| Remembering Biggs, Bach & the Busch
John Ayer plays the Harvard Flentrop organ
This is a 2-CD SET - sold at the price for the normal single CD. Both CDs are in the CD-EXTRA format, which contain a video file as well as a PDF (Adobe Acrobat Portable Document File). They will play on a normal CD-player, with the extra material available when played on a computer. Total audio: 86 minutes.
John Ayer plays the Harvard Flentrop Organ, Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, the instrument acquired by Biggs and used for his popular "Bach organ favorites" series of LPs. Here the organ music tracks are preceded by sung chorales, presented by the Memphis Chamber Choir under the direction of John Ayer.
Pièce d'Orgue, BWV 572 (Très Vitement · Gravement · Lentement )
Chorale: O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross
Chorale Prelude: O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross from Orgelbüchlein, BWV 622
Chorale: Jesu, meine Freude
Chorale Prelude: Jesu, meine Freude from Orgelbüchlein, BWV 610
Chorale: Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit
Chorale Prelude: Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit from Klaiverübung, Part III, BWV 669
Chorale: Christe, aller Welt Trost
Chorale Prelude: Christe, aller Welt Trost from Klaiverübung, Part III, BWV 670
Chorale: Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist
Chorale Prelude: Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist from Klaiverübung, Part III, BWV 671
Chorale: An Wasserflüssen Babylon
Chorale Prelude: An Wasserflüssen Babylon from Miscellaneous Collection, BWV 653b
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, the "Wedge," BWV 548
Chorale: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr'
Chorale Prelude: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr' from The Great 18 Leipzig Chorales, BWV 662
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, the "Dorian," BWV 538
Sheep may safely graze transcribed for organ by E. Power Biggs
CD-EXTRA FILES
(available on both discs,accessible by computer CD-ROM)
Remembering the Harvard Flentrop and E. Power Biggs
A video photo album directed by Frederick Hohman (.mov and .mpg format files)
A New Organ for the Museum: Chapter 13 from Barbara Owens' biography: E. Power Biggs - Concert Organist (Adobe AcrobatTM PDF format, Portable Document File) |
