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RBH Casavant Organ Opus 3055, 1969: 43 stops, 64 ranks, 3105 pipes
Accompanied live on the historic Wurlitzer organ..
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RBH Casavant Organ Opus 3055, 1969: 43 stops, 64 ranks, 3105 pipes
Programme
Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 541 – J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
“Impromptu,” from 24 Pièces de fantaisie, Op. 54 – Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Psalm Prelude on De Profundis, Set 2, No. 1 – Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Trio Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 530 – J.S. Bach
i. Vivace ii. Lento iii. Allegro
“Jesus Loves Me,” from Gospel Preludes, Book 2 – William Bolcom (b. 1938)
“Dieu Parmi Nous,” from La Nativité du Seigneur, No. 9 – Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
For church organists who need to know the basics of tuning and fixing simple problems on their instrument.
J.S. Bach’s monumental Orgelbüchlein (BWV 599−644) is a collection of 46 Lutheran chorale preludes for organ, spanning the entire traditional liturgical year. As Bach composed these various chorale preludes mainly throughout his Weimar appointment from 1708-1717, the Orgelbüchlein is a showcase of his development as a composer through this early period of his career, as well as the development of the chorale prelude form as a whole. Several of the pieces within the Orgelbüchlein have stood as being among the most popular pieces in the organ literature, with many receiving transcriptions for other instruments (famously, Ferruccio Busoni’s transcriptions for solo piano, and Leopold Stokowski’s transcriptions for orchestra.) This concert will present the Orgelbüchlein in its original form, for solo organ.
Ballo del Granduca – Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Praeludium in G minor (BuxWV 148) – Diedrich Buxtehude
Récit de Tierce en Taille (from Organ Mass) – Nicolas de Grigny
Three movements from Voluntaries – John Stanley
Largo – Andante – Allegro
Two Preludes from the ‘Leipzig Chorales’ – J S Bach
Schmueke dich. O liebe Seele (BWV 654) – Komm Heiliger Geist (BWV 651a)
Fantaisie in A – César Franck
Suite (First performance) – John Mitchell
Fanfare – Folk Tune – Sarabande –-Toccata
Performers and programme:
In 1938 Casavant Frères of St Hyacinthe, Québec, was awarded the contract for a new 3-manual organ of 1760 pipes. The organ itself was located in the north transept of the church, formerly the choir gallery, which was lowered to make room for the instrument, with a façade designed by Adrian Gilbert Scott — the same architect who designed St James’ Church building. Over the years some minor changes were made to meet the musical demands of a living church, including a new Choir division with three ranks in the west gallery in 1948, and a new organ console in 2003. With the addition of the Choir division, the organ now has 33 ranks and just under 2000 pipes. The main organ is located high on the north gallery of the church – an excellent location, as the grand sound of this fine Casavant Frères organ is marvellously enhanced by the church’s outstanding acoustics.
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