GREAT ORGANS OF WORCESTER
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DISC 1 (74:04)
All Saints Church - Peter Stoltzfus Berton
1 Leo Sowerby: Requiescat in Pace, H. 159 8:32
Assumption College - Frank Corbin
2 Julius Reubke: Fugue (Allegro) from Sonata on the 94th Psalm 6:26
3 Samuel Barber, arr William Strickland: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 8:44
(live recital performances, 11/16/95 & 4/29/90)
Cathedral of St. Paul - John Sittard
4 Herbert Howells: Master Tallis’s Testament 6:47
College of the Holy Cross - Brett Maguire
5 Georg Boehm: Praeludium in D minor (live recital performance, 2/3/02) 5:22
First Baptist Church - William Ness
6 William Bolcom: Free Fantasy on O Zion Haste and How Firm a Foundation 6:23
7 Olivier Messiaen: Transport de joie from L’Ascension 3:49
(live recital performances, 11/12/04)
First Unitarian Church - Will Sherwood with Bruce Hopkins, trumpet, Bob Gordon, timpani
8 J. S. Bach: Concerto in D major, BWV 972 2:26
9 Charles Callahan: Sicilienne von Paradis 3:48
Mechanics Hall - James David Christie
Alexandre Guilmant: Sonata I in D minor (live recital performance, 9/16/84)
10 Pastorale 6:05
11 Final 6:50
Our Lady of the Angels Roman Catholic Church - Barclay Wood
12 - 20 Pierre Phalese: Suite of Dances (ca. 1583) (live recital performance, 12/7/90) 8:49
Almande Poussinghe – Schiarazula Marazula – Ballo Anglese and Saltarello –
Ungaresca and Saltarello – Ballo Milanese – Premiere Branle de Gay –
Branle 2 – Branle 5 – Almande Poussinghe (reprise)
DISC 2 (78:55)
Pakachoag Church, UCC - Patricia Snyder
Felix Mendelssohn: Sonata VI in D minor
1 Choral – Andante sostenuto – Allegro molto 8:11
2 Fuga: sostenuto e legato 2:24
3 Finale: Andante 2:44
St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church - Lois Toeppner
4 Dan Locklair: In Mystery and Wonder (The Casavant Dyptich): I. Aria 6:25
(live recital performance, 11/7/04)
St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church - Jonathan Bezdegian
5 J. S. Bach: Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele (18 Leipzig Chorales), BWV 654 10:02
Trinity Lutheran Church - Donald Meineke
6 Dietrich Buxtehude: Magnificat primi toni, BuxWV 203 7:41
United Congregational Church - Lucia Clemente-Falco
7 Mark C. Jones: Trumpet Tune in D major 2:31
8 Louis Vierne: Berceuse, Op.31, No. 18 (24 Pièces en Style Libre) 4:16
9 Louis Vierne: Communion, Op. 8 4:30
Wesley United Methodist Church - Scott Lamlein
10 Paul Halley: Outer Hebrides: A Fantasia on Three Celtic Melodies 7:47
Worcester Art Museum - Mark Dwyer (11); William Self (12)
11 Louis Couperin: Chaconne in G minor 2:47
12 Joseph Bonnet: Romance sans Paroles 5:55
(live recital performances, 11/22/92)
Worcester War Memorial Auditorium - Earl Miller
13 Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte 5:14
14 Isaac van Vleck Flager: Alpine Fantasy and Storm 8:28
(live recital performances, 6/27/83)
FEATURED INSTRUMENTS
All Saints Church
10 Irving Street, Worcester
The Rice Memorial Organ
Aeolian Skinner Organ Co., Boston, MA, Op. 909,
1933, 1943, 1951, 1963, 1976, 2000
Assumption College – Chapel of the Holy Spirit
The Gilbert and Anna Chabot Memorial Organ
Russell & Co., Cambridgeport, VT, Op. 18, 1995
Cathedral of Saint Paul
38 High Street, Worcester
Russell & Co., Cambridgeport, VT, Op. 38, 2000
College of the Holy Cross – Saint Joseph Memorial Chapel
1 College Street, Worcester
Taylor and Boody, 1985
First Baptist Church
111 Park Avenue, Worcester
Reuter Organ Co., Lawrence, KA, Op. 1378, 1962
Tonal revisions: Theodore Gilbert, Wilbraham, MA, 1997
Console & digital voices: Russell & Co., Cambridgeport, VT, 1997
First Unitarian Church
90 Main Street, Worcester
Aeolian Skinner Organ Co., Boston, MA
Op. 1433, 1964
Tonal revisions, digital voices, and refurbishing:
Theodore Gilbert, Wilbraham, MA
Russell & Co., Cambridgeport, VT, 2004
Mechanics Hall
321 Main Street, Worcester
E. & G. G. Hook, Boston, MA
Op. 334, 1864
Restoration: Fritz Noack, Op. 92, 1982
Our Lady of the Angels Roman Catholic Church
1222 Main Street, Worcester
J.W. Walker & Sons, Ltd., Brandon, Suffolk, UK, 1984
Pakachoag Church, UCC
203 Pakachoag Street, Auburn
Dobson Organ Co., Lake City, IO, Op.69, 1997
Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church
35 Hamilton Street, Worcester
Casavant Frères, St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Op. 1239, 1928
Saint Peter Roman Catholic Church
929 Main Street, Worcester
Casavant Frères, St. Hyacinthe, Québec, No. 2934, 1967
Trinity Lutheran Church
73, Lancaster Street, Worcester
Noack, 1969, 2005
United Congregational Church
6 Institute Road
Schantz, Berkshire, Op. 144, 1987
Wesley United Methodist Church
114 Main Street, Worcester
The George Clifton Bryant Memorial Organ
Skinner Organ Co., Boston, MA, Op. 615, 1927
Aeolian Skinner Organ Co., Boston, MA, Op. 615-A, 615-B, 1955
Berkshire Organ Company, Inc., 1972
Console Refurbishing: Messrs. Czelusniak et Dugal, Inc.,
Northampton, MA, 2000
Worcester Art Museum
55 Salisbury Street, Worcester
The Morgan Memorial Organ
Aeolian Skinner Organ Co., Boston, MA, Op. 1036, 1942
Worcester Memorial Auditorium
Lincoln Square, Worcester
W.W. Kimball Company, Chicago, IL, Op. 7119, 1933