| Special offer on The Great Organs of First Church, Volumes 1 & 2
World's Largest Church Organ!
Frederick Swann and David Goode, organists
Frederick Swann and David Goode play the world's largest church organ! The first organ was built by E. M. Skinner for the chancel of the church. In 1969 a new and larger instrument was built in the rear gallery by the Schlicker Organ Company, who also constructed an Italian-style continuo organ located above the south choir. All the organs can be played from either or both of the two consoles, one in the chancel, the other in the rear gallery, creating a single instrument of great size, containing divisions of contrasting styles. The instrument known as “The Great Organs of First Church“ is, quite simply, one of the wonders of the musical world. Its size is only one aspect of its uniqueness: one must add its spatial distribution around the building, the variety of its components and the tonal balance of the whole---and one could also add the story of its gradual evolution.
Fred Swann's program:
Weitz: Grand Choeur
Buxtehude: Magnificat primi toni, BuxWV 203
Wright: Lyric Rhapsody
King: Fanfares to the Tongues of Fire
Bach: Fantasia & Fugue in C Minor, BWV 537
Vierne: Chorale (Symphony II)
Honegger: Fugue & Chorale
Messiaen: Apparition de l'Eglise eternelle
Weaver: Introduction & Fugue on "St. Denio"
David Goode's program:
Improvisation: Fanfare on “FCCLA”
Wagner (arr. Lemare): Overture to Die Meistersinger
Howells: Master Tallis’s Testament
Copland (arr. Fesperman): Passacaglia
Buxtehude: Fantasia on Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
de Grigny: from Livre d’Orgue: Récit de tierce en taille Fugue Dialogue sur les Grands Jeux
Frescobaldi: from Fiori Musicali: Toccata avanti il Ricercare Canzona dopo l’Epistola
Purvis: Greensleeves (from Four Carol Preludes).
Bach: Chorale Prelude on Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 682.
Thalben-Ball: Elegy.
Goode: Concert Fantasy on Themes by Gershwin. |
