Recorded on the unaltered 1880 Cavaillé-Coll organ of Église Saint-François de Sales, Lyon, France
Aeolus announces a new organ recording, Olivier Messiaen: La Nativité du Seigneur (AE11401, SACD), recorded on the unaltered 1880 Cavaillé-Coll organ of Église Saint-François de Sales, Lyon, France, featuring Mark Steinbach, Brown University organist and distinguished senior lecturer in music.
St. Mary's Cathedral, San Francisco, presents Sunday Afternoon Musical Meditations:
Sunday, April 14, 4:00 pm: Verve Trio with Chia-Lin Yang, Piano.
Sunday, April 21: NO RECITAL
Sunday, April 28, 4:00 pm: Octavio Mujica and Carlo Maynez, Cello.
Sunday, May 5, 4:00 pm: Cathedral Choir School Spring Concert.
Sunday, May 12, 4:00 pm: Christoph Tietze, Organ.
Sunday, May 19, 4:00 pm: Folias Duo: Carmen Maret, Flute, and Andrew Bergeron, Guitar.
Sunday, May 26, 4:00 pm: David Hirst (UK), Organ.
Won by JJ Mitchel
The Diapason received a record number of worthy entries for its third Gruenstein Award, a process that ended January 31. The award recognizes excellence in scholarship and writing by a young person who has not reached their 35th birthday. This year’s winning essay is by JJ Mitchell, a member of The Diapason’s 20 Under 30 Class of 2021. The first installment of his essay will be featured in the May 2024 issue of The Diapason.
From the Organ Historical Society
The Organ Historical Society announces a new book, M. P. Möller: The Artist of Organs, The Organ of Artists (9780913499894, $79.95), by Bynum Petty, a revised and enlarged second edition of Petty’s original study of M. P. Möller, An Organ a Day.
Zoe Kai Wai Lei is a passionate performer known for her impressive technique and imaginative musical programming. Named among the “20 under 30, Class of 2021” by The Diapason magazine for her achievements in organ, carillon, and harpsichord, Dr.
Died March 3 at his home in Fort Collins, Colorado
James Elwin McCray, music professor and administrator, choral conductor, and composer, died March 3 at his home in Fort Collins, Colorado, following a period of declining health. He was born February 27, 1938, in Kankakee, Illinois, and received degrees from Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, and Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. He earned a Ph.D. degree in music from the University of Iowa, Iowa City.
A. E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Company celebrates its 50th anniversary.
Died October 15, 2023
James Wyly died October 15, 2023, in Oaxaca, Mexico. He was born November 15, 1937, in Kansas City, Missouri, and was educated in public schools. He graduated in 1959 from Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, where he majored in English and studied organ at nearby Smith College with Henry Mishkin. He then enrolled in the new Doctor of Musical Arts degree program at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, earning his degree in 1964.
Christopher Houlihan plays Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Opus 65, Number 1, by Felix Mendelssohn.
Performed at St. James Church, Los Angeles; David John Falconer Memorial Organ (originally built in 1911 for St. Paul’s Pro-Cathedral, Los Angeles, by Murray M. Harris), Austin Organs, Inc., Opus 2762, 1995; 91 ranks, 7 divisions, and some 5,000 pipes.
The organist Christopher Houlihan has established an international reputation as an "intelligently virtuoso musician” (Gramophone), hailed for his "glowing, miraculously life-affirming performances" (Los Angeles Times). Houlihan has concertized at major venues throughout the United States, including the Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.), the Kimmel Center (Philadelphia), Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco), and Walt Disney Concert Hall, where he performed with the principal brass of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
