Piping Up! Organ Concerts at Temple Square

“Rigaudon,” from “Idomenée” – André Campra (166-1744), arr. Virgil Fox (1912-80).

Performed by Richard Elliott.

“Sinfonia,” from Cantata No. 49, “Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen,” BWV 49 – J. S. Bach (1685-1750), arr. Sybolt and Euwe de Jong.

Performed by Linda Margetts and Joseph Peeples

“Fantasia” – Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

Performed by Andrew Unsworth

“Andante sostenuto” from Symphonie gothique – Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)

Performed by Brian Mathias

“Toccata on Amazing Grace” – J. Christopher Pardini (b. 1973)

Performed by Linda Margetts

In 1960, famed American organist Virgil Fox took a little-known “Rigaudon”—an instrumental dance—from the 1712 opera Idomenée by André Campra, and published it in a slowed-down, majestic version for solo organ. It soon became a favorite organ processional.

Bach composed the cantata “Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen” in 1726, during his fourth year in Leizpig. The opening instrumental sinfonia was based on an organ concerto (now lost) Bach had composed some years earlier. This transcription for organ duet was made by brothers Sybolt and Euwe de Jong.

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford based his 1910 “Fantasia” on a hymn tune (ENGELBERG) he composed himself in 1904. The tune was originally intended to accompany the hymn “For All the Saints.” This “Fantasia” was published alongside an “Idyll” as Stanford’s Op. 121.

Although titled “Symphonie gothique” (1895), this work is technically Charles-Marie Widor’s ninth organ symphony—the previous eight were numbered instead of named. It was called “Gothic” in honor of the Church of St. Ouen in Rouen, France, which houses one of the most famous Cavaillé-Coll organs. The Andante sostenuto movement is the second of four movements.

The hymn text of “Amazing Grace,” by former slave-trader and abolitionist John Newton, was first published in 1779. The melody was published separately in 1829, and it wasn’t until 1835 that this Scottish-influenced tune (known as NEW BRITAIN) was matched with Newton’s words. The “Toccata on Amazing Grace” was written by the American organist and composer J. Christopher Pardini, and published in 2001.

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