Sunday

September 9, 2007

4:00 P.M.

John Paul

Organist and Choirmaster

St. Andrew’s Cathedral

Six neglected movements from the organ symphonies

of Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937).

Subtitled: Please don’t make me play that bloody

Toccata again!

Symphony VIII 1. Moderato

(A tango of great robustness and just a touch of vulgarity)

Symphony IV 3. Scherzo

(A real joke for all except the performer)

Symphony II 1. Prelude

(Lush and erotic, reminiscent of Wagner)

Symphony VI 3. Intermezzo

(Sounds more like Brahms than Widor)

Symphony II 4. Adagio

(A Widor slow movement to die for)

Symphony VIII 3. Allegro

(Another superb example of Widor’s ability to write in canonic form)