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D I A PA S O N
JANUARY 2022
Little Flower Catholic Church
Saint Louis, Missouri
Cover feature on pages 20–21
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THE DIAPASON Editor’s Notebook
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One Hundred Thirteenth Year: No. 1, Happy New Year 2022
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these instruments, some small, others large, is presented here.
The Gruenstein Award This church is a center of musical life.
CONTENTS Nominations for our second Gruenstein Award are accepted This month’s cover feature spotlights the new instrument by
through January 31. The award honors the work of a young Kegg Pipe Organ Builders for Little Flower Catholic Church,
FEATURES
scholar through a feature-length article in the May 2022 issue. St. Louis, Missouri. The modest organ of three manuals, 26
A history of the organs of Saint John Cantius
Catholic Church, Chicago, Illinois Submissions of articles are sought from those who have not yet ranks provides a wide array of colors.
by Stephen Schnurr 12 reached their 35th birthday by January 31, 2022. For further
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In the wind . . . by John Bishop 10 organ, church music, harpsichord, and carillon.
Summer conferences, workshops, conventions, etc.
REVIEWS In this issue An upcoming issue will include our list of summer conven-
New Recordings 22 John Bishop, in “In the Wind . . .,” muses on various organs tions, conferences, workshops, and other gatherings around the
New Handbell Music 24 he has known through his lifetime, from very small to very large globe to enrich your continuing education. If your institution is
instruments. St. John Cantius Catholic Church of Chicago, sponsoring an event that should be featured in this list, please
CALENDAR 24 Illinois, has a fascinating history in the city’s Polonia area, and be certain to send me the appropriate information this month.
RECITAL PROGRAMS 27 the parish pipe organ history is just as interesting. My essay on Virtual and in-person events are welcome for listing. Q
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2021 In Review—An Index 30
Here & There
Correction The event concludes with a student relationships for increased partnership
In “Harpsichord Notes,” December performance on the Longwood Organ. and engagement with the local commu-
2021, p. 8, the name of the harpsichord The four students selected to participate nity and other music organizations.
THE builder and performer was misspelled will have housing and meals provided Paul Fritts’s father, Byrad Fritts, was
D I A PA S O N
JANUARY 2022
and should have been Colin Booth. in the cost of tuition. For information: a member of the music faculty at Pacific
emoody@longwoodgardens.org and Lutheran in the 1950s. The elder Fritts
longwoodgardens.org. taught piano and organ performance,
Education music composition, theory, and conducted
the Concert Chorus. The organbuilder
was commissioned to build the univer-
sity’s Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ in
Lagerquist Hall in the Mary Baker Rus-
sell Music Center. Paul Fritts recently
Little Flower Catholic Church
Saint Louis, Missouri
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provided a similar gift to the University of
Washington School of Music, Seattle (see
“Here & There,” May 2021 issue, p. 3).
COVER For information: plu.edu.
Little Flower Catholic Church,
Saint Louis, Missouri; Kegg Pipe Organ
Builders, Hartville, Ohio 20
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Harpsichord est symphonic organs, built in 1930 by Department of Music. In addition to for music at the cathedral. For informa-
Aeolian with four manuals, 146 ranks. creating the first endowed chair for the tion: jaxcathedral.org.
KIMBERLY SCHAFER Students study with Longwood Principal department, the fund will support pro-
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Carillon
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JOHN BISHOP Music, Philadelphia. There will be a mas- studies. The endowed chair will also four-episode series of videos featuring
In the wind . . . terclass presented by Nathan Laube. prioritize strengthening and building ³ page 4
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Here & There
³ page 3 six-year tenure, MacDonald elevated the
the role of young organists in encourag- profile of the organization through stra-
ing, promoting, and enlivening congre- tegic planning, creative business part-
gational song. Each video is available nerships, and major community events
for free viewing and download and such as Merry Madness and Downtown
includes an interview conducted by Worker Appreciation Day. For informa-
Nathaniel Gumbs, director of chapel tion: foko.org.
music at the Yale Institute of Sacred
Music, New Haven, Connecticut, and a
member of The Diapason’s 20 Under
30 Class of 2017.
Each episode opens with a featured
young artist performing a hymn accom-
paniment or a hymn-based organ work.
The organists are Carolyn Craig, a Mas-
ter of Music degree student at the Yale
Institute of Sacred Music and a member
of The Diapason’s 20 Under 30 Class of
2019; Asriel Davis, a Master of Music
degree student at Syracuse University;
Clara Gerdes, music director for Most
Holy Redeemer and Nativity Parish, New Alexander Pattavina
York, New York; and Joshua Zentner-
Barrett, minister of music for Kanata Alexander Pattavina is appointed
United Church, Ottawa, Ontario, Can- associate organist and choirmaster for
ada. For information: thehymnsociety. St. Bartholomew’s Church, New York,
org/the-organ-congregational-song. New York. In this role, Pattavina will
direct St. Bartholomew’s Choristers,
work closely with St. Bart’s Singers and
Appointments St. Bartholomew’s Choir, and serve as
organist in services and concerts.
Pattavina was first drawn to church Participants in the 28th Texas Regional Carillon Conference, Austin
music as a chorister at St. Paul’s Choir
School, Harvard Square, Cambridge, The 28th Texas Regional Carillon Conference was held October 22–23, 2021,
Massachusetts. The position of organ in Austin, Texas. The event attracted 23 carillonneurs from across the country. Fol-
scholar was created there for him while lowing open tower time and a host recital by Alex Johnson (a member of The Dia-
he was still a high school student. Pat- pason’s 20 Under 30 Class of 2021), Kimberly Schafer and Austin Ferguson, both
tavina then came to New York City to former carillonneurs at University of Texas, performed recitals to end the first day’s
earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees in events. The second day started with a lecture by Jesse Ratcliffe on reviving dormant
organ at The Juilliard School. While at carillons. Alex Johnson presented a detailed analysis of Roy Hamlin Johnson’s New
Juilliard, he served as organ scholar at River Nocturne. Loyd Lott offered an update on the re-installation of the Glasscock
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church on the Memorial Carillon at First Baptist Church, Corpus Christi. The 2022 regional confer-
Upper West Side and later at Christ ence will be held in Corpus Christi in October.
Adam MacDonald Church, Bronxville, New York, where
he assisted with their choral program for
Adam MacDonald is appointed children and youth. For the past three Division. He is also a composer whose There he directs the music ministry
executive director of Friends of the years, Pattavina has served as director of Christmas carol “All in a Stable Cold and program and collaborates with six other
Kotzschmar Organ (FOKO), Merrill music at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Bare” was published by Hal Leonard in staff musicians and various volunteers,
Auditorium, Portland, Maine. MacDon- Midtown Manhattan. 2018. For information: stbarts.org. plays for all services, directs the handbell
ald will work with the board of directors As a recitalist, Pattavina has performed choirs, and works with Augustana Arts
in shaping the future of the organization at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, on concerts and musical outreach. He
while advancing the organ’s place on the New York City; Mechanics Hall, Worces- previously worked for fourteen years at
cultural stage of Portland, New England, ter, Massachusetts; Trinity Church Second Presbyterian Church, St. Louis,
and beyond. Copley Square, Boston; and Methuen Missouri, where he oversaw the reno-
MacDonald has worked in Maine’s Memorial Music Hall, Methuen, Mas- vation of the 1965 Schantz organ and
nonprofit sector for over 15 years. Most sachusetts, among other venues. In founded the Couts Music Series that
recently, he served as marketing direc- 2019, he won the Albert Schweitzer provides free cultural outreach to the
tor for Portland Downtown. During his Organ Competition, Young Professional community. In addition to playing solo
organ recitals and leading hymn festivals,
Peters accompanies silent films starring
Harold Lloyd.
Beginning in 2013 Peters was
ensemble organist with the St. Louis
Andrew Peters Symphony. He has played under conduc-
tors including Karina Canallakis, Andrew
Andrew Peters is appointed minister Davis, Stéphane Denève, Matthew Halls,
of music and organist for Augustana Bernard Labadie, Gemma New, David
Lutheran Church, Denver, Colorado. ³ page 6
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Here & There
³ page 4 John Chappell Stowe and Andrew in 1998 by Émile Jobin, modeled after a
Robertson, Nathalie Stutzmann, and Schaeffer of Luther Memorial Church. 1773 instrument by Christian Gottfried
Masaaki Suzuki. His first season included Of particular note, the organ will feature Friederici Gera in the collection of the
performing Benjamin Britten’s Peter a Grand Choir division comprising pedal Musée de la musique, Philharmonie de
Grimes at Carnegie Hall on what would stops extended to play on the manuals Paris. For information: benjaminalard.
have been the composer’s 100th birthday. through electric action. The instrument net and harmoniamundi.com.
As a member of the American Guild will replace Austin Organs, Inc., Opus
of Organists, Peters has volunteered in 2449, a 56-rank organ installed in 1966.
numerous capacities. A graduate of St. For information: taylorandboody.com.
Olaf College and the Cleveland Institute
of Music, he studied organ and church 1888 Mauracher organ, Bad Ischl,
music with Agnes Armstrong, Douglas Austria Recordings
Cleveland, Carla Edwards, John Fergu-
son, Wilma Jensen, Barbara and Noel recent years has increasingly developed
Piercy, and Todd Wilson. He has been concepts for maintenance, refurbish-
featured as a guest commentator on the ment, renovation, restoration, and
radio program Great Sacred Music and reconstruction of existing pipe organs.
organist on Pipedreams. His music is Significant projects include the 2016
published by Augsburg Fortress, Morn- restoration of the 1901 Cavaillé-Coll/
ingStar Music, and Paraclete Press. For Mutin organ in the Tchaikovsky Conser-
information: augustanadenver.org and vatory, Moscow, Russia, and restoration
andrewjpeters.com. of the five-manual gallery organ in St. Fogliano to Froberger: A Century of
Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna, the largest Ricercars
organ in Austria, completed in 2020.
Organbuilders Upcoming projects for Rieger include Raven announces new CDs. Fogliano
renovation of the organ of the cathedral to Froberger: A Century of Ricercars
in Luxembourg, restoration the 1898 (SBCD-221, $16.98), features British
Furtwängler & Hammer organ in the harpsichordist and keyboard instrument
Auenkirche, Berlin, Germany, as well A Love So Fierce: The Complete Solo Or- builder Colin Booth. Three instru-
as restoration (with Christian Scheffler) gan Works of David Ashley White ments built in the Italian style by Booth
of the “Kaiser-Jubiläums-Orgel” of 1888 are used in the recording: an undamped
by Matthäus Mauracher in Bad Ischl, Acis Productions announces a new ottavino copied after a 17th-century
Austria, an instrument on which Anton CD, A Love So Fierce: The Complete original; a more powerful, double-strung
Bruckner regularly gave recitals. For Solo Organ Works of David Ashley 17th-century harpsichord; and a very
information: rieger-orgelbau.com. White (APL61020), featuring organist small 16th-century single-strung harpsi-
Daryl Robinson. This is the first com- chord. The program includes works by
mercial recording of 1938 Aeolian-Skin- Claudio Veggio, Girolamo Frescobaldi,
ner Organ Company Opus 976 in Christ and Jacob Froberger.
Church Cathedral, Houston, Texas,
where Robinson is cathedral organ-
ist. The four-manual organ currently
consists of 90 ranks. For information:
acisproductions.com.
Lewtak organ, Fairview Moravian
Church, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Lewtak Pipe Organ Builders has
completed an overhaul of the organ at
Fairview Moravian Church, Winston-
Salem, North Carolina. The work
included creating an all-new winding Rendering of Taylor & Boody Organ-
system, replacement of the electronic builders instrument for Luther Memorial Sounds Lost But Not Forgotten
control system, several updates to the Church, Madison, Wisconsin
console, cleaning the entire instrument Sounds Lost But Not Forgotten (OAR-
and all pipework from 39 years of accu- Taylor & Boody Organbuilders, 173, $15.98) is a 2-CD set of music for
mulated dust, and revoicing of all ranks. Staunton, Virginia, has been commis- flute and organ with The Hot Air Duo
The organ was originally built by sioned to build a new organ for Luther Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete (J. Bryan Dyker, flute, and George
Steiner-Reck in 1983 and later updated Memorial Church of Madison, Wiscon- Works for Keyboard, Volume 5, Weimer Bozeman, organ, both organbuilders,
by Reuter Organ Co. It features 30 sin. The three manual, 75-rank organ 1708–1717, Toccatas and Fugues as well). Released for the first time in
ranks, 30 stops available on two manuals will be installed in twin cases in the 2021, the recordings were professionally
and pedal. For information: lewtak.com. rear gallery of the church. Installation is Harmonia Mundi announces a new made in 1991 and 1992 at St. James’s
expected in 2026. 3-CD set, Johann Sebastian Bach: The Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia,
The restoration department at Rieger The tonal design of the instrument Complete Works for Keyboard, Volume with the church’s 84-rank Rieger organ
Orgelbau, Schwarzach/Vorarlberg, Aus- is the result of a collaboration between 5, Weimer 1708–1717, Toccatas and built in 1974. The organ was destroyed in
tria, has been recently expanded and in Aaron Reichert of Taylor & Boody and Fugues (HMM 902463.65), performed a church fire in 1994. The discs include
by Benjamin Alard. The first disc was works for flute and organ by Everett Tit-
recorded on the 2009 Quentin Blumen- comb, Fauré, Ravel, Hindemith, Kropf-
roeder organ at the Temple du Foyer reiter, Emil Petrovics, and Otto Nicolai;
de l’Âme, Paris, France. Disc 2 features works for organ alone by Bartok and
a 1993 pedal harpsichord by Philippe Ernst Pepping; and works for flute alone
Humeau, modeled after a 1720 instru- by Robert Muczynski and Karg-Elert.
ment by Carl Conrad Fleischer. The third For information: ravencd.com.
disc was recorded on a clavichord built ³ page 8
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Here & There
Nunc Dimittis
Rudolf Jan “Rudy” Zuiderveld,
75, of Jacksonville, Illinois, died Octo-
ber 29, 2021, in Jacksonville. He was
born November 26, 1945, in Gron-
ingen, the Netherlands. He married
Sharon DeWind on August 10, 1968,
at Bethany Christian Reformed
Church, Bellflower, California.
Zuiderveld earned his AB degree
from Calvin College, Grand Rapids,
Michigan, in 1967 and, after being
drafted, served in the United States
Army during the Vietnam War from
1969 to 1971. Following his discharge,
he earned his Master of Music degree
from the University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, in 1972 and eventually earned
his Doctor of Music degree from Rudolf Jan “Rudy” Zuiderveld
the University of Iowa, Iowa City, in Trinity English Lutheran Church cha- NIchole Keller at the dedication recitals
1978. He served as an instructor at Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa, teaching pel as installation of Dobson Opus 41 for Dobson Opus 41, August 22, 2021
assistant at the University of Iowa, and assistant professor at Southwest State began
University, Marshall, Minnesota, before moving his family to Jacksonville in
1980. He served in the music department at Illinois College, Jacksonville, from Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Lake City, Iowa, has moved its Opus 41, built
1980 until his retirement as chair of the music department in 2010. in 1988 for Second Christian Reformed Church of Pella, Iowa, to Trinity English
Zuiderveld served on the board of directors of the McGaw Fine Arts Series Lutheran Church, Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Sold by the Pella church when it resolved to
on the Illinois College campus for many years and was a member of the Ameri- construct a new building too small to accommodate it, the mechanical-action instru-
can Guild of Organists and Pi Kappa Lambda. In addition, he served as organ- ment was moved to Ft. Wayne by Dobson with the considerable assistance of Trinity
ist for First Presbyterian Church, Springfield, Illinois, for 30 years and was a Church’s volunteers.
member of Faith Lutheran Church, Jacksonville. The 17-rank organ is located in Krauss Chapel, a 100-seat space with a fine acoustic.
Rudolf Jan Zuiderveld is survived by his wife, Sharon, and by three sons, To accommodate its new surroundings, the organ was tonally re-regulated, the former
Nicholas (Krissy Gilhooly) Zuiderveld of Denver, Colorado; Loren (Anne Swell doors were replaced with more conventional shades, and a new pediment was
Polick) Zuiderveld of Chicago, Illinois; and Mark Zuiderveld of Jacksonville; as constructed for the top of the case to tie it visually to the room. Nicole Keller, associ-
well as five grandchildren. ate organist at Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, Ohio, played identical back-to-back dedi-
A memorial service was held November 6, 2021, at Faith Lutheran Church, catory recitals to capacity crowds on August 22, 2021. (See also “Recital Programs,”
Jacksonville. Memorials are suggested to Faith Lutheran Church, 1385 W. page 27 of this issue.) Robert Hobby is Trinity Church’s director of music, and Evan
Walnut St., Jacksonville, Illinois 62650. Q Anderson is associate director of music. For information: dobsonorgan.com.
³ page 6 Church, Los Angeles, California, with Paolo Cima, edited by Gary Penkala, through August. Opening the new year is
vocalists of the church. Selections are for two equal voices and continuo; and a verse setting for organ, Orison on Rock
available for download from various Communion Antiphons for Eastertide of Ages, an American hymntune dating
online platforms. For information: fccla. (3029, $4.50), by Colin Brumby and from 1832. A three-verse hymn for organ
org/the-mass-album. Gary Penkala, for SATB and organ. For and unison voices, Sing the Waters Ever
information: Flowing, will be available in February.
canticanova.com. Beginning in March, publications will
Publishers include Variations on Wondrous Love;
Augsburg Fortress announces Edition Walhall announces a new in April, Bach Birthday Album with
publication of two new volumes in its organ publication: XII Pensieri per five transcriptions and arrangements of
Augsburg Organ Library, Series II: Lent l’Organo, op. 3, by Giovanni Maria familiar compositions; Fantasy on Down
(978-1-5064-4810-7, $45), with 43 pieces Casini (1675–1719), edited by Jolando Ampney will appear in May; and a Handel
by various composers, and Easter (978- Scarpa, volume 2, pensieri 7–12 (EW harp concerto transcription for June, all
1-5064-4811-4, $45), with 35 pieces. For 1202, €17.50). The compositions were for solo organ. July will feature arrange-
information: augsburgfortress.org. first published in 1714 in Florence. For ments for carillon of three traditional
information: edition-walhall.de. American anthem tunes, while in August
CanticaNova Publications announces there will be an organ transcription of a
The Mass, Patrick Cassidy new choral and organ publications: Four Vivaldi concerto for lute and strings.
Chorale Trios, Volume 1 (6003, $5.95), All upcoming PDF files will be avail-
Supertrain Records announces the by Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, edited able on a monthly basis through the
premier recording of Patrick Cassidy’s by Gary Penkala; All Creatures of Our online home page. Numerous compli-
The Mass, arranged for choir and organ. God and King (4212, $2.85), by Robert mentary issues from previous seasons
The recording was made virtually and Benson, for SATB, organ, and trumpet continue to be accessible. For informa-
features David Harris and Christoph in C; Faithful Cross (3165, $1.85), by tion: frumuspub.net.
Bull, director of music and organist, Raymond H. Clark, for SATB; Exaudi
respectively, of First Congregational Domine (7002, $1.90), by Giovanni MorningStar Music Publishers
announces new publications of organ
duets. Four Duets for Organ (10-458,
$19), compiled and edited by Michael
Burkhardt, includes “Pastorale” by
Franz Berwald; “Fantasie in C Minor,”
by Adolph Frederich Hesse; “Fughetta
für vier Hände,” by Gotthilf Wilhelm
Körner; and “Bounding Ball Polka,” by
Thomas Payne Westendorf. A Spiritual
Romp for Two (10-047, $18), by Nicho-
las White, is part of the publisher’s
Chenault Organ Duet Series. For infor-
Church of Saint Jude the Apostle Orison on Rock of Ages mation: morningstarmusic.com.
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
Three manuals – forty ranks Fruhauf Music Publications Tim Knight Music announces new
announces new complimentary PDF organ publications: Organ Music for
scores to be featured from January Solemn Occasions (TMK 825, £12.95)
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Here & There
contains five pieces of no more than Competitions
three minutes length each by Stephen The Incorporated Association of
Barber, Annette Butters, Ryan Giraldi, Organists (IAO) and the Royal Col-
John Rossiter, and Derry Bertenshaw; lege of Organists (RCO) announce
Sortie (As with Gladness) (TMK 862, their 2022 IAO-RCO Organ Playing
£4.25), by Alejandro D. Consolación, II; Competition for young organists aged
and Four Short Pieces for Manuals Only 18 to 26 as of July 1. Six competitors will
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timknightmusic.com. three advancing to the final round the
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Carillon News new Reuter organ in St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Edmond, Oklahoma
The Franco Committee of the
Guild of Carillonneurs in North Andrew Schaeffer performed a recital to inaugurate the new Reuter organ at St.
America (GCNA) received five student Mary’s Episcopal Church, Edmond, Oklahoma, November 21, 2021. The instrument
composer/performer pair applications for incorporates chests and pipework from the church’s previous 1976 Reuter organ
grants in 2021 and has selected two pairs (Opus 1899) and the 1962 Reuter organ formerly in First United Methodist Church,
to receive funding. The award recipients Pittsburg, Kansas (Opus 1358). The new instrument was designed collaboratively
are Emily O’Mahoney (performer) and between JR Neutel, president of the Reuter Organ Company, and the late Roger
Ethan Sifferman (composer), both at Banks, who was the Oklahoma sales representative for the Reuter firm and also a
Organa Europæ 2022 the University of California, Santa Bar- member of St. Mary’s Church. For information: stmarysedmond.org.
bara; and Claire Janezic (performer)
Oberlin Librairie announces its and Jacob Leibowitz (composer). Jane-
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featuring the photography of Pierre Liebowitz is at the Manhattan School new grant program for hosts of fall/ St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville, Min-
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tian Lutz, with 13 organs from Belgium, through early 2022 to compose and pants, including organizers and leaders Abbey Church: January 23, hymn festival
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venia, Austria, France, Germany, Italy, recorded and shared online. phen’s Church), Lee Leach, Margaret Unity with the National Lutheran Choir
Spain, and Switzerland. Calendars from St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Angelini, and Margaret Pan. Ellen and the St. John’s Boy Choir; February
the years 2007 through 2021 are available Cohasset, Massachusetts, hosted a Dickinson was the featured presenter 26, Greg Zelek with Canadian Brass. For
for $15 each. Payment is accepted by carillon symposium and masterclass on and led the afternoon’s performance futher information:
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In the wind...
Spice is the variety of life. even hundreds of organs of all shapes
Wendy and I love to cook. We send and sizes. Let me tell you about some of
recipes from newspapers back and forth the organs I have known.
and thumb through cookbooks planning
what the next fun will be. We have picked Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1203
up the vernacular of Asian, Middle East- (1951)
ern, and Caribbean dishes. We grill and The organ at The First Church of
smoke meat and vegetables outside at Christ, Scientist (also known as the
our place in Maine (running a smoker in Mother Church), in Boston, Massachu-
a New York City apartment is frowned setts, is a mighty instrument with 241
upon), and we even have a lamb-sized ranks, 166 stops (that’s right, lots of com-
charcoal rotisserie that has produced pound stops), more than forty ranks of
several memorable holiday events. reeds, ten sets of celestes, and forty-two
Some years ago, my brother and his independent ranks in the Pedal division
wife gave us an assortment of spice mixes alone. I was organ curator there for around
from a local boutique, and I have been fifteen years in the 1980s and 1990s, and
ordering stuff from them ever since. managing its care was the challenge of a Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1203, The First
Something as simple as their Tellicherry lifetime. While many organs of this scale Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston,
peppercorns are a revelation. The name had more modest beginnings and were Massachusetts (photo credit: William T. Van
Pelt)
does not refer to a place of origin, but gradually increased in size, #1203 was 1977 Flentrop Orgelbouw organ, Trinity
rather to the larger size of the pepper- built as one opus number all at once, and pieces by Handel, Bach, Krebs, and the Episcopal Cathedral, Cleveland, Ohio
(photo credit: William T. Van Pelt)
corns. Open the jar, take a whiff, and you its original design is breathtaking. It is Vivaldi/Bach A-minor concerto. I’m a big
know you are into something special. We three stories tall and three “departments” guy, and I felt as if I was riding a tricycle.
have Caribbean seasoning with dried wide, with the thirty-eight-rank Swell An elderly couple, members of the Heaven,” the Reverend Coffin shouted,
orange peel, chili peppers, and ginger division (including a full-length 32′ Kon- church and one of the first couples to “I haven’t heard that one in years,” ran
that adds a dimension to grilled chicken. trafagott and 51⁄3′ Quinte Trompette) at “come out” in Provincetown, gathered over to the choir, and joined in, every
We have a Moroccan spice rub that the center. The Solo division that includes the money to pay for the organ by col- verse memorized long ago.
is heavenly on grilled pork tenderloin the Cor des Anges on twenty-five inches lecting returnable cans and bottles. They
with pilaf on the side, and a Merguez of wind speaks through a round grille rooted through restaurant dumpsters, Flentrop Orgelbouw (1977)
mix often found in lamb sausages that is high in the room to the left of the organ. combed the beaches, collected empties Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Cleve-
marvelous on a butterflied leg of lamb. While I was sitting next to a colleague lis- from their friends, and they raised more land, Ohio, is a lovely Gothic building on
We have an artisanal butcher near us tening to Catharine Crozier’s recital at an than $25,000—a nickle at a time. It is a Euclid Avenue, just east of downtown.
in Maine (I often send him photos of my American Guild of Organists convention, parish tradition to have a potluck dinner I was a student at Oberlin and working
outdoor triumphs), three or four organic my friend leaned over and whispered to on the Fourth of July ahead of the fire- for John Leek when the Flentrop organ
farms, and as we are on the Maine coast, me, “This organ is a gold mine at mezzo works display over the water. Tom tried a was delivered there. John was a first-gen-
there are lobster, oysters, clams, scallops, piano.” And it is loaded with real gold, piece of cake and went back for a second eration Hollander and friends with the
and all sorts of fish. We keep a small too. There is an acre of gold leaf on the piece. Thinking no one was looking, he people at Flentrop, and we were hired
garden with basil, oregano, sage, and magnificent display of façade pipes. swooped back and walked off with the to help with the installation. The organ
chives. I consulted for a private school I was thrilled to play “First Night” entire cake. Someone whispered to the arrived from Rotterdam to the Port of
in Thailand in 2010, where I learned a concerts there several years in a row woman who had brought the cake, and Cleveland on the container ship Calliope,
few magic hints about how to achieve with a brass quintet from the Boston she replied, “I’m glad he liked it.” and we carried the bulk of the organ up
authentic flavors, and my pad thai is a Symphony Orchestra and audiences of I maintained that organ for about the stone steps into the cathedral. I was
family favorite. Our daughter and son- more than 3,000. Thinking that I would twenty years, visiting once a year whether used to the three-manual Flentrop at
in-law live in Bay Ridge in Brooklyn, be the big man at the helm of that huge it needed it or not. The drive to Provinc- Oberlin that was dedicated in Novem-
home of a wonderful middle eastern organ, I learned a lesson about the power etown covers all points of the compass. ber of my freshman year, and was deep
Halal market, and as our son-in-law is of the bass line from Chester Schmidt, After crossing the bridge from the main- into historic performance practices, so I
Greek, we have discovered rich sources tubist for the BSO, whose rhythmic drive land, you drive east to Orleans, north to noticed with interest when I carried a box
of Greek ingredients in Astoria, Queens. meant I had a tiger by the tail. Truro, west into Provincetown, and south of expression shutters into the cathedral.
As the day ends, an hour and a half to the church. It is about 115 miles from A small organ loft with a spiral stair-
in the kitchen is a time for reflection, Bedient Pipe Organ Boston, a long way to go for three stops. case had been prepared, and we set up
creativity, special little tastes, and mar- Company Opus 42 (1994) scaffolding towers on each side so we
velous aromas. Add to that the smell After he retired from a long ministry in Roy Carlson (ca. 1968) could hoist the heavy parts. I was on top
of woodsmoke and a cocktail, and all is Winchester, Massachusetts, my father was I was director of music at Centre Con- of the growing tower with Jan Radenfüh-
right with the world. interim rector of Saint Mary of the Har- gregational Church in Lynnfield, Massa- rer, the church’s sexton, when it looked
bor Episcopal Church in Provincetown, chusetts, for almost twenty years where as though we were going to run into the
Variety is the spice of life. Massachusetts. It is a lovely little church the Carlson organ had three manuals slope of the ceiling. Jan gave a shove and
Consider the clarinet. While clari- right on the fabled beach, with a rectory and thirty-six ranks. Every stop was use- moved the tower from the top, an experi-
netists know the differences from one next door, a swell place to spend time. ful, and several of them were beautiful; ence that informed me that, while I was
instrument to another, to the untrained The organ is about as far as you can otherwise the organ was unremarkable. not afraid of heights, I sure was afraid
eye one clarinet looks pretty much like get from the Mother Church, tracker There were two open 16′ flues, Princi- of falling. In those days I was the young
the next. The same applies to violins, action with three stops, 8′ Gedackt, 4′ pal and Spitzflute, that spoke promptly strong guy. I wore a leather holster as if I
flutes, trumpets, and pianos. But com- Rohrflute, and 2′ Praestant. Oh, and and well, and two expressive divisions. was carrying a flag in a parade and walked
pare a monumental organ with hundreds there is a pedalboard with a coupler. It I played this organ more than any other slowly up a ladder with each shiny façade
of ranks of pipes to a three-stop continuo is barely six feet tall, and sitting on the instrument I have known. The chapel pipe hanging from my belt, while others
organ, and even a skilled organist might bench, you can wrap your arms around was air-conditioned, so we worshipped above me balanced and guided them.
shake his head. It is hard to imagine that the case. While Dad was serving there, there in the summer. We used the main Leaving the cathedral at the end of the
the two can be the same instrument. I I played an evensong recital for the sanctuary for forty Sundays each year, so day, we turned back to look at the organ,
have had rich experiences with dozens, congregation, a program of sweet little I guess I played more than 750 services. and the façade was basking in blue and
Twenty weddings a year made the total red light from the afternoon sun shining
nearly 1,500, plus recitals and more. I through the stained-glass windows.
$IWHU\HDUVZHWRR was comfortable at the organ, played Daniel Hathaway was organist of the
all sorts of repertoire, and led the choir cathedral, a friend from my teenage
DUHMXVWJHWWLQJVWDUWHG through all the usual masterworks.
There was a large, dedicated choir
days, and together we played four or five
duo-recitals, four hands on the Flentrop
room under the chancel. It was a luxu- and with the smaller Flentrop that had
rious space, but a little musty as it was been installed a couple years earlier.
a basement room, so I bought a couple Beethoven and Rossini sounded great
dehumidifiers to take care of the piano, in Werckmeister. Michael Jupin, who
the music library, and the people, but had been associate rector to my father in
they did not seem to work. I had asked Winchester, was dean of the cathedral.
the custodian to maintain them, and it My first wedding was held at Trinity
took a few weeks before I realized that with Mike, my father, two of my uncles,
he was filling the tanks. and my godfather as vested priests.
For the 275th anniversary of the par- That was the first big organ installation
ish, our pastor, Mark Strickland, went for I participated in, and it was a formative
the gold and invited William Sloane Cof- experience to work and socialize with the
fin to speak at the celebratory banquet. talented people from the Netherlands.
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a review of hymns that might have been Johann Georg Fux (1736)
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10 Q THE DIAPASON Q JANUARY 2022 WWW.THEDIAPASON.COMBy John Bishop
with round towers with minarets, and
the organ has a commanding position
high in the front of the room. I played
there with and for George for about
two years and have been back to visit
the organ many times since. This organ
has a famous twin, Opus 288 (1860) in
Saint John’s Catholic Church in Bangor,
Maine, making a spectacular pair of pre-
Civil War instruments.
The Congregational Church was
about two-and-a-half miles from our
house, and I often walked the distance.
One afternoon I arrived at the church
and realized I had forgotten my key. No
problem, one of the big windows was (photo credit: Félix Müller)
unlocked, so I opened it and climbed
Fürstenfeld Kloster, 1736 Johann Georg through. The thing is, the police station When I got home from the beach, I
Fux organ (photo credit: John Bishop) was next door. I told the friendly officer learned there had been a slew of tele-
1860 E. & G. G. Hook Opus 283, First that I was the organist and had forgotten phone calls. I had missed the concert.
organbuilder, and I made a few side trips Congregational Church, Woburn, Mas- my key, and he believed me. To deepen the embarrassment, it was
to see and hear iconic organs. The organ sachusetts (photo credit: William T. Van Pelt) As my senior year of high school the organist of my home church where
by Johann Fux in the Fürstenfeld Kloster was ending and commencement was Dad was rector, whose daughter was in
in Fürstenfeldbruck is a knockout. The Opus 283 is a large, three-manual approaching, I agreed to accompany the chorus, who answered the call from
church is one of those Rococo master- organ with trumpets on the Swell and a concert of the all-elementary chorus the stage if anyone in the house could
pieces with side altars with spiraling col- Great, lots of lovely color, a big Double in a school near my house. I attended accompany the concert.
umns, murals, and statues everywhere— Open Wood Diapason, and a walloping a couple rehearsals, and all was well. Oh remember not the sins and offenses
an army of carved angels. The organ is Possaune [sic] with wooden resonators. Friends suggested we go to the beach of my youth, but according to Thy mercy,
in the second balcony, high enough that The case has elements of Moorish design after church. Sure, sounds like fun. think Thou on me, O Lord. Q
it looks small. One reaches the organ by
climbing and climbing and climbing an
ancient stairway at the front of the church
and walking down the length of the build-
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from above. That’s when you realize that
while it has fewer than thirty stops, those
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WWW.THEDIAPASON.COM THE DIAPASON Q JANUARY 2022 Q 11Pipe organ history
A history of the organs of
Saint John Cantius
Catholic Church,
Chicago, Illinois
By Stephen Schnurr
A s one travels the John F. Kennedy
Expressway on the north side of
downtown Chicago, one can count the
Kostka and other Polish parishes in this
area of the city. Saint Stanislaus had
become the largest parish in the world in
towers of five impressive church edifices 1892, and, thus, a division of the parish
that comprise the principal history of of 8,000 families had become necessary.
Chicago’s Polish Catholics. The heart The mother parish was located approxi-
of Chicago’s “Polonia,” the neighbor- mately one mile away in its Patrick C.
hoods nearby, has been home to a large Keely-designed edifice constructed
number of immigrants who came to the between 1877 and 1881 and housing
United States from Poland or are of Pol- Johnson & Son opus 553, a two-manual,
ish descent. In 1950, Chicago had the thirty-three-rank organ.
largest Polish population outside the The Reverend John Kasprzycki, C.R.
city of Warsaw. Today, Polish is the third (Congregation of the Resurrection),
most frequently heard language in this was appointed first pastor of Saint John
city, behind English and Spanish. Cantius, a congregation with an immedi-
This is a tale of a church founded for ate roster of 2,000 families. In acquiring
success with large numbers of faithful, the present property on North Carpenter The nave of Saint John Cantius Catholic Church from the upper west balcony
only two generations later experiencing Street between West Fry and Chicago
alarming decline. Scheduled to close, the Avenues, some twenty residences were of the parish. The upper church was com-
parish managed to turn itself around and demolished for the new parish campus. pleted and blessed by Archbishop Fee-
is now thriving once again, a jewel box The cornerstone of the church was laid han on December 11, 1898. Construction
of sacred art and architecture, a model by Archbishop Patrick A. Feehan on Sep- cost was $130,000. The Romanesque edi-
of traditional liturgy, and a home for tember 4, 1893. A crowd of an estimated fice was designed by Adolphus Druiding.
the performing arts, sacred and secular. 25,000 attended the event, with music A German native then living in Chicago,
While many churches have removed their provided by twenty-seven Polish singing Druiding designed Saint George and
organs or cannot afford to maintain them, societies. By November, the parish school Saint Hedwig Catholic Churches in Chi-
here is a parish with no fewer than four was opened in the basement section of cago, as well. Seating 2,000 persons, Saint
pipe organs, all in regular use, for ritual the building. The rectory, located at the John Cantius Church measured 230 feet
or for concert, or both! Indeed, one could corner of Carpenter and Fry, was blessed long, 107 feet wide.
have an “organ crawl” at one address. on December 20. The lower church was Father Eugene Sedlaczek, C.R., was
Saint John Cantius Catholic Church blessed by Feehan on Christmas Eve, named second pastor of Saint John Can-
was founded in 1893 to relieve the and the first Mass was celebrated the fol- tius in 1899. Within two years, he over-
overcrowded parish of Saint Stanislaus lowing day, the traditional founding date saw the interior decoration of the church.
Saint John Cantius Catholic Church,
Chicago, Illinois
The Reverend Stanislaus Rogalski,
C.R., was named fourth pastor in 1902.
The following year, construction for the
present school building commenced,
completed in November. The school
SPECIALISTS IN PIPE ORGAN LOGISTICS and the rectory were designed by Henry
Schlacks of Chicago. A clock and bells
were installed in the 130-foot tower
• Rigging and Hoisting and the church interior painted. Father
• Special Commodities Trucking John Kosinski, C.R., became fifth pas-
tor in 1909. Under his leadership,
• Dismantling and Installation magnificent stained-glass windows were
• Extra experienced hands in installed in the church. The Reverend
your workshop Stanislaus Siatka, C.R., became pastor
in 1915. New concrete stairs of monu-
mental proportions were created in
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Patrick J. Murphy & Associates, the Noack remodeled to become an auditorium,
Organ Company, Richards, Fowkes & Company, and a convent constructed. (At one
Paul Fritts and Company, Ortloff Organ Company, point, the convent housed forty-seven
and Emery Brothers School Sisters of Notre Dame.) By the
parish silver jubilee on December 25,
Hoisting Bourdon 32, Holy Trinity Church, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia 1918, membership climbed to 23,000
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the school.
12 Q THE DIAPASON Q JANUARY 2022 WWW.THEDIAPASON.COMThe nave toward the rear galleries with the Kilgen organ case in the upper balcony
The organ by an unknown builder that formerly stood in the north balcony (photo cour-
tesy Saint John Cantius Catholic Church)
8′ Open Diapason 61 pipes Swell to Pedal
(wood & metal) Swell to Great in Sub-Octave
8′ Stopped Diapason (wood) 61 pipes Swell to Great
8′ Salicional (metal) 61 pipes Swell to Great in Super Octave
8′ Aeolina (metal) 61 pipes
4′ Gemshorn (metal) 61 pipes Accessories
4′ Flute Harmonique 61 pipes Forte Combination Great and Pedal Stops
(metal) Piano Combination Great and Pedal Stops
2′ Flageolet (metal) 61 pipes Forte Combination Swell and Pedal Stops
III Dolce Cornet (metal) 183 pipes Piano Combination Swell and Pedal Stops
8′ Oboe & Bassoon (metal) 61 pipes Tremolo
Great to Pedal Reversible
PEDAL Balanced Swell Pedal
16′ Double Open Diapason 30 pipes Balanced Crescendo Pedal
(wood) Bellows Signal
16′ Bourdon (wood) 30 pipes Wind Indicator
8′ Violoncello (metal) 30 pipes
8′ Floete (wood) 30 pipes
The January 1, 1919, issue of The
Diapason noted that a W. W. Kimball
Couplers Company organ was dedicated at Saint
Great to Pedal John Cantius in December of 1918.
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The upper west balcony and the Bogue organ, utilizing the case and console shell of
the former Kilgen organ (photo courtesy Saint John Cantius Catholic Church)
In the 1950s, numerous neighborhood The first organ of record in Saint John
homes were demolished to make way for Cantius Church was A. B. Felgemaker &
what would become known as the Ken- Son Opus 723, installed in the choir gal-
nedy Expressway, a project that drasti- lery (the upper of two balconies) in the
cally changed the parish environs. Parish rear of the nave in 1900.
membership, which had been in decline,
would drop even more drastically. The 1900 A. B. Felgemaker & Son
school closed in 1967. At one point, the Opus 723
parish itself was to be shuttered.
The decline of the parish was reversed GREAT (Manual I)
16′ Double Open Diapason 61 pipes
Paul Jacobs
in the late 1980s with the appointment (metal)
of the Reverend C. Frank Phillips, C. 8′ Open Diapason (metal) 61 pipes
R., as pastor, and the parish was soon 8′ Doppel Floete (wood) 61 pipes
vibrant and growing, with member- 8′ Viola da Gamba (metal) 61 pipes
ship coming from great distances. The 8′ Dulciana (metal) 61 pipes
4′ Octave (metal) 61 pipes
Canons Regular of Saint John Cantius, 4′ Flute d’Amour 61 pipes
a religious community of men, was (wood & metal)
founded in the parish in 1998, and 3′ Octave Quinte (metal) 61 pipes
this organization now administers the 2′ Super Octave (metal) 61 pipes
parish. The church interior has been III Mixture (metal) 183 pipes
thoroughly restored and enhanced, 8′ Trumpet (metal) 61 pipes
complemented with countless religious SWELL (Manual II, enclosed)
artworks now on display throughout the 16′ Bourdon 61 pipes
entire parish campus. (treble and bass, wood)
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