Program number 1545 airing November 9, 2015 will feature winners of various national and regional competitions sponsored by the American Guild of Organists.
Nicholas Capozzoli (2003 Buzard/All Saint’s Episcopal Church, Atlanta, GA) Pipedreams Archive (r. 4/18/15). Capozzoli took first prize in the 2015 Taylor Organ Competition sponsored by the Atlanta AGO Chapter.
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 541
Elsa Barraine: Prelude and Fugue No. 1
Craig Phillips: Rhapsody for Organ (2015)
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Jonathan Rudy (2012 Fisk/Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) Pipedreams Archive (r. 6/23/14); (2008 Fisk/Auer Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN) Pro Organo 7268. Jonathan Rudy won first prize in the 2014 AGO National Young Artist Competition in Organ Performance (NYACOP).
Nikolaus Bruhns: Praeludium in G
Max Reger: Capriccio, Op. 65, no. 2
Pamela Decker: Faneuil Hall
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Alcee Chriss III (1929 Welte-Tripp/Church of the Covenant, Boston, MA) Pipedreams Archive (r. 6/25/14).
Jeanne Demessieux: Répons pour le temps du Pâques
Paul Lim (1929 Welte-Tripp/Church of the Covenant, Boston, MA)
Carson Cooman: Berceuse, Op. 846; Gloucester Estampie, Op. 862
Chinar Merjanian (1929 Welte-Tripp/Church of the Covenant, Boston, MA)
Paul Hindemith: Lebhaft (i), from Organ Sonata No. 2
Louis Vierne: Naïdes, Op. 55, no. 4
Pamela Decker: Pentecost, from Liturgical Suite
Alcee Chriss III, Paul Lim, and Chinar Merjanian were “Rising Stars” and winners of 2013 AGO/Quimby Regional Competitions.
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Patrick Scott (1991 Gilbert & Taylor/ St. Cecilia Parish, Boston, MA) Pipedreams Archive (r. 6/26/14). Dr. Scott won the 2014 AGO National Competition in Organ Improvisation (NCOI).
Improvisations on Submitted Themes
