THE DIAPASON FEBRUARY, 2010 First United Methodist Church Rocky Mount, North Carolina Cover feature on pages 30–31 Feb 2010 COVER.indd 1 1/13/10 8:15:37 AM Feb 2010 pp. 2-18.indd 2 1/13/10 8:17:07 AM THE DIAPASON Letters to the Editor A Scranton Gillette Publication One Hundred First Year: No. 2, Whole No. 1203 FEBRUARY, 2010 100th anniversary issue Seminary. When Arthur Carkeek taught Established in 1909 ISSN 0012-2378 Thank you for the whimsical classi- at DePauw, I presented them to the li- An International Monthly Devoted to the Organ, fi eds—they are a hoot! I look forward brary there, where I fervently hope they the Harpsichord, Carillon, and Church Music to each issue. There is always news and still exist. Somewhere in a mid-60s issue informed discussion which expands my is a photo of me and Art Carkeek and the world, and I appreciate both the pedago- librarian at the time of the presentation. gy and the occasional humor to be found; Incidentally, I identifi ed all the people CONTENTS Editor & Publisher JEROME BUTERA [email protected] in fact, everyone should subscribe to the on the cover correctly except for Rolan- 847/391-1045 magazine if for no other reason than that de Falcinelli. Kudos again. FEATURES it is a “good read.” Charles Huddleston Heaton Bedient update: The University of Iowa Associate Editor JOYCE ROBINSON Much of my new organ music is pur- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by Jon Taylor 19 [email protected] chased on the basis of reviews in “New 847/391-1044 University of Michigan Historic Tour LVI Organ Music,” and the information is I am so thankful that I made contact Spain (Catalonia) and France, July 7–22 generally accurate and understandable with you in November, and “got back on by Timothy Huth 20 Contributing Editors LARRY PALMER Harpsichord enough that I can fi lter out what is suit- track” by restoring myself as a subscriber The Chopin Bicentennial: able for me, and I seldom regret the of The Diapason. Thank you for the Celebrating at the Harpsichord? JAMES MCCRAY choices made. John Bishop’s column is magnifi cent 100th anniversary issue. I by Larry Palmer 23 Choral Music one of the fi rst I turn to, but really, noth- have read and re-read it many times and ing escapes my perusal—the entire jour- it is a thrill to have it in my hands. Tales of 1001 Pipes. For Mendelssohn’s BRIAN SWAGER organ lessons: The Wagner Organ Carillon nal is put together well. Best wishes as In the anniversary issue replica there at St. Mary’s Church, Berlin you start your next 100 years! is a “Directory of Organ Builders,” which by Michael Gailit 24 JOHN BISHOP Gary Hauser includes Henry Pilcher’s Sons of Louis- In the wind . NEWS & DEPARTMENTS Union, Iowa ville, Kentucky. My father is from Louis- ville, and in July 1941 he took my mother Editor’s Notebook 3 GAVIN BLACK Congratulations on the centenary! and me and my younger brother up there Letters to the Editor 3 On Teaching Thanks for including the facsimile of the to visit his family. I was 13 and already Here & There 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 fi rst issue, a great idea and fascinating playing the organ (a 4-manual Pilcher), Reviewers John L. Speller Appointments 5 Charles Huddleston Heaton reading. All best for many more years, so while in Louisville I took a tour of the Nunc Dimittis 8 Jay Zoller Harold Stover Pilcher factory—it was a thing which I Looking Back 12 John Collins Portland, Maine shall always cherish. Pilcher had two rep- In the wind . by John Bishop 12 John M. Bullard resentatives: brothers (Ed and William Leon Nelson On Teaching by Gavin Black 14 Congratulations on a splendid 100th Haury) who covered Texas with Pilcher anniversary issue! I really enjoyed it and organs aplenty. The one I played was in REVIEWS THE DIAPASON (ISSN 0012-2378) is published monthly read every word. I loved the tributes. St. Mary’s Cathedral in Galveston. (There by Scranton Gillette Communications, Inc., 3030 W. 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Such copies may be reused for For a long time I had copies of the mag- can’t believe it was 70 years ago! other courses or for the same course offered subsequently. azine from 1926 to around 1945 or so, Best wishes to you and your staff as which I had bound. I had gotten the re- you start another century. ally early ones from George Wm. Volkel James P. Autenrith when a student at Union Theological Potsdam, New York Editor’s Notebook In this issue by Bill Halsey on the 2009 Toulouse Or- Here & There Among the offerings in this issue of gan Festival, a report by Domecq Smith The Diapason, Jon Taylor from the Be- on the 16th National Choral Festival dient Organ Company provides an up- hosted by the American Boychoir, “Dear Harvard University continues its ries: February 10, music of Steffani date on the organ restorations at the Uni- Diary 1954–1956” by Charles Hud- music series: February 2, Harry Huff and Bach; 2/24, Christophe Mantoux; versity of Iowa following the disastrous dleston Heaton, and an extensive report (12:15 pm masterclass, 7:30 recital); March 24, Mozart, Requiem; April 24, fl oods of 2008. Timothy Huth reports on by Frank Rippl on the 2009 convention March 2, Christa Rakich (12:15 pm mas- Nancianne Parrella, with instruments; the University of Michigan’s 56th (!) His- in Cleveland of the Organ Historical So- terclass, 7:30 recital); 3/28, Bach, St. May 5, music of Monteverdi, Stravinsky, toric Organ Tour, led by Marilyn Mason ciety. Stay tuned. John Passion; April 6, Nancy Granert and Pärt. For information: and Gale Kramer, this time to Spain and (12:15 pm masterclass, 7:30 recital); May <www.smssconcerts.org>.