The East Texas Pipe Organ Festival announces the release of its new compact disc, Ken Cowan In Concert. Recorded live in recital by Michael Barone of American Public Media’s Pipedreams, this is the first commercially issued recording of the legendary 1951 Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1174 at First Baptist Church, Longview, Texas, in over 60 years (since Catharine Crozier’s two historic recordings of music by American composers).
Recorded during the 2012 East Texas Pipe Organ Festival, the 70-minute recital includes music by Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns, Duruflé, Laurin, Ireland, and Reger. Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1174, four manuals and 87 ranks, was designed by G. Donald Harrison, installed by the Williams Family of New Orleans, and tonally finished by Roy Perry. Its dedicatory recital was played by Virgil Fox.
To order online, visit www.easttexaspipeorganfestival.com, or send a check for $20 (postpaid) to: East Texas Pipe Organ Festival, P. O. Box 2069, Kilgore, TX 75663. The East Texas Pipe Organ Festival is an annual event held each November honoring the life and work of Roy Perry (1906–78) featuring the area’s Aeolian-Skinner pipe organs.
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