Florence Mustric Florence Mustric is featured on a new recording, The Thrill of the Chase, on the MSR Classics label (MS1271). Re- corded on the Beckerath organ at Trinity Tjeerd van der Ploeg Jeannine Jordan and David Jordan Lutheran Church, Cleveland, Ohio, the program includes works by Bach: BWV Godwin Sadoh fall 2008 in celebration of the Interna- 565, 532, 582, 564, and 542. For infor- tional Year of the Organ. Performances mation: <www.msrcd.com>. included an Organ Spectacular concert for the Metro New Jersey chapter. The event, celebrating the fi rst 200 years of the organ in the colonies and United States, has “made new friends for the organ” with its intergenerational, edu- cational and historic approach. Visit <www.promotionmusic.org> and click on the Blog for additional details. English Organ Romantics by Tjeerd van der Ploeg Tjeerd van der Ploeg is featured on a new recording, English Organ Romantics, on the Prestare label. Recorded on the Nicholson organ at St. Christoforuskerk, Schagen, the Netherlands, the program includes works by Parry, Stanford, Thal- ben-Ball, and Harwood. For information: Thomas Ekundayo Phillips: The Doyen <www.zwoferinkcd-productions.nl>. of Nigerian Church Music, by Godwin Sadoh turgical, hymnological, choral, and in- Nunc Dimittis strumental pieces—and demonstrated the use of traditional source materials Anne Page in contemporary compositions. Credit Peter King is given to Phillips’s pioneer research Anne Page is featured on a new re- on the word-music relationship, the Peter King is featured on a new re- cording, César Franck: L’Organiste, on utilization of indigenous pitch collec- cording, Organ Lollipops, on the Re- the Voix Celeste label (CEL 004/1 and tions, as found in the traditional music, gent label (REGCD 279). Recorded on 004/2, a 2-CD set). Recorded on four contrapuntal devices in choral music, the Klais organ at Bath Abbey, the pro- historic harmoniums by Mustel, Alexan- indigenous polyphonic techniques, and gram includes works by Bach, Ketèlbey, dre, and Mason & Hamlin (Style 1400), text setting. At the Cathedral Church of Grieg, Wolstenholme, Hollins, Men- the program includes nine suites. For in- Christ, Lagos, Phillips gave private mu- delssohn, Dubois, Best, Davies, Arne, formation: <www.harmonium.co.uk>. sic lessons to some of Nigeria’s famous Lefébure-Wély, and others. The organ organist-composers and musicologists in at Bath Abbey was built in 1997 and Godwin Sadoh is the author of a new the 1940s and 1950s, including Fela So- comprises 62 stops on four manuals and book, Thomas Ekundayo Phillips: The wande (1905–1987), Ayo Bankole (1935– pedal. For information: Doyen of Nigerian Church Music. The 1976), Samuel Akpabot (1932–2000), <www.regentrecords.com>. biography and music of Thomas Ekun- Lazarus Ekwueme (1936–), and Christo- dayo Phillips (1884–1969) are synony- pher Oyesiku (1925–). The biography is Michel Boulnois (photo taken in 2005 by his Eric Mellenbruch performed a con- mous with the history of Nigerian church available from iUniverse Publishing (196 granddaughter, Céline Douay, published with her cert at the University of Texas at Austin music. His compositions chronicle the pages, $16.95; 800/288-4677), kind permission) Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Mu- emergence of Nigerian church music <www.iuniverse.com>. sic, held at the Bates Recital Hall on the from the nineteenth century to the mid- Organist and composer Michel Boul- Visser-Rowland organ. He played works twentieth century and demonstrate the Be sure to check out our website nois died on November 30, 2008, at the by Buxtehude, Weckmann, J. S. Bach, experimental stages of musical synthesis for late-breaking news, calendar, age of 101. He was buried at the Ville- and Mendelssohn. Mellenbruch’s per- that began in the church. By writing in classifi ed ads (with photos) and momble cemetery (near Paris). He was formance was the fourth concert of the diverse musical genres, Phillips present- article archives: born in Paris on October 31, 1907. When 2008–2009 Great Organ Series, held by ed an array of compositional choices to www.TheDiapason.com Michel was 11 years old, his father Jo- UT Butler School of Music. indigenous sacred music composers—li- seph Boulnois, also an organist and com- Atlanta First United Methodist Church A.E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Company and Atlanta First United Methodist Church are pleased to announce the recent com- pletion and dedication of their new pipe organ. This instrument features a 5-manual console and 93 ranks of pipes in 9 divisions. The complete specification is available at www.pipe-organ.com for this and other pro- jects. A.E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Co. P.O. Box 838, Lithonia, GA 30058 800-836-2726 www.pipe-organ.com 8 THE DIAPASON Mar 09 pp. 2-19.indd 8 2/11/09 8:16:46 AM poser, died during the First World War at editor of E. C. Schirmer Music, where of Hans Steketee, who in turn had suc- Chalaines par Vaucouleurs (Meuse). Mi- he worked to bring the catalog of compo- ceeded D. A. Flentrop in 1976. chel Boulnois studied music at the Paris sitions up to modern editorial standards. Under Cees’s leadership, the fi rm Conservatory (notably with Noël Gallon, He taught at many universities and mu- completed projects as diverse as the res- Georges Caussade, Marcel Dupré and sic schools, including Peabody, Ithaca toration of the 1511 van Covelens organ Henri Busser) and was awarded a First College, Stanford, Westminster Choir in Alkmaar (2000); the reconstruction of Prize in Organ in 1937. He also studied College, Boston University, and Indi- the 1875 Cavaillé-Coll organ in Haarlem composition and harmonic analysis with ana University. His work as a conductor (2005); and the restoration of the 1762 Nadia Boulanger. can be heard on the Decca, Deutsche Bätz organ in The Hague (2007). In Inspector of Music Education for the Grammophon, and Sine Qua Non labels. 2008 alone, Flentrop built a new organ City of Paris, he served as titular of the Thomas Dunn is survived by his partner, (II/28) in a Romantic idiom in Foldnes, Grand Orgue at Saint-Philippe-du-Roule David Manuel Villanueva, a nephew, and Norway; moved a typical Neo-Baroque Church in Paris from 1937 to 1990. His three nieces. Flentrop (1962, II/9) from Ijmuiden, wife, Suzanne Sohet, also taught music the Netherlands, to Wellington, New harmony at the Cours Normal of the city Ruth Milliken, age 86, died October Zealand; and all but completed the fi rst of Paris and directed the choir at the 19 in Wilton, Connecticut. She began phase—a Rückpositiv with 13 stops—of French Radio. She also wrote several piano studies at age three and was a grad- what would have been Cees’s magnum educational methods. uate of the Juilliard School in New York opus: the restoration/reconstruction of Among his works for organ, Michel City, with degrees in choral conducting. the large organ (IV/58) in the St. Kath- Boulnois composed a Symphony in 1944 She also studied choral conducting with arinenkirche in Hamburg, Germany. (published in Paris by Lemoine in 1949), Nadia Boulanger at the American Con- The Hamburg organ will be a recon- Variations and Fugue on the “Veni Cre- servatory in Fontainebleau, France, and struction based on the specifi cation of ator” (1974, Orgue et Liturgie), Three organ with Vernon deTar. Milliken served Mattheson (1720). Pieces for the Feast of the Blessed Sacra- Wilton Congregational Church from Cees played organ, but enjoyed play- ment (1952, published by Schola Canto- 1960 to 1987, as organist-choir director ing the piano more. He played both in- History of the Organ, Volume 4 rum in 1953), a Mass for the Feast of the and later as director of music; there she struments in church services and was Annunciation (1959–63, Orgue et Litur- developed a graded choir program and a proud of a compliment he earned for Gherardeschi, Max Reger, César Franck, gie nos. 48, 52, 57, 62), and an Elegie for choral concert series with orchestra and his qualities as piano accompanist from Jehan Alain and Olivier Messiaen, per- violin and organ (1976, Lemoine) as well soloists. She taught organ, piano, voice, a well-known professional singer he had formed by Marie-Claire Alain, Louis Ro- as several piano pieces (Aria, Lullaby and choirs for over 65 years, and served as the privilege to play for. He quietly en- billiard, and René Saorgin. For informa- of the Young Negro, Lemoine). He also a substitute organist while in retirement. joyed smoking his pipe and had a nice, tion: <www.arthaus-musik.com>. transcribed Three Pieces by his father for The fi rst woman to serve on the national somewhat understated, sense of humor. the organ (Fugue, All Saints’ Day, Cho- executive board of the American Guild of As director of Flentrop, Cees felt re- Bärenreiter announces the release rale, Lemoine). Organists, Milliken was registrar, secre- sponsible for his employees in a very real of Haydn’s The Seasons, edited by Armin Michel Boulnois remained faithful to tary, and then vice president, and a mem- way: when business was low for a while, Raab (BA 4647). The new score is identi- the memory of the life and work of his ber of the editorial supervisory board he voluntarily took a 25% salary cut in cal with the Urtext published in the cor- father and deeply admired his teacher of MUSIC/The AGO-RCCO Magazine. order to keep things going. responding two volumes of the complete Marcel Dupré; at the age of 94, Michel She was also the executive secretary for I had the pleasure of working closely edition of Haydn works (Haydn Institute, Boulnois so kindly came from Paris to at- the World Health Organization mission with Cees on Flentrop’s refurbishment in G.