Organ Recitals from the Cathedral of St. Philip
REcitals from the 2020-2021 Season:
Sunday, September 13, 2020
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Caroline Robinson, organ (The Cathedral of St. Philip)
The Sunday afternoon recital series kicks off today, and we are thrilled that our new Associate Organist-Choirmaster, Caroline Robinson, will present the opening program. The series will be streamed live on the Cathedral website and Facebook pages every Sunday at 3:15 p.m. Though we would very much like to welcome you into the Cathedral nave, due to current Covid-19 guidelines, we are only presenting the series online at this time.
Eugène Gigout, Grand Chœur Dialogué (from Six Pièces, 1881)
Herbert Howells, Rhapsody No. 1 in D-flat, Op. 17
Jean-Louis Florentz, Harpe de Marie (from Laudes—Kidân za-nageh, Op. 5)
William Bolcom, What a Friend We Have in Jesus (from Gospel Preludes, Book 1)
Maurice Duruflé, “Toccata” (from Suite for Organ, Op. 5)
Sunday, September 20, 2020
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Sarah Hawbecker, organ (Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Atlanta)
Felix Mendelssohn, Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 65, No. 4
Leo Sowerby, Meditation on Picardy
Louis Vierne, “Pastorale” from Symphony I in D minor, Op. 14
Rachel Laurin, Finale pour orgue, Op. 78
Sunday, September 27, 2020
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Oak Martin (BMus student at The Curtis Institute of Music)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Trio Sonata in C Major, BWV 529
Margaret Vardell Sandresky, Sonata No. 1 for Organ (based on Grant Wood’s painting Spring Turning)
William Grant Still, Elegy
Sunday, October 4, 2020
The Feast of St. Francis
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Oliver Brett, organ (Associate Organist & Choirmaster, Peachtree Road United Methodist Church, Atlanta)
Herbert Howells, Rhapsody No. 3 C sharp minor
John Ireland, Elegiac Romance
Edward Elgar, “Andante espressivo” from Organ Sonata in G
William Walton, Coronation March “Orb and Sceptre”
Sunday, October 11, 2020
The Feast of St. Philip, Deacon & Evangelist
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Raymond & Elizabeth Chenault, duo-organ (Organists Emeriti, All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Atlanta)
Gaston Litaize, “Choral” (from Sonate à Deux)?
Rachel Laurin, Cantabile à Deux – world première
Gerre Hancock, A Fancy for Two to Play
Philip Moore, Allegro for Organ Duet
Sunday, October 18, 2020
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Theodore Davis, organ (Organist & Choirmaster, St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Baltimore, MD)
Florentine Price, Suite No. 1 for Organ
Henri Mulet, Esquisses Byzantines
Sunday, October 25, 2020
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Bruce Xu, organ (student at Rice University)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude & Fugue in B minor, BWV 544
Max Reger, Benedictus, Op.59
Olivier Messiaen, “Alleluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel” from L'Ascension
Olivier Messiaen, “Dieu parmi nous” from La Nativité du Seigneur
Sunday, November 8, 2020
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Jacob Montgomery, organ (Bethany Presbyterian Church, Rochester, NY)
Marcel Dupré, “Allegro deciso” from Évocation
William Bolcom, Jesus Loves Me
Louis Vierne, “Adagio” from Organ Symphony No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 28
Johann Sebastian Bach, Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
Sunday, November 15, 2020
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Julie Andrijeski, violin (Artistic Director, The Atlanta Baroque Orchestra)
Caroline Robinson, harpsichord (Associate Organist-Choirmaster, The Cathedral of St. Philip)
Giovanni Battista Fontana, Sonata Seconda
Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Violin Sonata No. 3 in F Major
Jean-Féry Rebel, “Caprice” from Violin Suite No. 2 in D Major
Sunday, November 22, 2020
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Will Gotmer, organ (Director of Music/Organist, Grace Episcopal Church, Gainesville, GA)
Felix Mendelssohn, Sonata No. 2 in C minor
Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 531
Charles-Marie Widor, “Andante sostenuto” from Organ Symphony No. 9, Op. 70 (“Gothique”)
Leo Sowerby, Comes Autumn Time
Sunday, December 6, 2020
The Second Sunday of Advent
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Matthew Michael Brown, organ (St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Atlanta)
George Baker, Ricercare on Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
Jehan Alain, Deuxième Fantaisie, JA 117
Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544
Flor Peeters, Toccata, Fugue et Hymne sur Ave Maris Stella, Op. 28
Sunday, January 3, 2021
The Second Sunday After Christmas
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Eugene Lavery, organ (St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, Waco, TX)
Geoffrey Bush, Trumpet March
Maurice Duruflé, Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain, Op 7
Robin Milford, Pastoral Dance on “On Christmas Night”
Alfred Hollins, Christmas Cradle Song
arr. Keith Chapman, Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (17th-century French carol)
Sunday, January 10, 2021
The First Sunday After the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Cuarteto Orgánico (McDuffie Center for Strings, Townsend School of Music, Mercer University)
Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Opus 18
Allegro
Andante con moto
Allegro
Presto
Sunday, January 17, 2021
The Second Sunday After the Epiphany
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Alvin Blount, organ (Organist/Choirmaster, Church of the Good Shepherd, Knoxville, TN)
Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Opus 18
Grayston Ives, Intrada
Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Harmonies du soir
Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Clair de lune
Dieterich Buxtehude, Präludium, Fuga und Ciacona, BuxWV 137
Adolphus Hailstork, Prelude on “We Shall Overcome”
Adolphus Hailstork, Postlude on “We Shall Overcome”
Adolphus Hailstork, Prelude on “Deep River”
arr. Richard Elliott, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Sunday, January 24, 2021
The Third Sunday After the Epiphany
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Kirk Rich, organ (All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Atlanta)
Louis Marchand, “Grand Dialogue” from “Troisième Livre d’Orgue”
Jean-Adam Guilain, “Tierce en taille” from “Suite du Deuxième Ton pour le Magnificat”
Guillaume Lasceux, “Judex crederis — Verset du Te Deum”
César Franck, “Pièce héroïque” from “Trois Pièces”
Sunday, January 31, 2021
The Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Brian Parks, organ (First United Methodist Church, Marietta)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582
John Williams, Excerpts from Superman Suite, arr. Brian Parks
Leitmotif (Superman II)
March of the Villains
Love Theme (“Can You Read My Mind?”)
The Planet Krypton
Villains in the Zone
Main Title March
Sunday, February 7, 2021
The Fifth Sunday After the Epiphany
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Justin Maxey, organ (Atlanta)
Louis Vierne, Movements from Symphony No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 28
Franz Liszt, Liebestraum No. 3 (trans. Harvey Gaul)
Henri Mulet, Tu es petra et portæ inferi non prævalebunt adversus te from Esquisses byzantines
Sunday, February 14, 2021
The Last Sunday After the Epiphany
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Caroline Robinson, organ (Associate Organist/Choirmaster, The Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta)
Jean-Louis Florentz, Laudes — Kidân za-nageh (Op. 5, 1983-1985)
Dis-moi ton nom…
Prière pour délier les charmes
Harpe de Marie
Chant des fleurs
Pleurs de la Vierge
Rempart de la croix
…Seigneur des lumières
Sunday, February 21, 2021
The First Sunday in Lent
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Elena Dorozhkina, piano
Johann Sebastian Bach, From The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books 1 (1722) and 2 (1742)
Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 889, Book 2
Prelude and Fugue in B-Flat Major, BWV 866, Book 1
Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 847, Book 1
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 855, Book 1
Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 875, Book 2
Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 881, Book 2
Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 850, Book 1
Sunday, February 28, 2021
The Second Sunday in Lent
3:15 p.m. Recital online
John Coble, organ (First Presbyterian Church, Athens, GA)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 535
J.S. Bach, Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten, BWV 647
Dan Locklair, In Memory – H.H.L.
César Franck, Choral III
In memory of Joyce McLean Coble (1929-2020)
Sunday, March 7, 2021
The Third Sunday in Lent
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Kelsey M. Berg, organ (St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Milledgeville, GA)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Praeludium et Fuga in B minor, BWV 544
David Conte, Recollection (Soliloquy No. 2)
Marcel Dupré, Cortège et Litanie from 4 Pièces, Op.19
Sunday, March 14, 2021
The Fourth Sunday in Lent
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Evan Few & Jeanne Johnson, violin, with Caroline Robinson, continuo
Heinrich Schmelzer, Sonata Quarta (from 6 Sonate, 1664)
Antonio Bertali, Sonata Violino Solo (Partiturbuch Ludwig)
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Partita VI (from Harmonia Artificiosa-Ariosa)
Sunday, March 21, 2021
The Fifth Sunday in Lent
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Jack Mitchener (Organist & Artist-in-Residence, The Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta)
A recital in honor of the 336th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach’s birth (March 21, 1685 – July 28, 1750)
Fuga à 5 con pedale pro Organo pleno, BWV 552, 2 (‘St. Anne Fugue’)
Dies sind die heilgen zehen Gebot, BWV 678 – à 2 Clav. et Ped., Canto fermo in Canone
Trio super Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWV 655 – à 2 claviers et pédale
Valet wir ich dir geben, BWV 736 – choralis in pedale
Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 641 – à 2 Clav. & Ped.
Movements 2 and 3 from the Pastorella, BWV 590
Toccata in F Major, BWV 540, 1
Sunday, April 11, 2021
The Second Sunday of Easter
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Jeff Johnson (Pastor, First Lutheran Church, Brockton, MA)
Peter Planyavsky, Toccata a la Rumba
Nicholaus Bruhns, Praeludium in G Major
Louis Vierne, Pastorale from Vingt-quatre pièces en style libre
César Franck, Pièce Héroïque
In memory of Dr. Tommy K. Johnson
Sunday, April 18, 2021
The Third Sunday of Easter
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Will Buthod, (Minister of Music, Holy Trinity Episcopal Parish, Decatur, GA)
Aaron Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man (transcr. Will Buthod)
Florence Price, Retrospection
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Impromptu No. 2 (from Three Impromptus for the Organ)
arr. William Farley Smith, Wade in duh Wadduh!
arr. Eurydice V. Osterman, Give Me Jesus
John Williams, Selections from Star Wars
Sunday, April 25, 2021
The Fourth Sunday of Easter
3:15 p.m. Recital online
David Brensinger
Dieterich Buxtehude, Präludium in D, BuxWV 139
Ennis Fruhauf, Chorale Prelude on “Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele”
Enjott Schneider, Chorale Prelude on “Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele”
Denis Bédard, Dialogue sur Te Deum
Charles Hubert H. Parry, Two chorale preludes
Billy Nalle, Trio in a style of Bach: Alles was du bist
Albert Alain, Final sur le Carillon de Luçon, Op. 324
Sunday, May 2, 2021
The Fifth Sunday of Easter
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Richard Gress (MMus student at Yale University)
Jehan Alain, Trois Danses
Healey Willan, Introduction, Passacaglia & Fugue
Sunday, May 9, 2021
The Sixth Sunday of Easter
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Malcolm Matthews, (Associate Organist and Choirmaster, Christ Church Cathedral, Nashville, Tennessee)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Movements from Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 65
Louis Vierne, “Scherzo” from Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 20
Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in A Major, BWV 536
César Franck, Cantabile from Trois Pièces pour grand orgue
Maurice Duruflé, Fugue sur le nom d’Alain, Op. 7
Sunday, May 16, 2021
The Seventh Sunday of Easter
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Zachary Zwahlen (Assistant University Organist at the University of the South (Sewanee))
Judith Bingham, St. Bride, assisted by angels
Olivier Messiaen, L’Ascension
Sunday, May 23, 2021
The Day of Pentecost
3:15 p.m. Recital online
Jack Mitchener (Organist & Artist-in-Residence, The Cathedral of St. Philip)
Works by Margaret Vardell Sandresky, in celebration of the composer’s 100th birthday
Helena’s Wedding March—Organ Solo on the Bride’s Name (2005)
“Agnus Dei” from L’homme armé Organ Mass (1979)
Victimae Paschali Laudes (2021)
Veni Sancte Spiritus—Five versets on the Golden Sequence (2017)
Toccata: Veni Creator Spiritus (1989, rev. 1992)