10/13/24 @ 8pm Pipedreams Live! at the Eastman School (I) . . . the first in a series of programs featuring in-concert student performances and conversations.
Camille Saint-Saëns: Prelude & Fugue in E-flat, Op. 99, no. 3 --Yuhe Su
Leo Sowerby: Very slowly (ii.), fr Sonatina --Augustine Sobeng
David Conte: Pastorale --Daniel Minnick
Herbert Howells: Rhapsody in c#, Op. 17, no. 3 --Adam Chlebek
Sigfrid Karg-Elert: La nuit (iii.), fr Trois Impressions, Op. 72 --Jennifer Shin
Gabriel Fauré: Fileuse (ii.) & Sicilienne (iii.), fr Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 –Edith Yam
Jean Roger-Ducasse: Pastorale --Charles Francis
Marcel Dupré: Esquisse No. 2 in b-flat, Op. 41, no. 3 --Katherine Joliff
These performances feature the 1929 Skinner organ at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Rochester, NY (r. 11/10/23). Thanks to engineers Andrew Croucher and Rob Braden, producer Ruth Phinney of WXXI, and David Higgs of the Eastman School for facilitating Michael Barone’s appearances in Rochester.
10/20/24 @ 8pm Pipedreams Live! at the Eastman School (II) . . . continuing our series of programs featuring in-concert performances and conversations.
Charles-Marie Widor: Allegro vivace (i.), fr Symphony No. 5, Op. 42, no. 1 --Alden Wright
Connor Chee (B. 1987): Hózhó --Ryan Chan
Benjamin Kjell (B. 1995): Fugue (ii.), fr Sonata No. 2 for Organ --Benjamin Kjell
Charles-Marie Widor: Andantino quasi allegretto (iii.), fr Symphony No. 5, Op. 42, no. 1 --Alessio Giacobone
Paul Hindemith: Lebhaft (i.) & Fugue, Massig bewegt, heiter (ii.), fr Sonata No. 2 --David Kraft
Florence Price: Fantasy, fr Suite No. 1 --Jacob Montgomery
Hina Sakomoto (B. 1968): Lullaby that releases me from reality --Ryan Chen
John Ireland: Capriccio --Kateri Andress
Maurice Duruflé: Toccata (iii.), fr Suite, Op. 5 --Andrew Van Varick
These performances feature the 2015 Parsons organ at the United Church of Canandaigua, NY (r. 11/11/23)
10/27/24 @ 8pm Pipedreams Live! at the Eastman School (III) . . . continuing our series of programs featuring in-concert performances and conversations.
Dieterich Buxtehude: Praeludium in d, BuxWV 140 --Ryan Greene, organist; Dan Millenberg & Nathan Barcelona, pumpers
Louis Vierne: Aria, fr Symphony No. 6, Op. 59 --Dominic Fiacco
Georg Böhm: Partita, Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele (excerpts) --Jonghee Yoon
Max Reger: Te Deum (ii.), fr 3 Orgelstücke, Op. 3 --Matthew Barry
J. S. Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 --Mihail Strezefe
Piet Kee: Toccata (iii.), fr Triptych on Psalm 86 --Andrew Johnson, organist; Jacob Montgomery & Alex Little, pumpers
César Franck: Piece Héroique --Nathan Barcelona
Andrew Liu: Sol (2022) --Alex Little
These performances alternate between a Baroque-styled 2008 GOArt/Yokota organ (modeled after a 1776 Casparini involving a hand-pumped wind supply) and a romantic-era 1893 Hook & Hastings organ.
11/3/24 @ 8pm Pipedreams Live! at the Eastman School (IV) . . . we conclude our series of programs featuring in-concert performances and conversations, plus some added extras.
Georg Muffat: Toccata septima --Jiae Kwak
César Franck: Prelude, Fugue & Variation, Op. 18 --James Jeffery
J. S. Bach: Piece d’Orgue/Fantasy in G, BWV 572 --Mitchell Miller, organist; Daniel Minnick, pumper
Johann Christian Kittel: Prelude No. 1 in E-flat –David Higgs.
Stephen Kennedy: 3-3-33 –Hans Davidsson, William Porter & David Higgs, joint soloists.
J. S. Bach: Partita, Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig, BWV 768 (selections) –William Porter, organist.
César Franck: Entrée in E.
Alexandre Guilmant: Ecce Panis, Op. 66 – Adelaide Roedecker, soprano; Thatcher Lyman, tenor; Molly Werts, violin; Kristina Finch, harp; Joris Verdin (1885 Mustel harmonium).
Felix Mendelssohn: Sonata in f, Op. 65, no. 1 –David Higgs, organist
These performances primarily feature the 2008 GOArt/Yokota organ, modelled after a 1776 Casparini instrument in Vilnius, Lithuania, and were drawn from Loft Recordings compact discs (Loft 1115 & 1126/7).
