Sunday, May 17, 2009 5:15 PM
The Masters Transcribed
For centuries, music written for small ensembles, vast symphony orchestras and even musical clocks has been transcribed for the organ. Come and hear the lush sounds Jean Sibelius’s Finlandia, “Nimrod” from Elgar’s Enigma Variations, and virtuosic improvisations of Charles Tournemire and Mozart performed by Christopher Jacobson on the Cathedral’s great organ.
Program
- Pomp and Circumstance March No.1, Op. 39
Edward Elgar (1857–1934); trans. Edwin Lemare (1865–1934) - Komm, Süsser Tod (Come, Sweet Death)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750); trans. Virgil Fox (1912–1980) - Finale (Tableau II), from The Firebird
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971); trans. Jonathan Ortloff (b. 1985) - Cortège et Litanie, Op. 19
Marcel Dupr´ (1886–1971) trans. M. Dupr´ - Concerto in D minor, Op. 3. No. 11
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741); trans. J. S. Bach, BWV 596 - Pilgrim Chorus, from Tannhäuser
Richard Wagner (1813–1883) trans. E. Lemare - Improvisation sur le “Victimae paschali”
Charles Tournemire (1870–1939); trans. Maurice Durufl´ (1902–1986)