The Pipeline - Volume 19 Number 1

Pipeline
THE
A NEWSLETTER FROM
Kathleen H. Adams, Editor
Volume 19, Number 1
Spring 2008
Notations
The Open House reignited local interest
in the Gloucester instrument, Opus 97,
at St. John’s Episcopal Church. The
organist, our own Mark Nelson, has
launched a two-year 20th Anniversary
Series, featuring special services,
concerts, and the ever-popular silent
movies with organ accompaniment. The
pews are filled at these events and
the organ has won many new hearts.
recital by William McCorkle, the organist of the church. Bill has
planned an impressive series of Celebratory Concerts that
includes Lynne Davis, who played there just last week, and
continues into the fall with Patrica Wright and others.
Steve Dieck and Mark Nelson will be attending the
AGO National Convention in Minneapolis
where recitals will be played on our Opus 78
at the House of Hope Presbyterian Church
in St. Paul and Opus 122 at Shepherd of the
Hills Church in Shoreview. Do look for
Steve and Mark for the latest news of the
shop. The convention will also kick off the
International Year of the Organ. For a whole
year, all over the world, organists will feature
their instruments, mount cultural and educational programs, and promote public awareness of the ‘King of Instruments.’ An Organ
Spectacular on October 19th will create a
collective event, with AGO chapters across
the country participating. We encourage all
Fisk owners to lay plans for their own instruments. It is a great opportunity for the pipe
organ to make new friends.
Photo: Dana Sigall
O
n Saturday, January 16, the shop hosted an
Open House for Opus 133, the three-manual
instrument headed for the First Presbyterian
Church in Santa Fe, New Mexico. An article in the
Gloucester Daily Times had invited the public to
see the “ten-ton organ” at the Open House
and a record number of visitors—almost one
thousand—attended, many of them
visiting the shop for the first time. They
admired the workings of the shop and
Opus 133, which was set up and
playing in the Erecting Room, and
were particularly interested in the tours
describing various aspects of organbuilding. The organ has since been
shipped and set up in Santa Fe and
voicing is underway as plans are being
made for the dedication in the autumn.
(Please see our Calendar for dates and
times.)
We have received news of the passing of
Sarah-Maud Sivertsen who was in her 100th
Dean Eckmann builds the model for
year. She and her husband Robert were
Covenant Presbyterian in Nashville
the donors of Opus 78 at House of Hope
and showed a keen interest in the organ
installation and voicing as the project progressed. The granddaughter of timber baron Frederick Weyerhaeuser, Sarah-Maud was a quiet
but generous supporter of the House of Hope Church, Public Radio,
At the shop we are now working on Opus 134 for Covenant
the Schubert Club and many other musical and cultural institutions.
Presbyterian Church in Nashville––while the church is pressing
ahead to complete the new church building by the end of the year.
We also mourn the loss of Fenner Douglass who died in April. From
It is going to be a spectacular space, with grand dimensions, and the
his days as an early Fulbright Organ Scholar, through his long tenure
large three-manual, forty-eight stop instrument is scaled to fill the
at Oberlin and his teaching at Duke and Stanford, he touched
room with sound.
countless lives. A fine performer and brilliant teacher, he was a
The voicing of Opus 130 at the Orange County Performing Arts
Center is nearing completion and each voicing crew has returned
raving about the beautiful concert hall with its silver-clad interior
and its stunning acoustics. A full schedule of exciting inaugural
events (see Page 2) are planned for June, September, and beyond.
Our instrument at the historic Lexington Presbyterian Church in
Lexington, Virginia, Opus 128, was dedicated in January. There was
a Sunday morning Service of Dedication, followed by an evening
champion of the highest standards in both organ building and organ
performance. Fenner and Charles Fisk shared a deep mutual interest
in classical French repertory, practice, and sound. With his late wife,
Jane, Fenner became a long-time personal friend to many of us at the
shop. He will be greatly missed. A memorial service will be held on
May 17 at the Bower Chapel in Naples, Florida.
NEW RELEASES
CROWN IMPERIAL
Mary Preston, Organist
and the Dallas Wind Symphony
Jerry Junkin, Director
C.B. FISK OPUS 100
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
Strauss, Gabrieli, Walton, Tomasi,
Grainger, Wagner, Hindemith, Daugherty
Reference Recordings: RR 112
LE SERMON DE GAÏA
Meditatio XXI, Rui dos Reis
C.B. FISK OPUS 120
Cathédrale de Lausanne
Jean-Christophe Geiser and
Rui dos Reis, Organ
Hiroko Kawamichi, Soprano
Choir of the University of Lausanne
with Percussion Ensemble
Jean-Christophe Aubert, Director
Gallo Recordings: Gallo CD 1236 (also a DVD)
www.lusoformosa.com
HOMMAGE À MESSIAEN
La Nativité du Seigneur
Colin Andrew, Organist
C.B. FISK OPUS 126
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Greenville, North Carolina
Messiaen (and Lionel Rogg)
Loft Recordings: LRCD 1099
GREATER LOVE
Janette Fishell, Organist
with the Choir of East Carolina
State University, Daniel Bara, Dir.
C.B. FISK OPUS 126
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Greenville, North Carolina
Howells, Pearsall, Tippett, Britten,
Ireland, Wilby
Gothic Recordings: Gothic 49256
ORGAN ODYSSEY
Mary Preston, Organist
C.B. FISK OPUS 100
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
Karg-Elert, Vierne, Mendelssohn,
Widor, Ives, Messiaen, Montaine
Reference Recordings: RR-113
THE TRIO SONATAS OF
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Christa Rakich, Organ and Harpsichord
O pus 130
Performed on a Diverse Collection of Period Instruments
including C. B. Fisk Opus 55
Old West Church, Boston
Alice Robbins, cello and viola da gamba
Dana Malben, violin, Wendy Rolfe, flute
Loft Recordings: LRCD 1102-03 (2 CDs)
Inaugural Concerts for
WILLIAM J. GILLESPIE CONCERT ORGAN
ORANGE COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA
Dr. Frederick Swann
Open House ◆ June 29
President of the American Guild of Organists
Demonstrates Opus 130
Lobby Exhibit & C. B. Fisk’s Lecture on
the Organ’s Design and Construction
Paul Jacobs, Organist
Organ Grandeur ◆ Sept. 18-20
Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3. & Bach, Theofanidis, Langlais
with the
Pacific Symphony Orchestra Carl St. Clair, Conductor
Classical Connections Concert ◆ Sept. 21
(abbreviated Opening Concert)
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Hallowe’en Spooktacular ◆ Oct. 18
Family Musical Mornings Series
Olivier Latry, Organist
Concert for Solo Organ ◆ Oct. 19
Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris
Mary Preston, Organist
Cathedral Echoes ◆ Oct. 25
with Pacific Chorale
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www.OCPAC.org
C.B. FISK OPUS 130
Photo: Robert Cornell
ORANGE COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
C O S TA M E S A , C A L I F O R N I A
S P E C I F I C A T I O N
57 voices, 75 ranks, 4,322 pipes
GREAT, MANUAL I
Montre 16'
Montre 8'
Violoncelle 8'
Flûte harmonique 8'
Spire Flute 8'
Octave 4'
Flûte ouverte 4'
Superoctave 2'
Progressive Mixture II-VI
Mixture VI
Cornet III (CC-f 3)
Trompette 8'
Double Trumpet 16'
Trumpet 8'
Clarion 4'
POSITIVE, MANUAL II
Bourdon 16'
Principal 8'
Gedackt 8'
Salicional 8'
Unda maris 8'
Octave 4'
Rohrflöte 4'
Nasard 2 2/3'
Doublette 2'
Flûte à bec 2'
Tierce 1 3/5'
Sharp IV
Cor anglais 16'
Basson 8'
Cromorne 8'
SWELL, MANUAL III enclosed
SOLO, MANUAL IV enclosed
Diapason 8'
Doppel Flute 8'
Octave 4'
Tierce Mixture V
Clarinet 8'
TUBA, FLOATING enclosed
Tuba Magna 16'
Tuba Mirabilis 8'
Tuba Clarion 4'
PEDAL
Untersatz 32'
ext.
Montre 32'
ext.
Open Wood 16'
Montre 16'
from Gt.
Soubasse 16'
Contre Gambe 16' from Sw.
Bourdon 16'
from Pos.
Grosse Quinte 10 2/3'
ext.
Octave 8'
Violoncelle 8'
from Gt.
Spire Flute 8'
from Gt.
Octave 4'
ext.
Tuba Profunda 32'
Tuba Magna 16'
from Solo
Bombarde 16'
Double Trumpet 16' from Gt.
Tuba Mirabilis 8'
from Solo
Trompette 8'
from Gt.
Trumpet 8'
from Gt.
Tuba Clarion 4'
from Solo
Clarion 4'
from Gt.
COUPLERS
AND
ACCESSORIES
Swell to Great
Positive to Great
Positive to Great (mechanical)
Solo to Great
Tuba to Great
Octaves graves Great
Swell to Positive
Tuba to Positive
Tuba to Solo
Great to Pedal
Positive to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Swell to Pedal Super
Solo to Pedal
Kowalyshyn Servopneumatic Lever
General Tremulant
Swell Tremulants (slow and fast)
Contre Gambe 16'
Violin Diapason 8'
Viole de gambe 8'
Voix céleste 8'
Flute Celeste II (Ludwigtone)
Flûte traversière 8'
Bourdon 8'
Prestant 4'
Flûte octaviante 4'
Doublette 2'
KEY ACTION direct mechanical (tracker), except for certain large pipes
Octavin 2'
Plein jeu IV
STOP ACTION electrically controlled
Bombarde 16'
COMBINATION ACTION by Solid State Organ Systems
Trompette 8'
KEY DESK manuals 61 keys CC-c4, naturals of bone, sharps of ebony; pedalboard 32 keys CC- g1
Basson-Hautbois 8'
CASEWORK aluminum leafed
Voix humaine 8'
FAÇADE PIPES polished, burnished tin and wood with aluminum leaf
Clairon 4'
O pus 133
Dedication Recital
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
Larry Palmer,Organist
October 12, 3:00 pm
D u r u f l é , B a c h , D i s t l e r, R . S t r a u s s
C ONCERTS
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AND
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R ECITALS
BOSTON, MA OPUS 44 KING’S CHAPEL
Tuesdays at 12:15
Heinrich Christensen, Organist; Pat Wroge, Saxaphone
Heather Holland, Spirituals
June 3 Brenda Portman, Organist
June 17 Nadia Stevens, Organist
July 1 Young Organists Initiative Showcase Recital
July 8 Robert Knupp, Organist
August 5 Heinrich Christensen, Organist; Gregg Sorensen, Clarinet
August 12 Heinrich Christensen, Organist; Thomas Gregg, Tenor
David Shapero, Baritone
August 19 Josh Lawton, Organist; Steven Serpa, Countertenor
October 7 Jan Overduin, Organist
October 26, 5:00 pm “In Praise of Music”
Britten, Schubert, Purcell,Vaughan-Williams, Pinkham
King’s Chapel Choir, Heinrich Christensen, Director. Ross Wood, Organ
May 20
BOSTON, MA OPUS 55 OLD WEST CHURCH
July 8
July 15
July 22
Summer Concert Series (Tuesdays at 8:00 pm)
Andrew Paul Holman
July 29
David Beyer
James Busby
August 5
Joshua Lawton
Natsumi Malloy
August 12 Margaret Angelini
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ON
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F ISK
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O RGANS
(LAUSANNE) Festival europeen de l'orgue, Fridays at 8:00 pm
Donato Cuzzato (Italy). Bach, Macrcello, Vivaldi, Moretti,
July 25
Vierne, Bossin
August 1 Andrzej Chorosinski (Poland). Surzynski, Chopin, Messiaen, Widor
August 8 E. De Geest (Belgium). Messiaen, Elgar, Duruflé, Bach,
Tournemire, Jongen
August 15 D. Zaretsky (Russia). Bach, Messiaen, Gigout, Kuschnarev, Koehler
August 22 K. Schnoor (Germany). Cocker, Ravanello, Bach, Ireland,
Camonin, Liszt, Wagner
August 29 L. Romiti (Italy). Bossi, Langlais, Hindemith, Mascagni
Fridays at 8:00 pm
September 5
J. Wolff, Organ. Wagner, Bach, Liszt
September 12
K. Koito, Organ. Bach
September 19
M. Bambauer, Organ. Bach, deGrigny, Liszt, Lemare,
Bambauer, Farrington
September 26
P. Thimus, Organ. Buxtehude, Bach, Brahms,
Mendelssohn, Pierné, Dupré
Marathon d'orgue October 3
7:00 pm R. Marki; 8:00 pm M. Clerc; 9:00 pm C. Pahud; 10:00 pm D. Chappuis
LEXINGTON, VA OPUS 128 LEXINGTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
May 4, 3:00 pm
Celebratory Concert with Choirs and Organ
CHICAGO, IL OPUS 123 ST. CHRYSOSTOM’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
MARBLEHEAD, MA OPUS 69 ST. MICHAEL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
May 9, 7:30 pm Roger Stanley, Organist
Duruflé, Bach, Mendelssohn, Franck, Vierne
May 11, 5:00 pm Rosalind Mohnsen, Recital
October 19, 5:00 pm Douglas Major, Recital
DALLAS, TX OPUS 100 DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MEYERSON SYMPHONY CENTER
NEW YORK, NY OPUS 92 CHURCH
May 22, 12:30 pm Organ Demonstration
DALLAS, TX OPUS 101 SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY
CARUTH AUDITORIUM
September 8, 8:00 pm Larry Palmer, Faculty Recital
Bach, Distler, Hindemith, Widor
DOVER, MA OPUS 107 THE DOVER CHURCH
OF THE
TRANSFIGURATION
June 4, 7:30 pm
Arnold Schwartz Memorial Concert
“A Benjamin Britten Blast” Transfiguration choirs and soloists.
A Little Midday Music at the Little Church Around the Corner
Tuesdays, 12:30 – 1:00 pm
May 13 “The Practitioners of Musick”
Gavin Black, Organist, with John Burkhalter, Recorder
May 20 Claudia Dumschat, Organist. Wm. Albright’s “The King of Instruments”
May 18, 4:00 pm Peter Sykes, Recital Meeting House Organ Series
OBERLIN, OH OPUS 116 OBERLIN COLLEGE FINNEY CHAPEL
GAINESVILLE, FL OPUS 119 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
October 31, 8:00 pm Olivier Vernet, Organiste titulaire of Monaco Cathedral
Franck, Widor, Ibert, Alain, Duruflé
September 28, 4:00 pm “Horns & Pipes” Brass and Organ from
University of Florida School of Music
GLOUCESTER, MA OPUS 97 ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
June 29, 10:15 am (after service) Patriotic Music, Sousa Marches
Mark Nelson, Organist with Brass Band
September 28, 4:00 pm Barbara Bruns, Organist 20th Anniversary Recital
KOBE, JAPAN OPUS 132
YASHIROGAKU IN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, CHAPEL
October 17, 12:40 pm Yuko Kogure
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October 18, 12:40 pm Shizuea Ueno
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND OPUS 120 LAUSANNE CATHEDRAL
May 11, 5:00 pm
June 6, 8:00 pm
June 13, 8:00 pm
June 20, 8:00 pm
June 21
June 27, 8:00 pm
July 18, 8:00 pm
w w w. g r a n d e s o r g u e s . c h
Jean-Christophe Geiser, Organ. Concert de Pentecôte.
Bach, Couperin, Messiaen
Olivier Latry, Organ. Tournemire, Duruflé, Langlais,
Vierne, Messiaen, Latry
Frederick Blanc, Organ. Tournemire, Grünenwald, Bach,
Liszt, Fauré, Fleury, Blanc
Franz Loerch, Organ. Bach, Schnizer, Genzmer, Franck,
Kropfreiter, Mozart, Boëllmann
Fête de la musique: 3 visites des grandes orgues
10:00 am 2:00 pm (pour les enfants) 4:00 pm
Arno Hartmann, Organ. Bédard, d'Indy, Menotti,
Messiaen, Franck
J. Neuenschwander – H. Stettler (Organ and Alpine
horn). Choir des Alpes. Bach-Vivaldi, Gade, SaintSaëns, Flück, Medley, Stettler
Listen to Pipedreams: www.pipedreams.com
See our Concert Calendar and much more on
www.cbfisk.com
RICHMOND, VA OPUS 112 ST. JAMES’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
May 3, 10:00 am
May 4, 11:00 am
May 4, 7:00 pm
James David Christie, Master Class
Youth Choir Cantata
James David Christie, Recital
ROANOKE, VA OPUS 124 CHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPAL
2008 Summer Festival of Organ Music Tuesdays at 7:30 pm
July 8 Thomas Baugh with
July 15 Neal Campbell
July 22 Jack Mitchener
Marianne Sandborg, Soprano
SEATTLE, WA OPUS 114 SEATTLE SYMPHONY, BENAROYA HALL
WATJEN CONCERT ORGAN
June 16, 12:30 pm “Adopted by America” Organ Demonstration, Joseph Adam
August 4, 12:30 pm “Wagner” Organ Demonstration, Joseph Adam
SAN LU IS OBISPO, CA OPUS 129 CAL POLY
FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
June 1, 3:00 pm Paul Woodring, Organist. Reger, Hindemith, Pärt,
Grandjany, Woodring, Clokey
TALLAHASSEE, FL OPUS 127 ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
October 28, 3:30 pm Elizabeth LaJeunesse, Recital and Evensong
WINSTON-SALEM, NC FISK OPUS 131/SCHREINER OPUS 6
ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
May 13, 7:00 pm Scott Carpenter
June 3, 7:00 pm Frances Nobert
YOKOHAMA, JAPAN OPUS 110 MINATO MIRAI CONCERT HALL
July 12, 2:00 pm
September 25
September 26
October 9
May 21
June 25
July 23
Guy Bovet, Recital
Concert for children
Genzo Takehisa, Organist and Takeshi Kiriyama, Violin
Hatsumi Miura, Organist and Tomo Yamaguchi, Percussion.
Concert for Children
Dollar Concerts at 12:10 pm
Yuka Ishimaru
August 27
Mineko Kojima
Takeshi Kondoh
September 24 Ryoki Yamaguchi
Rie Hiroe
October 22
Ai Yoshida
Photo: Dana Sigall
PROFILE: D ANA S IGALL
I
f you’ve admired our new website (and we hope you’re a frequent
visitor to www.cbfisk.com) you can thank Dana Sigall. Formerly a
commercial photographer, it is Dana who collected and organized
the information and materials, coordinated our work with each other,
and brokered our ideas and needs to the designers. The result is a
handsome site, kept current with news and information for potential
clients and our extended Fisk family.
Dana came to the shop in 2001 through Scott Ryder, our Director
of Finance. The two had shared a studio in their Art Institute of
Boston days. Knowing Dana’s work and character well, Scott
called on his friend to photograph our organ for the Oberlin
Conservatory and to ‘shoot’ the Open House. Observing Dana's
methodical, quiet engagement with his subjects that day, Rick
Isaacs quipped, “if you’re ever interested in a real job, call us sometime.” As it happened, Dana was at a crossroads. After college at
Ohio University in Athens (and later on staff at the Art Institute
of Boston), Dana had free-lanced for a number of years, making
his mark on projects for Fidelity, Toyota, IBM, GTE, and Merrill
Lynch, among others. Though it was a big change, Dana saw that,
just as in the photography business, “you have layouts, production
meetings, and the requirements of good craftsmanship. You have
to have a feel for what it takes to produce a good outcome.”
Perhaps Dana was reclaiming his earlier interest in music as a profession. He had been an enthusiastic pianist as a boy, wanting to
major in music in college. His parents, thinking it unlikely that
he would make a career as a pianist, lobbied his piano teacher to
dissuade his student from this idea, and Dana wound up going to
art school instead, leaving his family unsure that they had helped
him secure his future!
Now both disciplines play into the skills he brings to C. B. Fisk.
When Dana first arrived here, it was his good fortune that we
were just starting work on the organ for the Lausanne Cathedral.
For more than a year he worked in the woodshop making parts for
our magnum opus, honing his woodworking skills and learning the
intricacies of the instrument. He signed up for the installation,
knowing that the complexity and magnitude of Opus 120 meant
a much longer time on the road than usual. Dana was in
Switzerland for six weeks, returning for the inaugural recitals with
his wife, Gail, a mixed-media artist, and their then 12-year-old
son, Henry. “Henry had just gotten there and I had to go to the
Cathedral to open up. I handed the key to him and he turned it
and opened the door. He was bowled over…that filtered light in
the huge room, the gargoyles, and then…the organ…even before
he heard it!” A trial by fire, one might say, that warmed Dana
even further to his new profession.
Born in Tokyo where his father served in the Air Force, Dana was
delighted to return to Japan for the installation of Opus 132 in
Kobe in 2007. After the ‘tour of duty’ in Kobe, Dana re-visited
his country of origin, and Henry, now a student at Vassar, joined
him again. “Travel is great…I love to travel, but so is being here
at the shop…it’s that mix of artists and artisans,” says Dana. He is
the photographer of record for many of our newer instruments and
lends his experience in graphic design to many a project. The
pacing is different, he says. “It’s a much longer time-scale for the
work. I like that, but I had to get used to it. In photography it’s
‘chop-chop.’ Still, fine art is fine art…and organbuilding here is
fine art. You can be all eyes and all ears.”
~ Kathleen Adams, Editor
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