Piping Up! Organ Concert Honoring Alexander Schreiner | July 28, 2021
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2021
- Piping Up Episode #116
Broadcast Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Organist: John Longhurst, Clay Christiansen
Venue: Tabernacle
1. Meditation on a Theme by Alexander Schreiner - Darwin Wolford
2. Maestoso in C-sharp Minor† - Louis Vierne
3. Thy Spirit, Lord, Has Stirred Our Souls - Robert Cundick
4. Hunting Horn Scherzo† - Alexander Schreiner
5. Lyric Interlude† - arr. by organist
6. O My Father† - arr. by organist
7. O Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean - Alexander Schreiner
† Listener requested selection
The new organ concert series, Piping Up: Organ Concerts at Temple Square, will stream at 12:00 p.m. (mountain) on Wednesdays. Each concert will feature a different Tabernacle or Temple Square organist. A PDF of the organ concert programs will be posted online on the organ concert event page for all patrons who are interested: tabchoir.org/pipingup
(Please note: this event is filmed without an audience.) Noon organ recitals have been a tradition on Temple Square for more than a century. The current pandemic has halted this tradition temporarily, but now via the internet the noon organ recitals will resume without an audience but with full COVID-compliant precautions. The five accomplished Tabernacle and Temple Square organists Richard Elliott, Andrew Unsworth, Brian Mathias, Linda Margetts, and Joseph Peeples will be featured in a new concert series. The concerts will be presented each week on Wednesday at 12:00 noon. (mountain).
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I am a regular viewer of "Piping Up!" broadcasts. I found this program dedicated to Dr. Alexander Schreiner to be one of the best broadcast programs. I had the privilege of meeting Dr. Schreiner at the organ console in the Tabernacle in 1969 following a broadcast of the Choir and organ. His recording of The Great Organ at the Mormon Tabernacle stirred my soul as a young organist. Hearing John Longhurst and Clay Christiansen play this concert made me remember and imagine Dr. Schreiner himself again at the console. Host Luke Howard gave an outstanding in-depth commentary on Dr. Schreiner and his exemplary musicianship and artistry. Thank you for sharing this beautiful concert in memory of Dr. Schreiner.
What a great and treasured memory!
Thank you for sharing it.
Thank you so much for this tribute to Brother Alexander Schreiner. A great job by both Brother Longhurst and Brother Christiansen. Back in the 1960's I was the organist at another church in my home town in Ohio. My desire to listen to Brother Schreiner play the Tabernacle Organ brought me to listen each week to Music and the Spoken Word. Brother Schreiner and Elder Evans taught me the Gospel of Jesus Christ so that when the missionaries came to our door in 1975 I was ready to join The Church. My family and I have been members ever since. Several years later, through a phone call arranged by a mutual friend, I was privileged to talk with Brother Schreiner and personally thank him for his part in bringing the Gospel into our lives. He was very gracious. I will never forget that call.
That is a wonderful story! Thank you for sharing it... Very touching.
Alexander Schreiner is a legendary giant organist performer and a giant in musicianship. Thank you for these beautiful series of Organ Concert "Piping Up! "
Thank you so much for this wonderful program. Dr. Schreiner was a superb musician. I only had to hear the organ entrance prior to the choir's entrance in "Gently Raise" to know that he was playing. I love playing the great French organ works due to his influence. He played most of them on Music and the Spoken Word. I was one of the lucky few, amongst my colleagues, who got to see him perform on tv. Music and the Spoken Word was televised weekly in the Syracuse, NY area ('60s & '70s). It was amazing. In those days the organist played an organ work as well as a hymn arrangement. His harmonizations of the hymns were always uniquely his. Clay Christiansen's use of the organ and his playing so closely resembles Dr. Schreiner's, it's almost like Dr. Schreiner is playing. Thank you again for this wonderful tribute.
So true!
How wonderful it was to have these accomplished emeritus organists return to honor Brother Schreiner's tremendous work.
What a treat!
This is a magnificent tribute to an extraordinary world-famous icon of the 20th century musical universe. Alexander Schreiner's influence extended far beyond the organ profession, the Tabernacle Choir or the Mormon Church. Eugene Ormandy--the celebrated conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra--proclaimed that "the three greatest Christian musicians of the 20th century were, no doubt, Albert Schweitzer, Pablo Casals, and Alexander Schreiner." It was a great joy to hear Tabernacle emeritus organists John Longhurst and Clay Christiansen performing their teacher's music, and of course the final clip of Schreiner's own virtuosic rendition of the last movement of the Mendelssohn Sonata in F minor was a treasure to be savored...again and again! Many thanks to all who made this remarkable program possible: recording staff, Drs. Longhurst and Christiansen, and Prof. Howard, whose commentary was both illuminating and inspiring.
I so agree!
This has to be at the very top of the list of my favorite Piping Up performances! ❤
So glad I stumbled across it because I didn't discover PU until 6 months after this episode aired. PU has been such a blessing - bringing me joy and peace, especially during Covid, but also now.
A beautiful concert honoring a beautiful man and his music. I remember when he was at the organ and Richard L. Evans was at the podium. Watching your amazing footage of Alexander playing the last movement of the Mendelssohn Sonata in F minor without any sheet music in front of him just amazed me that someone could remember all those complicated interactions of keys and foot pedals, let alone having all of one's hands and feet in constant motion. For me, my left hand still does not know what my right hand is doing, so perhaps it's even more amazing to me than it is to someone who can do these types of things. Bravo Alexander Schreiner!
What a fantastic recital! Thank you to those who filmed this so sensitively and for the insightful commentary. I found the Lyric Interlude especially emotional because it was played with such exquisite sensitivity. I grew up watching John and Clay at that organ so this was like coming home!
Todays program is my most recent favorites. As a young man, I was witness to this organist, composer and teacher. I feel blessed to remember him and his service. As in the score of The Messiah, “And thanks be to God” for him!
Thank you for this wonderful Wednesday recitals that liven our faith and stir our souls. Thanks to the organist that you partner with each week, and thanks be to God for your clear and passionate narrative that always makes the program informative and enlightening!
Bravo! Well said, I couldn't agree more!
I was fortunate to hear Schreiner in recital at UCLA back in the early 1970’s. Though in his 70s and looking rather frail he, as I recall from 50ish years ago, played beautifully
This has been one of my favourite episodes
The words spoken before broadcasting brother Schreiner"s performance were just what I needed to hear.
Thank you so much.
Marvelous ! Thank you as always !
Beautiful music.🌞
This was absolutely wonderful - thank you!
Thanks for the wonderful recital & interesting history of the Tabernacle & its performers. I think Alexander Schreiner appears on some recordings I have on record.
Deeper life
Impressive
Good morning 💗🌄 To you 💖 all
In loving memory of Brooke and Lynn
I would be grateful if you could tell me the name of the Hymn played in between on the Organ.
Thank you for uploading the Classic video .
Was it "O My Father"? Or "Thy Spirit Lord, has Stirred our Souls" ?
He played both hymns in this program.
Why write it down when it's in your heart ❤ If God heard it its good enough.
A.S.great to see vintage footage of the actual person your speaking of. He had long hands! They bent like a spider, almost looked too long for the keys! I agree, life long learning 👍🙂🇨🇦 will now be googling what 40,000 ___ was in 1929? Lighting excellent, even the heart around the organist 💜
You write it down so other people can hear someone play it when the heart that wrote it has passed on to greater things in the hereafter. If it's not written down, then it is lost forever, except to God and A.S. And you likely would have never heard it in order to comment on it. So, you see, writing it down serves as a means for generations beyond A.S. to enjoy what you just enjoyed.
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