played by Thomas Brown, Minister of Music
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Thomas Brown
Welcome. I’m delighted to offer some of my favorite music recorded during performances at University Church. As with any live and un-edited recordings, these tracks contain audience noise and even a wrong note or two (and always in the worst places!), and so I ask your patience. Yet, live recordings also provide a communication and energy difficult to achieve any other way. Although it’s not possible to record the organ or choir during our regular worship, I hope this music, performed and professionally recorded at special concerts, will in any case give a taste of the musical life of University Church.
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At the Organ
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH 1685-1750
From Das Orgelbüchlein:
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
(I call to Thee, Lord Jesus Christ) BWV 639
Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein
(When in the hour of utmost need) BWV 641
SIGFRID KARG-ELERT 1877-1933
O Gott, du frommer Gott
(O God, Thou Faithful God, Op. 65)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN 1809-1847
Sonata I in F minor, Op. 65
1. Allegro moderato e serioso
2. Adagio
3. Andante Recit.
4. Allegro assai vivace
MAX REGER 1873-1916
Toccata in D minor, Op. 59, No. 9
LOUIS VIERNE 1870-1937
Naiades (from 24 Pièces de Fantaisie, Op. 55)
At the Piano
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH 1685-1750
ITALIAN CONCERTO, BWV 971
MILY BALAKIREV 1830-1910
Au jardin (In the Garden, 1884)
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1770-1827
SONATA IN A-FLAT MAJOR, Op. 110
I. Moderato cantabile, molto espressivo
II. Molto Allegro
III. Adagio, ma non troppo…
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN 1810-1849
Scherzo in C-sharp minor, Op. 39
Sonata in B minor, Op. 58: Presto non tanto; Agitato
CLAUDE DEBUSSY 1862-1918
Hommage à Rameau (from Images, Book I)
La Puerta del Vino (from Préludes, Book II)
Reflets dans l’eau (from Images, Book I)
ENRIQUE GRANADOS 1867-1916
The Maiden and the Nightingale (from Goyescas)
CHARLES GRIFFES 1884-1920
The White Peacock (from Roman Sketches, Op. 7)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN 1809-1847
From Songs Without Words:
Venetian Gondola Song in F-sharp minor, Op. 30, No. 12
Spinning Song in C Major, Op. 67, No. 34
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF 1873-1937
Prelude in G-sharp minor, Op. 32, No. 12
MAURICE RAVEL 1875-1937
Sonatine
I. Modéré
II. Mouvement de menuet
III. Animé
SERGEI PROKOFIEFF 1891-1953
Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83
III. Precipitato