From the age of 11 until his death, Felix Mendelssohn played and composed music for the organ. On The King of Instruments we’re acknowledging Mendelssohn’s significant contribution to music through composition and his role in fostering the renewal of interest in the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, and his birthday, which is February 3rd. Happy 215th birthday, Felix!
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
Sponsored this week by Con Spirito Concert Series
Playlist
Title: War March of the Priests
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Organist: Thomas Trotter
Album: Grand Organ Prom – Regent REGCD322
Organ: 1871 IV/177 Willis/Mander, Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase
Title: Sonata in A major, op. 65 no. 3
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Organist: Alison J Luedecke
Album: A Rudolph von Beckerath Retrospective – Raven OAR 610
Organ: 1962 IV/93 Beckerath, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase
Title: Theme and Variations in D major
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Organist: Angela Kraft Cross
Album: Felix Mendelssohn – A 200th Birthday Album – Compass Audio CA7125
Organ: 1801 III/20 Pike, St. Margaret Lothbury, London, England
Title: Prelude in E minor for Piano
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Organist: Christa Rakich
Album: A Tribute to Yuko Hayashi – Loft LRCD-1139
Organ: 2008 II/31 Richards, Fowkes and Co, Duke University, Goodson Chapel, Durham, North Carolina USA
Title: Hebrides Ouverture (Fingal’s Cave)
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Organist: Frederick Hohman
Album: Symphomania – Pro Organo CD 7077
Organ: 1998 IV/95 Schoenstein, First-Plymouth Congregational Church, Lincoln, Nebraska USA
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Prelude in F
Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn
Organist: Christa Rakich
Album: Deferred Voices: Organ Music by Women – AFKA SK527
Organ: 1933 III/68 Kilgen, St. Justin’s Church, Hartford, Connecticut USA
Title: Longing – from Seven Characteristic Pieces
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Organist: Richard Elliott
Album: In the Shadows of the Everlasting Hills – Pro Organo CD 7036
Organ: 1947 V/206 Aeolian-Skinner/Schoenstein, Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah USA
Title: Bridal March (Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Organist: Douglas Major
Album: Marches – Gothic G18828
Organ: 1963 IV/186 EM Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner, National Cathedral, Washington, DC USA