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Format: Digital Audio CD
Label: PRO ORGANO
Catalog Number: CD 7253
Length: 76’ 15”
Tracks: 12
Organ: Aeolian-Skinner / Quimby
Venue: Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City
Recorded: 10/12/2011
Released: 04/27/2012
Producer: Frederick Hohman
Notes Author: Ken Cowan
Notes Language: English
Graphics Format: 12pp book, traycard, jewel box
UPC #: 636077725326
Ken Cowan is one of North America’s finest concert organists. Praised for his dazzling artistry, impeccable technique and imaginative programming by audiences and critics alike, he maintains a rigorous performing schedule which takes him to major concert venues in America, Canada, Europe, and Asia. Recent feature performances have included appearances at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa California, Philadelphia’s Verizon Hall, Spivey Hall, and Walt Disney Concert Hall, as well as concerts in Germany and Korea. In addition, Mr. Cowan has been a featured artist in recent years at the national conventions of the American Guild of Organists held in Los Angeles and Minneapolis, has performed at many regional conventions of the AGO, and has been featured at several conventions of the Organ Historical Society and the Royal Canadian College of Organists. Numerous critically acclaimed compact disc recordings are available by Mr. Cowan. Many of Mr. Cowan’s recordings and live performances are regularly featured on the nationally distributed radio show PIPEDREAMS from American Public Media. A native of Thorold, Ontario, Canada, Mr. Cowan received the Master’s degree and Artist Diploma from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, studying organ with Thomas Murray. Prior to attending Yale, he graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where he studied with John Weaver. Mr. Cowan is Associate Professor of Organ at Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, NJ, where he was awarded the 2008 Rider University Distinguished Teaching Award. Previous positions have included Associate Organist and Artist in Residence at Saint Bartholomew’s Church in New York City, Assistant Organist posts at St. James Episcopal Church, the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin in New York City, and Saint Clement’s Church in Philadelphia. He has also been on the roster of Associate Organists for the famous Wanamaker Grand Court organ in Philadelphia.
01 • Prelude to Act 3 – Lohengrin • Richard Wagner, trans. Edwin H. Lemare • 4’20”
02 • Deux Esquisses, Op. 41 – I – E minor • Marcel Dupré • 3’1″
03 • Deux Esquisses, Op. 41 – II – B-flat minor • Marcel Dupré • 4’35”
04 • The Soul of the Lake, Op 96 No 1 • Sigfrid Karg-Elert • 5’56”
05 • Fuge, Kanzone und Epilog (from Dritte Sinfonische Kanzone), Op 85 No 3 • Sigfrid Karg-Elert • 11’56”
06 • Tu es petra (from Byzantine Sketches) • Henri Mulet • 4’49”
07 • Prélude sur l’Introit de l’Epiphanie • Maurice Duruflé • 2’36”
08 • Fugue sur le thème du Carillono des heures de la Cathédrale de Soissons • Maurice Duruflé • 3’38”
09 • Grand Choeur Dialogué • Eugène Gigout • 5’43”
10 • Variations on a Theme by Paganini – A Study for the Pedals • George Thalben-Ball • 7’24”
11 • Elegy • George Thalben-Ball • 5′
12 • Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue • Healey Willan • 17’12”
