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Organ Notes
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Some Southern Comfort
In the company of the Organ Historical Society, we make a selective
survey of pipe organs new and old in northern North Carolina and southern Virginia.
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RUSSELL ALEXANDER: The Southerner —Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra/Frederick Fennell, conductor (Brain CD-7505)
WILLIAM HENRY HUMISTON: A Southern Fantasy —Symphony Orchestra of America/Matthew Phillips, conductor (Albany CD-103)
CLAUDE GOUDIMEL: Comfort, comfort ye my people —Ars Antiqua Choralis/Richard Proulx, conductor (GIA CD-290)
BENJAMIN BRITTEN: Mother Comfort —Felicity Lott, soprano; Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano; Graham Johnson, piano (EMI CD-54411)
IVOR GURNEY: The Folly of Being Comforted —Benjamin Luxon, baritone; David Willison, piano (Chandos CD-8831)
AGO National Convention
Dear Pipedreams Listener,
The 2008 American Guild of Organists (AG) National Convention offers organ lovers the opportunity to attend an incredible array of daytime and evening concert in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area between June 21-29, 2008.
Hear an international array of soloists...Stephen Cleobury, Cameron Carpenter, Julia Brown, John Weaver, Jeremy Filsell, Cristina Banegas, Todd Wilson, Jelani Eddington, Rachel Laurin, Peter Sykes, S. Wayne Foster, Marie-Bernadette Ducourcet-Hakim, Fred Hohman, Elke Voelker, Stephen Tharp, Jan
Kraybill...plus multi choral ensembles with organ, brass and orchestra, a program of new organ concertos, a Centenary Celebration of Olivier Messiaen (with a sextet of the exotic 'Ondes martinot' keyboards, and much more.
Some events are free, others charge for admission. If you are in the area, you may participate 'a la carte' and pick-and-choose. For the truly eager, convention registration (and the 'transportation package' to provide bus links to all events) is recommended.
For more information, visit Pipedreams. Click through from "2008 AGO National Convention", and then scroll down and "Click Here for a list of events open to the General Public".
Also don't miss a chance to hear the Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, on Tuesday, June 24 at the Cathedral of Saint Paul (MN). Tickets available through the Fitzgerald Theater Box Office.
I hope you will be able to attend at least a few of these extraordinary concerts!
Michael Barone
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