| Let's Go to the Opera!
4-manual Schantz organ
Moody Memorial First Undited Methodist Church
Galveston, TX
Thomas Heywood, organ
One of the most entertaining organists of the species is Thomas Heywood, and here he brings his lively wit to bear on popular music from opera.
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), transcribed by Edwin Henry Lemare (1865-1934) · Grand March from the Opera Aïda
Wilhelm Richard Wagner (1813-1883), trans. Edwin Henry Lemare (1865-1934) · "O Star of Eve" from Tannhäuser
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), trans. Thomas Heywood (b.1974) · Overture to The Thieving Magpie
Edwin Henry Lemare (1865-1934) ª Paraphrase on Gounod's 'Faust'
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), trans. Thomas Heywood (b.1974) · Overture to Nabucco
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), trans. Thomas Heywood (b.1974) · Suite from Die Zauberflöte [The Magic Flute] · i. Marsch der Priester [Act II No. 9] · ii. Aria: "Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja" [Papageno Act 1, No. 2] · iii. Aria: "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen wünscht Papageno sich" [Papageno Act II, No. 20] · iv. Aria: "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" [The Queen of Night Act II, No. 14]
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), trans. Thomas Heywood (b.1974) · Figaro's Cavatina "Largo al factotum" from The Barber of Seville, Act I
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), trans. Thomas Heywood (b.1974) · Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco, Act III
Edwin Henry Lemare (1865-1934) · Concert Fantasia on Bizet's 'Carmen'
Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), trans. Gordon Balch Nevin (1892-1943) · "The Flight of the Bumble-Bee" from the Opera The Legend of Tsar Saltan
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