Pre-Convention Concert

Christ Church, Zero Garden Street (Harvard Square), Cambridge, MA

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

[program tba]

Fridays on the Square

Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston, MA

Friday, January 16, 2009 at 12:15 p.m.

1. Tuba Tune — Christopher Luke (b. 1972)

2. “Cantabile” from Symphonie VI — Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)

3. “St. Anne” Fugue in E-flat (BWV 552b) — Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

4. “Harmonies du soir” from Trois Impressions — Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877–1933)

5. Sortie sur “Venez, Divin Messie” — Pierre Cochereau (1924–1984)

St. Michael’s Church

26 Pleasant Street, Marblehead, MA

Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 5:00 p.m.

1. Fantasia super Komm, heiliger Geist (BWV 651) — Johann Sebatian Bach (1685–1750)

2. Schmücke dich, o meine Seele (BWV 654) — Johann Sebatian Bach (1685–1750)

3. Præludium in g minor (BuxWV 149) — Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–1707)

4. Fantasia sopra Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele — Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713–1780)

5. Choral Song and Fugue — Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810–1876)

6. Serenade — Derek Bourgeois (b. 1941)

7. “Cantabile” from Symphonie VI — Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)

8. Grand Chœur en ré majeur (alla Handel) — Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911)

Busch-Reisinger Museum: Adolphus-Busch Hall (Harvard University)

29 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA

Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 12:15 p.m.

1. Præludium und Fuga in G major (BWV 541) — Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

2. O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sunde groß (BWV 622) — Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

3. Fantasia sopra Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele — Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713–1780)

4. Magnificat Primi Toni (BuxWV 203) — Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–1707)

Fridays on the Square

Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston, MA

Friday, October 12, 2007 at 12:15 p.m.

1. Triumphal March — Jacques Nicholas Lemmens (1823–1881)

2. Prière — Joseph Jongen (1873–1953)

3. Scherzo in g minor — Marco Enrico Bossi (1861–1925)

4. Toccata — Gerre Hancock (b. 1934)

Fridays on the Square

Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston, MA

Friday, March 23, 2007 at 12:15 p.m.

1. Præludium in G minor, BuxWV 149 — Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–1707)

2. Master Tallis’s Testament — Herbert Howells (1892–1983)

3. “Adagio” from Symphonie V — Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)

4. “Final” from Sonata No. 1 in D minor — Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911)

The Organ’s Birthday Celebration

Cathedral of the Holy Cross, 75 Union Park, Boston

Sunday, February 18, 2007 at 2:00 p.m.

1. From Neuf Pièces pour Orgue — Jean Langlais (1907–1991)

    i) Chant héroïque

   ii) Chant de paix

2. “Final” from Symphonie I — Louis Vierne (1870–1937)

Inaugural Concert Series for the new Schoenstein Organ

Christ Church, Zero Garden Street (Harvard Square), Cambridge, MA

Friday, February 9, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.

1. Choral en la mineur — César Franck (1822–1890)

2. Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” — Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)

                transcribed by Stuart Forster

   ii. Largo

   iv. Finale

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1. “Allegretto” from Symphony No. 7 — Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1833)

                arr. Stuart Forster

2. Sonata No. 1 in D minor — Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911)

     i. Introduction et Allegro

    ii. Pastorale

   iii. Finale

Fridays on the Square

Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston, MA

Friday, February 3, 2006 at 12:15 p.m.

1. Choral Song and Fugue — Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810–1876)

2. Fantasia sopra Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele — Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713–1780)

3. “Communion” from Triptyque — Louis Vierne (1870–1937)

4. Orb and Sceptre — William Walton (1902–1983)

St. Philip’s Cathedral, 2744 Peachtree Road NW, Atlanta, GA

Sunday, January 8, 2006 at 3:30 p.m.

1. Choral Song and Fugue — Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810–1876)

2. Fantasia sopra Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele — Johann Ludwig Krebs 1713–1780)

3. Master Tallis’s Testament — Herbert Howells (1892–1983)

4. “Chant de paix” from Neuf Pièces pour Orgue — Jean Langlais (1907–1991)

5. “Toccata” from Plymouth Suite — Percy Whitlock (1903–1946)

St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue at 53^rd Street, New York, NY

Sunday, November 13, 2005 at 5:15 p.m.

1. Fantasia super Komm heiliger Geist (BWV 651) — Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

2. March upon Handel’s “Lift up your heads” — Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911)

3. “Cantabile” from Symphonie VI — Charles Marie Widor (1844–1937)

4. “Chant de paix” from Neuf Pièces pour Orgue — Jean Langlais (1907–1991)

5. Variations sur un vieux Noël (improvisation) — Pierre Cochereau (1924–1984)

First Presbyterian Church of Glens Falls, NY

400 Glen Street, Glens Falls, NY

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 at 8:00 p.m.

1. Grand Chœur en ré majeur (alla Handel) — Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911)

2. Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” — Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)

                transcribed by Stuart Forster

    ii. Largo

   iv. Finale

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1. Fantasia super Komm heiliger Geist — Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

2. Blithe Bells — Percy Grainger (1882–1961) after Bach, arr. Forster

3. A Trumpet Minuet — Alfred Hollins (1865–1942)

4. The Lost Chord — Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)

5. “Chant de paix” from Neuf Pièces pour Orgue — Jean Langlais (1907–1991)

6. “Toccata” from Plymouth Suite — Percy Whitlock (1903–1946)

Fridays on the Square

Old South Church, Copley Square, 645 Boylston Street, Boston

Friday, May 27, 2005 at 12:15 p.m.

1. Imperial March — Edward Elgar (1857–1934)

2. The Lost Chord — Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)

3. A Trumpet Minuet — Alfred Hollins (1865–1942)

4. “Chant de paix” from Neuf Pièces pour Orgue — Jean Langlais (1907–1991)

5. “Finale” from Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” — Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)

                         transcribed by Stuart Forster

Methuen Memorial Music Hall

Route 28, Methuen, MA

The Treble Chorus of New England, Robert Barney Interim Director

Saturday, May 14, 2005 at 7:30 p.m.

Organ Solo: Imperial March — Edward Elgar (1857–1934)

Accompaniments: Messe Basse — Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)

Sound the Trumpet — Henry Purcell (1659–1695)

A Jubilant Song — Marie Stultz (1988)

Iubilate Deo — Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672)

Magnificat and Nunc dimittis — Nicholas White (2000) 

Busch-Reisinger Museum: Adolphus-Busch Hall (Harvard University)

29 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA

Thursday, March 10, 2005 at 12:15 p.m.

1. Præludium in g minor (BuxWV 148) — Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–1707)

2. Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele — Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

3. Fantasia super Komm heiliger Geist — Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

4. Canzona Quarta — Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643)

5. Præludium in g minor (BuxWV 149) — Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–1707)

Fridays on the Square

Old South Church, Copley Square, 645 Boylston Street, Boston

Friday, February 25, 2005 at 12:15 p.m.

1. Marche Héroïque — Alfred Herbert Brewer (1865–1928)

2. “Allegretto” from Symphony No. 7 — Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1833)

                arr. Stuart Forster

3. Blithe Bells — Percy Grainger (1882–1961) after Bach, arr. Forster

4. “Toccata” from Plymouth Suite — Percy Whitlock (1903–1946)

“The King of Instruments Revisited”

Church of the Redeemer, 379 Hammond Street, Chestnut Hill, MA

Tuesday, February 15, 2005 at 8:00 p.m.

1. Grand Chœur en ré majeur (alla Handel) — Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911)

2. “Allegretto” from Symphony No. 7 — Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1833)

arr. Stuart Forster [world première]

3. Fantasia sopra Freu dich sehr o meine Seele — Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713–1780)

4. Psalm-prelude I (Set No. 1): Psalm 34:6 — Herbert Howells (1892–1983)

5. Imperial March — Edward Elgar (1857–1934)

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1. Prelude  & Fugue in c minor (BWV 549) — Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

2. From Neuf Pièces pour Orgue — Jean Langlais (1907–1991)

     i) “Chant de paix”

    ii) “Chant héroïque”

3. A Trumpet Minuet — Alfred Hollins (1865–1942)

4. The Lost Chord — Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)

5. “Finale” from Symphonie VI — Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)

St. Peter’s by~the~Sea Episcopal Church

500 South Country Road, Bay Shore, NY

Sunday, January 23, 2005 at 6:00 p.m.

1. Grand Chœur en ré majeur (alla Handel) — Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911)

2. Fantasia sopra Freu dich sehr o meine Seele — Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713–1780)

3. From Neuf Pièces pour Orgue — Jean Langlais (1907–1991)

     i) “Chant de paix”

    ii) “Chant héroïque”

4. Choral Song and Fugue — Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810–1876)

5. Master Tallis’s Testament — Herbert Howells (1892–1983)

6. “Finale” from Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” — Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)

                         transcribed by Stuart Forster

Boston’s “First Night” Celebration

Arlington Street Church, 351 Boylston Street, Boston, MA

Friday, December 31, 2004 at 10:00 p.m.

1. Grand Chœur en ré majeur (alla Handel) — Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911)

2. Fantasia sopra Freu dich sehr o meine Seele — Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713–1780)

3. “Carillon de Westminster” from Pièces de Fantaisie — Louis Vierne (1870–1937)