Austin Organ Farewell Concert

Posted on Sun, May 18, 2025

Program

Welcome
Andrew Schaeffer, Director of Music
Jacob Dowgewicz, Austin Organs, Inc.

Prelude and Fugue in B Major, Opus 7, No. 1
Marcel Dupré (1886–1971)
John Chappell Stowe

Een Vaste Burgt
Cor Kee (1900–1977)
Sandra Erickson

Les Corps Glorieux
VI. Joie et clarté des Corps Glorieux
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
Linda Morgan Stowe

Troisiéme Symphonie in f-sharp minor, opus 28
Louis Vierne (1870–1937)

Litanies (JA 119)
Jehan Alain (1911–1940)
Gary Lewis

Christ ist erstanden Niels
Otto Raasted (1888–1966)
Rev. Paul Finger

Douze Pièces Pour Orgue
I. Prélude
Théodore Dubois (1837–1924)

In Dir ist Freude (BWV 615)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Bruce Bengtson

Celebration
Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951)
Linda Morgan Stowe

Adagio for Strings (Transcribed for Organ by William Strickland)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Mark Brampton Smith

Thanksgiving at the Disposition of the Organ

Reading Colossians 3:16-17

Thanksgiving

Doxology

*Première Symphonie in D minor, opus 14
VI. Finale
Louis Vierne
Andrew Schaeffer

*This piece was performed by Robert Baker at the conclusion of the dedication recital in January 1967.