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    The Casavant Frères organ (opus 2871) at St. George's Memorial Anglican Church Oshawa, Ontario, Canada (1966) - Samples by Ken Bales
    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Toccata and Fugue in F, BWV 540Download
    The Toccata is an exuberant, energy-filled extravaganza with many deceptive cadences at the end. This relatively little-known double fugue is enjoyable in its own right, however. The first subject is chromatic and the ornaments are preserved throughout. The second subject enters on the Swell and is a jumpy little thing. When the first theme reënters in the alto, though, Bach surprises us by following it with a pedal entrance of the second theme. [12:33] MO
    Karg-Elert, Sigfrid: Nun lasst uns Gott dem Herren, Op. 65, No. 31Download View Lyrics
    Subtitled "Allemande" but with unusual bravura, even for this composer. Impulse reverberation added. [2:54] MO
    Vierne, Louis: Canzona, Op. 31, No. 12Download
    The last piece in Book One of Opus 31 is marked Andante cantabile, and contains the instructions"Récit Trompette" for the plaintive melody and "G.O. Flûtes" for the deliciously doleful accompaniment. [4:43] Midi file available. MO
    Franck, César: Fantaisie in C MajorDownload
    In four main sections, marked Poco lento - restful with a canon in the middle; Allegretto cantando - containing rather virtuosic counterpoint; Quasi lento - amazing sonic buildup and letdown; and Adagio - strangely comforting, like the soft movements at the end of each Mendelssohn Sonata. [9:8] MO
    Doles, Johann Friedrich: Auf meinen lieben GottDownload View Lyrics
    Doles was a pupil of Bach and the second to succeed him as cantor of St. Thomas of Leipzig. The cheerful accompaniment surrounds rather prosaic statements of the Chorale on reed stops. [2:24] MO
    Scheidt, Samuel: Wir glauben all' an einen GottDownload View Lyrics
    Though it starts like a 3 voice fughetta between Swell and Pedal, the Chorale is soon sounded boldly on the Great, with a very active Pedal part. [2:30] MO
    Schumann, Robert: Fugue 1, Op. 60Download
    The first of six fugues written on the name of Bach. This is marked "Langsam" ("slowly") and at Ms. 34 "Nach und nach schneller and stärker" (more and more rapid and loud) which does give quite an urgency to the next 25 measures. It would have been ludicrous to carry the accelerando to the very end, however. [5:49] MO
    Weckmann, Matthias: Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'meinDownload View Lyrics
    Lightly decorated chorale tune in the right hand in canon with straightforward chorale in the pedal. [1:46] MO
    Pachelbel, Johann: Magnificat Tertii ToniDownload View Lyrics
    11 fugues based on original subjects. [11:32] MO