The Cathedral of St. Philip - Atlanta, GA

2022-2023 Recitals

Sunday, September 11, 2022

Jack Mitchener, organ (The Cathedral of St. Philip)

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  • César Franck, Choral II in B minor
  • J. Guy Ropartz, Thème varié (from Six Pièces)
  • César Franck, Choral I in E Major

Sunday, September 18, 2022

Charles Higgs, organ (St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, Milton, GA)

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  • Douglas E. Wagner (b.1952), Festive Trumpet Tune
  • Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780), Praeludium in D Major
  • William Noll (b. 1958), “Adagio” from Suite for Organ
  • George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 4, No. 2
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), “Adagio” from Concerto in D minor
  • Henri Mulet (1878-1967), Toccata on “Thou Art The Rock”

Sunday, September 25, 2022

Duo Beaux Arts — Catherine Lan & Tao Lin, piano duet

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  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Eight Variations on a Theme by Waldstein, WoO 67
  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Rondo in the Hungarian Style, almost a Caprice, Op. 129
  • Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Marches caractéristiques, D 968b, No. 1
  • Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Andante and Allegro Brillante, Op. 92

Sunday, October 2, 2022

Nathaniel Gumbs, organ (Yale University, New Haven, CT)

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  • Florence Price (1887-1953), “Introduction/Allegro” from First Sonata for Organ
  • John Stoddart (b. 1980), Soon!
  • Cesar Franck (1890-1922), Choral No. 1 in E Major

Sunday, October 9, 2022

Raymond Nagem, organ (The Brick Presbyterian Church, New York, NY)

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  • Louis Vierne (1870-1937), Allegro risoluto and Scherzo. Quasi presto from Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 20
  • Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), Music for Children, Op. 65 (transc. Raymond Nagem)
    • Promenade
    • A Little Story
    • Tarantella
    • Waltz
    • Rain and Rainbow
    • March
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542

Sunday, October 16, 2022

Richard Spotts, organ (Doylestown, PA)

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  • Charles Tournemire (1870–1939), Trois Poèmes pour orgue

Sunday, October 23, 2022

Brian Glikes, organ (St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Albany, NY)

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  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 545
  • César Franck (1822-1890), Choral No. 2 in B minor
  • Jan Welmers (1937-2022), Laudate Dominum

Sunday, October 30, 2022

Maurice Clerc, organ (Cathédrale Saint-Bénigne de Dijon, France)

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  • César Franck (1822-1890), Choral n° 3 en La mineur
  • Louis Vierne (1870-1937), Méditation
  • Charles-Marie Widor (1845-1937), Mattheus-Final de Bach's Memento
  • Pierre Cochereau (1924-1984), Scherzo (Notre-Dame 1974)

Sunday, November 13, 2022

Käthe Wright Kaufman, organ (Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church, Atlanta, GA)

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  • Herbert Howells, “Allegro scherzando” from Six Short Pieces
  • Gerald Finzi, “Prelude” from Requiem da Camera, Op. 3b, transcr. Francis Jackson
  • Francis Jackson, Prelude on “Repton”
  • Percy Whitlock, Plymouth Suite
  • Ghislaine Reece-Trapp, In Paradisum
  • A. Herbert Brewer, March Héroïque

Sunday, November 20, 2022

Carol Williams, organ (Peachtree Christian Church, Atlanta, GA)

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  • Gordon Young (1919-1998), Passacaglia
  • Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697), Praeludium in E Minor
  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) , “Allegretto” from Symphony VII, Op. 92
  • Joel Raney (b. 1956), Meditation on “Deep River”
  • Joel Raney (b. 1956), I want Jesus to Walk With Me
  • Carol Williams, Cantabile
  • Carol Williams, Homage á Vierne
  • Dave Brubeck (1920-2012), Blue Rondo à La Turk

Sunday, December 4, 2022

Christian Schoen, organ (St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI)

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  • James Mansfield, Rejoice in the Lord, a Toccata
  • Hans Zimmer, Time from “Inception” (organ arr. Christian Schoen)
  • Karl Jenkins, Theme from Palladio
  • Louis Vierne, Berceuse from 24 Pièces en style libre, Op. 31
  • Emma Lou Diemer, Fiesta

 

Sunday, January 8, 2023

Andrew Scanlon, organ (Church of the Advent, Boston, MA)

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  • Gaston Litaize, Epiphanie
  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV 614
  • Guy Bovet, Das alte Jahr vergangen ist
  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, BWV 684
  • Guy Bovet, Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam
  • Dietrich Buxtehude, Wie schön leucht uns der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223
  • Guy Bovet, Wie schön leucht uns der Morgenstern
  • Arthur Wills, Carillon on “Orientis Partibus”

Sunday, January 15, 2023

Charles Tompkins, organ (Furman University, Greenville, SC)

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  • César Franck (1822-1890), Pièce Heroique
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Fantasy and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537
  • Marianne Kim (b. 1972), Ain'a that Good News
  • Noel Da Costa (1929-2002), Round About the Mountain
  • Richard Elliott (b. 1957), Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit
  • Florence Price (1887-1953), “Air” from Suite No. 1 for Organ, CN 19
  • Joseph Jongen (1873-1954), Toccata pour Grand Orgue, Op. 104

Sunday, January 22, 2023

Arie Motschman, organ (Midway Presbyterian Church, Powder Springs, GA)

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  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Partita diverse sopra: O Gott, du frommer Gott, BWV 767
  • Louis Vierne (1870-1937), “Adagio” from Symphonie 3 for Organ, Op. 28
  • Dan Locklair (b. 1949), Salem Sonata

Sunday, January 29, 2023

Joseph Russell, organ (St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church, Houston, TX)

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  • John Weaver (1937-2021), Fantasia for Organ
  • Frank Bridge (1879-1941), Adagio in E Major
  • Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933), Clair de lune, Op. 72, No. 2
  • Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933), Rondo alla Campanella, Op. 156
  • Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986), “Toccata” from Suite, Op. 5

Sunday, February 5, 2023

Paul Thomas, organ (St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chattanooga, TN)

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  • César Franck (1822-1890), Choral No. 3 in A minor
  • Thomas H. Kerr, Jr. (1915-1988), Arietta
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 616
  • Calvin Taylor (b. 1948), This Little Light of Mine
  • Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), “Dieu parmi nous” from La Nativité

Sunday, February 12, 2023

Sarah Johnson, organ (Church of the Ascension, Rochester, NY)

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  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
  • Jacques van Oortmerssen (1950-2015), Nun ruhen alle Wälder
  • Percy Whitlock (1903-1946), Fantasie Chorale No. 1 in D-flat Major
  • John Knowles Paine (1839-1906), Fantasia in E minor, Op. 2, No. 1

Sunday, February 19, 2023

Georgia Tech Chamber Choir (Jerry Ulrich, conductor)

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  • Ēriks Ešenvalds (b. 1977, The First Tears
  • Arvo Pärt (b. 1935), The Beatitudes
  • Nijolė Sinkevičiūtė (b. 1956), Švilpynė
  • Lithuanian folk song, Už ežero ugnys dega

Sunday, February 26, 2023

Timothy Olsen, organ (University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC)

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  • Max Reger (1873-1916), Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor
  • Craig Phillips (b. 1961), Musette
  • Ned Rorem (b. 1923), The World of Silence
  • Ned Rorem (b. 1923), “There Is a Spirit that Delights to Do No Evil…”
  • César Franck (1822-1890), Choral I in E Major

Sunday, March 5, 2023

Sarah Hawbecker, organ (Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Atlanta, GA)

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  • Pierre Du Mage (1674-1751), Suite du premier ton
  • Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele
  • Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), O Welt, ich muss dich lassen
  • Mary Beth Bennett (b. 1954), Prelude and Toccata on “Kingsfold”
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582

Sunday, March 12, 2023

Peter DuBois, organ (Third Presbyterian Church, Rochester, NY)

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  • Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Prelude & Fugue in C minor, Op. 37, No. 1
  • Gerre Hancock (1934-2012), Air
  • César Franck (1822-1890), Prière, Op. 20
  • Anton Heiller (1923-1979), Ecce Lignum Crucis — A Meditation
  • Jehan Alain (1911-1940), Litanies

Sunday, March 26, 2023

Steven Wooddell, organ (Peachtree Church, Atlanta, GA)

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  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Fantasia in F minor, K 608
  • Jehan Alain (1911-1940), Deuxième Fantaisie
  • Louis Vierne (1870-1937), “Scherzo" from Symphonie No. 2, Op.20
  • Julius Reubke (1834-1858), Fugue from Sonata on the 94th Psalm

Sunday, April 16, 2023

Kipp Gill, organ (All Saints Episcopal Church, Warner Robbins, GA)

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  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Toccata in F Major, BWV 540
  • Calvin Hampton, “At the Ballet” from 5 Dances for Organ
  • Petr Eben, “Finale” from Sunday Music

Sunday, April 23, 2023

Emmanuel Duperrey, organ (Notre Dame de l’Espérance, Villemomble, France)

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  • Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), Seventeen come Sunday
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Komm, süßer Tod, BWV 478
  • Emmanuel Duperrey (b. 1972), Caelistis
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), “Sinfonia” from Cantata 29, BWV 29
  • Paul Dukas (1865-1935), The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Sunday, April 30, 2023

Mark Valenti, piano (Chicago, IL)

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  • Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Images, Book I
  • Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI:40
  • Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Intermezzo in B minor, Op. 119, No. 1
  • Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Ballade in D minor, Op. 10, No. 1
  • Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2
  • Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Rhapsodie in E flat Major, Op. 119, No. 4
  • Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), Sonata No. 5 in one movement, Op. 53

Sunday, May 7, 2023

Katherine Webb, organ (Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland, OR)

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  • Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951), Church Bells Beyond the Stars
  • Thomas H. Kerr, Jr. (1915-1988), Arietta
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912), Impromptu No. 1, Op. 78
  • Evelyn Simpson-Curenton (b. 1953), Meditation on “Were you there”
  • Emma Lou Diemer (b. 1927), Vruechten (“This joyful Eastertide”)
  • Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941), Adagio and Fugue in F minor
  • Mark A. Miller (b. 1967), Toccata on “Lift every voice”

Sunday, May 14, 2023

Patrick Kreeger, organ (Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, NY)

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  • Elfrida Andrée (1841-1929), Organ Symphony in B minor
  • Joseph Jongen (1873–1953), Sonata Eroïca, Op. 94

Sunday, May 21, 2023

Caroline Robinson, organ (The Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta)

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  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Toccata in E Major, BWV 566
  • Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), "Alleluias sereins d'une âme qui désire le ciel" from L’Ascension
  • Leo Sowerby (1895-1968), "Fast and Sinister" from Symphony for Organ in G
  • Gustav Holst (1874-1934), arr. Jonathan Scott, “Jupiter” from The Planets