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St. Bartholomew’s Conservancy
Gala Organ Concert
The Philadelphia Orchestra
David Robertson, conductor
Paolo Bordignon, organist
Anthony Roth Costanzo, counter tenor
Promotional video here
The All-Star Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, Music Director
George Frideric Handel: Suite from Water Music
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.
Fanny Mendelssohn: Praeludium für die Orgel
Herbert Howells: Dalby’s Fancy, Dalby’s Toccata
Joseph Jongen: Chant de Mai, Op. 53, No. 1
Felix Mendelssohn: Sonata II in C Minor, Op. 65, No. 2
Marcel DUpré (1886-1971)
Prelude & Fugue in G Minor, Op. 7 No. 3
George Frideric Handel
(1685-1750)
Coronation Anthem:
Let Thy Hand Be Strenghtened, HWV 259
St. Bartholomew’s Choir
New York Baroque Incorporated
Marianne von Martinez
(1744-1812)
Sonata in A Major (1765)
1. Allegro
2. Rondo: Adagio
3. Tempo di Minuetto
Marianne von Martinez was a Viennese classical composer. Her grandfather was a Spanish soldier who had settled in Naples and her father served as major-domo in the Pope's embassy to the Austrian empire. Her immediate circle included a number of extraordinary figures in Viennese society, including the Esterhazys. the poet Metastasio, and composers Porpora, Haydn, Martini, Hasse, Salieri, and Mozart. She performed on several occasions for Empress Maria Theresa and Mozart composed piano duets to perform with Marianne at her soirees.
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Ave Maris Stella
St. Bartholomew’s Choir
Paolo Bordignon, Organist and Choirmaster
Prodigious Pairings
The Monumental St. Bartholomew’s Pipe Organ
Written and Presented by Paolo Bordignon
Introduced by Philippe de Montebello, a six-part video series providing compelling context for the May 24, 2022 St. Bartholomew's Conservancy Gala Organ Concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Grand Teton music festival
On LOCATION: new york
MET Orchestra Musicians in concert at
St. Bartholomew’s Church, New York
VIVALDI: Piccolo Concerto in C Major, RV 443
ELGAR: Elegy for Strings, Op. 58
J.S. BACH: Sonata No. 2 in D Major, BWV 1028
TONIA KO: Still Life Crumbles
BEETHOVEN: String Trio No. 5 in C minor, Op. 9
Stephanie Mortimore, piccolo; Bruno Eicher, violin; Ling Ling Huang, violin; Mary Hammann, viola; Kari Jane Docter, cello; Joel Noyes, cello; Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord
New York Philharmonic
A Young People’s Concert: Hope and Healing
The first of three episodes including music of Vivaldi, Bach, Bartok, very young composers, and more.
Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697)
Praeludium in E Minor, "The Great"
One of only 5 surviving organ works by Nicolaus Bruhns, the Praeludium in E Minor is widely considered one of the greatest works of the North German organ tradition. Bruhns was a prized pupil of Dieterich Buxtehude, as was J.S. Bach, who is said to have known and studied Bruhns's compositions.
Bruhns was also an accomplished violinist who, according to his contemporary Mattheson, "had the custom now and then of making a variation at the organ, playing the violin simultaneously with an appropriate pedal part, all by himself, in a most pleasing manner." The violinistic figurations in this piece at 4:35 suggest that unique practice.
This work is exemplary of the Stylus Phantasticus, an expression applied to virtuosic organ works of free form, extravagant modulation, arpeggiated passage-work, references to recitativo style and rhetorical gestures, fugal episodes, and an aesthetic that celebrates creativity, invention, and the unexpected. All of these elements feature prominently in this greatest work of Bruns, who lived only to age 31.