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Organ Series
vive le Canada!

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Marnie Giesbrecht
and Joachim Segger


Organ Duets:
Four Hands, Four Feet

Vive le Canada!
Our Heritage,
Our Music,
Our Friends


Program #1
Here’s to Canada and Our Heritage
Thursday, July 29. 11:15am. St. James’ Church. $32.
Open Seating. One hour.

Prelude and Fugue in C Major Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
(1736-1809)

Sonata in D Major, K 381 Wolfgang Amadeus
  Allegro
Andante
Allegro molto
(Arranged for organ duet by Duo Majoya)

Mozart
(1756-1791)
Sonata in d minor, Op. 30 (1857) Gustav Merkel
  Adagio
Allegro con fuoco; Fuga

(1827-1885)
Marche Militaire Op. 51 No. 1 Franz Schubert
  (Arranged for organ duet by Duo Majoya) (1797-1827)

Sinfonietta for Organ Four Hands (1993) Denis Bédard
  1. Intrada
2. Scherzo
3. Hymne
4. Carillon
(b. 1950)

Program #2 – Here’s to Canada and Our Friends
Friday, July 30. 11:15am. St. James’ Church. $32.
Open Seating. One hour.

Rhapsody on American Hymntunes (2007) Charles Callahan
(b. 1951)

Variations on an Easter Theme (1986)
(O Filii et Filiae)
John Rutter
(b. 1945)

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (1997) Michael Burkhardt
  Siciliano
Carillon

(b. 1957)
Ragtime an Organ Duet, op. 49 (1987) Charles Callahan

Petite Suite pour orgue quatre mains (1996) Denis Bédard
  Introduction
Fanfare
Lied
Scherzando

(b. 1950)
Rhapsody for Organ Duo (1992) Naji Hakim
  I Allegro molto
II Andante sostenuto
III Vivace
IV Andante tranquillo
Quodlibet
(b. 1955)

Program #3 – Musical Memories of two Canadian Organists
Saturday, July 31. 11:15am. St. James’ Church. $32.
Open Seating. One hour.

Dance Suite for Organ Duet (1997) (7 1/2) Jacobus Kloppers
  Habanera and Minuet
Polka and Cakewalk

(b. 1937)
Variations on an Original Theme (1971/73) Barrie Cabena
(b. 1933)

Trilogie pour orgue quatre mains (1992) Denis Bédard (b. 1950)
  Cortege
Reverie
Danse

 
From the Musical Memoirs of a Canadian Organist (1993) Jacobus Kloppers
  The Improvisational Genius confounded by Organ Gremlins
 
    (Praise My Soul)

 
St. Anne: (“O God Our Help”)  
  a. Hymn singing with the 1940 Casavant Pipe Organ
b. The Youth Group’s Rendition on their new Electronic Hardware

Music for the Rite of Holy Matrimony:
 
    Disagreement between the Duly-Appointed Organist, Roy L. Flair and the truly Adamant Mother-of-the-Bride, Grace Macnifeek
    (Clarke’s “Trumpet Voluntary” vs Wagner, Mendelssohn and “Amazing Grace”)

Toccata and Feud BTW 565 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
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