Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn, Jongen, Howells

Organ Historical Society’s
”Kaleidoscope of Colors”

Recital on the 1830 Thomas Appleton pipe organ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The opening program of the Organ Historical Society’s “Kaleidoscope of Colors,” a series of 15 recitals on 15 historical organs across the U.S.

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Praeludium für die Orgel (1829) – Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847)

Two pieces for organ (1959) – Herbert Howells (1873-1953)
Dalby’s Fancy
Dalby’s Toccata

Chant de Mai, Op. 53, No. 1 (1917) – Joseph Jongen (1873-1953) 

Sonata II in C Minor, Op. 65, No. 2 (1838/39/44) – Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Grave
Adagio
Allegro Maestoso e vivace
Fuga: Allegro moderato

Bach: Two Early Works

Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578

Prelude & Fugue in C Major,       BWV 531

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Live performance, St. Paul's U.M. Church, Houston

IV/84 Schantz pipe organ

Mendelssohn: Allegro assai vivace

Allegro assai vivace

from Organ Sonata No. 1 in F

Op. 65, No. 1

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Live performance, St. Paul's U.M. Church, Houston

IV/84 Schantz pipe organ

Guillou: Les Feux du Silence

Les Feux du silence

Feux latent, insinuant

from HYPERION, ou La Rhétorique du Feux

Jean Guillou (1930-)

Live performance, Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York.

Hindemith: Sonata No. 1

Sonata No. 1 (1937)

(excerpts)

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)

Live performance at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York