THE DIAPASON NOVEMBER 2019 The First Church, UCC Nashua, New Hampshire Cover feature on pages 22–24 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 HUW LEWIS RENÉE ANNE LOUPRETTE ROBERT MCCORMICK BRUCE NESWICK ORGANIZED RHYTHM RAéL PRIETO RAM°REZ JEAN-BAPTISTE ROBIN BENJAMIN SHEEN HERNDON SPILLMAN ^^d/E,/E> 2019 W®ÙÙ^͘çWÊÄã &®ÙÝãWÙ®þt®ÄÄÙ >ÊĦóÊÊ'ÙÄÝ /ÄãÙÄã®ÊĽKÙ¦Ä ÊÃÖã®ã®ÊÄ ò®½½®Äã«h͘^͘ ¦®ÄĮĦ®ÄÝçÃÃÙ JOSHUA STAFFORD CAROLE TERRY JOHANN VEXO BRADLEY HUNTER WELCH IT’S ALL ABOUT THE ART ǁǁǁ͘ĐŽŶĐĞƌƚĂƌƟƐƚƐ͘ĐŽŵ 860-560-7800 ŚĂƌůĞƐDŝůůĞƌ͕WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚͬWŚŝůůŝƉdƌƵĐŬĞŶďƌŽĚ͕&ŽƵŶĚĞƌ THE DIAPASON Editor’s Notebook Scranton Gillette Communications One Hundred Tenth Year: No. 11, A free gift with new subscriptions Whole No. 1320 and gift subscriptions NOVEMBER 2019 We remind you that a subscription to The Diapason makes Established in 1909 the perfect gift for a friend who shares your interest in the Stephen Schnurr ISSN 0012-2378 organ, church music, harpsichord, and carillon. 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Aloÿs Claussmann, Organist and Composer The Gruenstein Award John Bishop, in “In the Wind . .,” has compiled a list of must- (1850–1926): A re-estimation Nominations are now being have tools and solutions an organbuilder should keep on hand, by Steven Young 16 accepted for The Diapason’s new and many of these items are helpful with household tasks, as A history of the Temple Church organs Gruenstein Award, to honor a young well. In “Harpsichord Notes,” Larry Palmer narrates his early by Roger Sayer 19 author and his or her scholarship years of music training. NEWS & DEPARTMENTS and writing. Article-length essays Our cover feature takes us to The First Church, UCC, Editor’s Notebook 3 are sought from authors who have Nashua, New Hampshire, and its Austin Organs, Inc., instru- Letters to the Editor 3 not yet reached their 35th birthdays. ment. The project of rebuilding has returned many of the lost Here & There 3 For full details, visit www.thedia- sounds of the original 1926 Austin organ. Carillon News by Laura Ellis 6 pason.com, or see our September Nunc Dimittis 8 2019 issue, page 3. Looking ahead to that special date . Appointments 9 Next month marks the 110th anniversary of the fi rst issue of On Teaching by Gavin Black 11 In this issue The Diapason, released December 1, 1909. For the occasion, Harpsichord Notes by Larry Palmer 12 1909 2019 In the wind . by John Bishop 14 110 Steven Young writes about the we look forward to presenting a feature by our former editor, life and organ music of Aloïs Clauss- Joyce Johnson Robinson, on Ernest M. Skinner and his appear- REVIEWS mann (1850–1926) of France. Roger ances in The Diapason. Q Choral Music 10 New Organ Music 10 New Recordings 10, 24 Letters to the Editor CALENDAR 25 Dear Editor, to send it to her. 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WWW.THEDIAPASON.COM THE DIAPASON Q NOVEMBER 2019 Q 3 Here & There ³ page 3 Mass in B Minor, St. James’s Episcopal Cathedral houses a 1971 Fratelli Ruf- Church, West Hartford; April 26, Ivory, fatti organ of four manuals, 89 ranks.