unlabeled) “coda” in measure don kept it alive. This, the penultimate moments of repose. allusion to “Happy Birthday!” The 94, although the composer does not state piece in the collection, is one of my Carson Cooman, in his adaptation, piece is six pages long and, although this. The piece ends in a bright fl ourish favorites because of its vigorous rhyth- has chosen to take more liberties in the not extremely diffi cult, probably rates a with both hands on the Great Trumpet. mic drive, beginning with the emphatic arrangement as he takes advantage of the medium to diffi cult designation with the The solo (second) section is marked opening I–V–I chords—a Vivaldi thumb- different qualities that the organ offers. arpeggiated middle section. “Largo,” which seems like a mistake until print if ever there was one. Marked He seems to make more of the cre- This music with its dynamic contrasts one reads in the editor’s notes (a reminder “Vivace,” this voluntary is very much like scendos inherent in the music and adds would be most effective on a large organ; of how important the front material in an a concerto movement. notes to chords in the score, overtones especially one with large-scaled trum- historical edition is) that Marsh consid- This is a handsome and useful that are inherent in the strings of the pets. I believe every organist could have ered it between “Adagio” and “Andantino” volume, spiral-bound, clearly format- cello and make the piece organistic in a real “blast” with it. and used “Largo” to prevent a player from ted and printed, with much helpful the transcription. Thus, there are fewer —Jay Zoller taking the tempo too quickly. information about Marsh, tempo mark- moments of repose as the organ builds Newcastle, Maine Voluntary IV has only one section, ings, ornamentation, registration, and through large crescendos. Indeed, there played on Diapasons, and fl ows gently performance suggestions for individual are only four short measures where the thanks to galant-style triplets. Repetition voluntaries. The music is interesting and score is marked piano! From that point New Recordings is favored over development, but manual original, making John Marsh’s second set on there is increasing volume from ff to Sacred Expressions: Twentieth- changes relieve any incipient monotony. of Voluntaries an excellent addition to fff at the end. The cello score also has Century Music for Organ, Kola Voluntary VI begins with a short any organist’s collection. some music that Cooman left out, as the Owolabi, organist. Syracuse Univer- Preludio in triple meter followed by a —Sarah Mahler Kraaz cello version is about 40 seconds longer sity, Crouse College, Syracuse, New Cornet solo section marked “Allegro.” Ripon, Wisconsin than the organ score. York, 1950 Holtkamp organ. Raven Motoric rhythmic patterns in imitation The original score is very exciting. Recordings, OAR-996. Available of violin string crossings—shades of Fantasistycke, by Thomas Åberg, Cellists are encouraged to take a look from www.ravencd.com. Vivaldi—propel this part to its satisfy- adaptation by Carson Cooman. at it. The organ score, connected in so Prelude and Variations on “Old Hun- ing conclusion. Svensk Musik, 1993/2013, GB12639, many interesting ways with the original, dredth,” Calvin Hampton; L’Ascension, Whereas No. VI is indebted to Italian 80 Swedish Kroner. Available from has grown, despite being shorter in Olivier Messiaen; Four Biblical Dances, Baroque string music, Voluntary VII has www.svenskmusik.org. length, into something much bigger. Petr Eben. a distinctly Handelian aspect. A stately, “Fantasy Piece” by Swedish organist The organ can do that, and Cooman did Born in Toronto, Ontario, Kola sarabande-like “Largo” in 3/2 opens the and composer Thomas Åberg had an an exemplary job in this transcription Owolabi moved at the age of fi ve to piece with upper voices moving in paral- interesting genesis. It was written in and arrangement. his father’s native Nigeria, where he lel thirds above a supporting bass and 1993 as a piece for solo cello. Twenty Both of these composers are well fi rst began music lessons. Returning to ends on a dominant chord (C) in prepa- years later, in 2013, American composer known and have growing reputations Canada at age ten he pursued a musical ration for the ensuing 3/4 “Allegro.” This Carson Cooman adapted it for organ. in their own countries and beyond. career, winning international acclaim second section, in binary form, calls for a I listened to the cello version a num- Although not a regular collaboration, for his anthem Hodie Christus Natus full registration of Diapasons (open and ber of times before I tried it as an organ both of these composers are pleased Est, which he composed at the age of stopped), Principal, and Sesquialtera piece. The theme of the work is based with the results. I think you will be, too, thirteen and which is widely performed and begins imitatively with a sturdy ris- on a four-note motif, which is repeated no matter which instrument you play! today. He earned a bachelor’s degree in ing fourth from C to F. It is simply good many times in various guises throughout. organ performance at McGill University, fun to play and would make an excellent In the cello score, Åberg has kept the Centennial Spreckels Fanfare for followed by a master’s degree in organ prelude, postlude, or recital piece. four-note motif fairly low in the range Organ, by Carol Williams. Melcot performance and choral conducting Music Publishing, $12.00. Available from Yale University and a doctorate in from www.melcot.com. organ performance from the Eastman This piece is dedicated to George School of Music. From 2006 to 2014 Hardy, president of the Spreckels Organ he taught at Syracuse University, where Society, on the occasion of the celebra- he was also university organist and con- tion of the one-hundredth anniversary ducted the Hendricks Chapel Choir. It of the Spreckels Organ. The music must was during this period that the present have been a sensation at its premiere. recording was made, although it was A full organ trumpet fanfare opens not issued until 2016. Since 2014 he has the work with some of Williams’s clas- been associate professor of organ at the sic twists in harmony. A strong melody University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. enters immediately over repetitive As part of Syracuse University, Crouse chords in the left hand—a very powerful College was originally built as the College statement. These two pages are repeated for Women, but now houses the music before a surprise as the player turns the department. The three-manual, sixty- page. A rhapsodic melody enters pianis- one-rank Walter Holtkamp, Sr., organ, simo, remotely echoing the opening Job No. 1649 of 1950, in Setnor Audito- theme, over gently undulating sixteenth- rium, Crouse College, is one of no fewer note arpeggios in the left hand. This than fi ve Holtkamp organs purchased section is spellbinding. At its conclusion, by Syracuse University in the 1950s. It there is another surprise—a short ppp contains quite a bit of pipework from the rendition of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy from previous organ, Frank Roosevelt Opus his Ninth Symphony! 423 of 1889. Perhaps this is why it sounds At this point, the opening material fi ner than other 1950s Holtkamps I have returns in its entirety. A short transition heard, where the reeds, lacking harmonic trebles, often seem weak in the treble. Not so with this organ, which is as fi ne A. E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Co. an American-Classic instrument as one could fi nd anywhere. The pleasant acous- tics also help, as doubtless does the fact that Kola Owolabi knows the organ inside out and can use it to its best advantage.