Monday, August 15, 2011

At The Organ: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, 'Suite de pieces pour violon et orgue, op. 3' & 'Impromptu, op. 78 no. 1'



[TOP: Airs and Romances, Works for Violin and Organ, Vol. 4 – Raven OAR 510 BOTTOM: Around the World in Under Eighty Minutes – Arkay AR6169]

August 15 is the birthday of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912), who is profiled at AfriClassical.com. The composer was remembered yesterday in a weekly one-hour program which can be heard online anytime. His music is taken from the above recordings. In this edition, works of composers Vincent Persichetti, Jacques Ibert and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor are performed:

(1) Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Impromptu, op. 78 no. 1
James Welch
Around the World in Under Eighty Minutes – Arkay AR6169
1986 II/21 Schoenstein
St. Elizabeth’s Church, San Francisco, CA

(2) Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Suite de pieces pour violon et orgue, op. 3 – Contemplation
Ardith Lohuis, Robert Murray, Violin
Airs and Romances, Works for Violin and Organ, Vol. 4 – Raven OAR 510
1929 IV/52 E.M. Skinner, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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