Jan Kraybill

Each of the pipes in a pipe organ can speak at only one pitch, one volume, and one timbre (tone color). By definition, then, a pipe organ is a community of voices, each adding its unique sound to the musical conversation. This program illustrates the rich diversity of compositional voices for organ across generations and geography.

Planned repertoire includes:

LOUIS COUPERIN (c. 1626-1661): Chaconne in G minor

JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK (1562-1621): Variations on "Mein junges Leben hat ein End"

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750): Meine Seele erhebt den Herren: Fuga on the Magnificat, BWV 733

J.S. BACH: Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel hoch," BWV 769

GUSTAV HOLST (1874-1934), transcr. Henry G. Lay: Chaconne from First Suite for Military Band, Op. 28, No. 1

ANDREA GABRIELI (c. 1533-1585): Canzon detta "Qui la dira"

JEHAN ALAIN (1911-1940): Variations on a Theme by Clément Jannequin

MARY BETH BENNETT (b. 1954): Hommage à Langlais: Song of Peace in a Time of War

DANIEL E. GAWTHROP (b. 1949): Kyrie and Lux Aeterna from Requiem for Organ

JOHANNES MATTHIAS MICHEL (b. 1962): Swing Five: Erhalt uns, Herr

JOSEPH BONNET (1884-1944): Variations de Concert, Op. 1