Sunday, February 23, 2014 2:30pm
Experience the sonic splendor of Brass and Organ in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis.
Hear the 7,621 pipes of the Great Cathedral Organ and a quintet of St. Louis Symphony Brass players in this special performance of brass and organ music, written to be performed in a space such at the Cathedral Basilica.
Cathedral Organist Gereon Krahforst will be joined by a St. Louis Symphony Brass Quintet featuring:
Karin Bliznik, trumpet
Caroline Schafer, trumpet
Jonathan Reycraft, trombone
Roger Kaza, horn
Mike Sanders, tuba
Program:
Eugène Gigout Grand Choeur Dialogué (Organ+Brass)
1844 – 1925
Anton Bruckner Ave Maria (Organ+Brass)
1824 – 1896
Alexandre Guilmant Morceau Symphonique op. 88
1837 – 1911
(arr. for trombone and organ by Klemens Schnorr)
Richard Wagner Prelude to the 3rd Act of “Tannhaeuser” (Organ Solo)
1813 – 1886
Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto in C after A. Vivaldi, BWV 594
1685 – 1750
Claude Debussy Girl with the Flaxen Hair
1864 – 1918
Alexandre Guilmant Finale alla Schumann
1837 – 1911
John Cheetham Allusions (Brass)
b. 1939
Giovanni Gabrieli Canzon Septimi Toni
1554 – 1612
George Frederick Handel Ouverture from “Occasional Oratory” (Organ solo)
1685 – 1750
Gustav Mahler Finale from 3rd Symphony “What God tells me”
1860 – 1911
Tickets: $17, $12
Tickets available at the door beginning at 1:30 PM.
Welcomed by
Paul Mittelstadt