20112012season - Kansas City Symphony

20112012SEASON
KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY PRESENTS
PETER RICHARD CONTE
ORGANIST IN RECITAL
March 20, 2014 at 7 p.m.
Helzberg Hall • Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
KCSYMPHONY.ORG (816) 471-0400
20112012SEASON
KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY PRESENTS
PETER RICHARD CONTE
ORGANIST IN RECITAL
March 20, 2014 at 7 p.m. • Helzberg Hall
J.S. BACH
Prelude in C Minor, BWV 546
W.A. MOZART Andante in F Major, KV 616
JOHANN ERNST
/J.S.
BACH
Concerto in G Major, BWV 592
J.S. BACH
O Lamm Gottes unschuldig, BWV 656, from “The Great Eighteen Chorales,”
LOUIS VIERNE
From 24 Pièces en style libre, op. 31
ROBERT ELMORE
Night Song
I. Allegro
II. Grave
III. Presto
J.S. BACH
Prelude and Fugue in C Major (9/8), BWV 547
FRITZ KREISLER
Variations on a Theme of Arcangelo
/P.R. CONTECorelli
J.S. BACH
From Bach’s Memento, Pastorale,
/CHARLES MARIE WIDOR BWV 590 and Mattheus-Final,
BWV 244
ABOUT PETER RICHARD CONTE
Peter Richard Conte is Grand Court
Organist of the Wanamaker Organ
in Macy’s, Center City, Philadelphia.
He was appointed Grand Court
Organist in 1989 and is the fourth
person to hold that title since the
organ first played in 1911.
Conte is highly regarded as a skillful
performer and arranger of organ
transcriptions. He has been featured
several times on National Public
Radio and on ABC television’s “Good
Morning America” and “World News
Tonight.” He performs extensively
throughout the United States and
Canada under the management
of Phillip Truckenbrod Concert
Artists, and was a featured artist at
the American Guild of Organists’
National Convention in 2002, and
at the International Organ Festival in
Aosta, Italy, in September 2004. He
has performed with the Philadelphia
Orchestra, Peter Nero and the Philly
Pops, and with the Pacific, Delaware,
and Allentown symphonies.
In
September 2008, Conte was soloist
for a historic collaboration of the
Philadelphia Orchestra and the
Wanamaker Organ, performing
Jongen’s Symphonie Concertante in
the Wanamaker Grand Court.
Conte also serves as choirmaster and
organist of St. Clement’s Church
in Philadelphia, where he directs a
PETER RICHARD CONTE
16-voice professional choir in music
of the Anglo-Catholic tradition.
The choir has recorded several
internationally-acclaimed compact
discs on the Dorian label.
Conte is an associate of the American
Guild of Organists and has presented
Guild workshops on transcriptions
and improvisation. He is the 2008
recipient of the Distinguished Alumni
Award from the Indiana University
School of Music, Bloomington. His
numerous recordings appear on the
Gothic, Dorian and Jav labels.
KCSYMPHONY.ORG
20112012
SEASON
JULIA IRENE KAUFFMAN
CASAVANT ORGAN
op .
3,875
COMPILED BY ANDREA FOWLER AND
DAVID FRESE, THE KANSAS CITY STAR
WHAT IS A STOP?
A stop usually controls one rank
of pipes, although mixtures and
undulating stops control multiple
ranks. The name of the stop reflects
timbre and construction, and the
style of the organ in which it resides.
All the stops on the Kauffman
Center organ are labeled in French.
Generally, a stop can simulate
anything from the sound of thunder
to the warble of a bird.
WHAT IS A MANUAL, AND HOW
MANY ARE THERE?
The term manual is synonymous
with keyboard. The new organ has
four manuals. Each is associated with
a unique collection of sounds. For
example, the organist can change
from a softer, mellower sound to a
louder, more poignant one just by
changing keyboards.
HOW DO THE ORGANIST AND
CONDUCTOR COMMUNICATE?
During orchestral concerts in
Helzberg Hall, the organist faces
away from the conductor, so a video
monitor allows the organist to follow
musical directions.
GRAND ORGUE (I)
1.Montre
2.Montre
3.Bourdon
4.Prestant
5. Quinte
6.Doublette
7. Cornet V
8. Grande Fourniture II-IV
9. Fourniture IV-V
10. Cymbale IV
11.Bombarde
12.Trompette
13.Clairon
16
8
8
4
2 2/3
2
8
2 2/3
1 1/3
2/3
16
8
4
GRAND CHOEUR (IV)
Expressive
14.Bourdon
15.Bourdon
16.Violoncelle
17. Flûte harmonique
18. Voix angélique
19. Voix céleste
20. Grand Nazard
21.Flûte
22. Grande Tierce
23. Nazard
24. Quarte de Nazard
25. Tierce
26. Cor anglais
27.Trombone
28. Trompette harmonique
29. Clairon harmonique
16
8
8
8
8
8
5 1/3
4
3 1/5
2 2/3
2
1 3/5
8
16
8
4
RÉCIT (III)
Expressive
30. Bourdon doux
31.Diapason
32. Cor de Nuit
33. Flûte traversière
34. Viole de Gambe
35. Voix céleste
36. Octave 37. Flûte octaviante
38. Nazard harmonique
39.Octavin
16
8
8
8
8
8
4
4
2 2/3
2
40. Tierce harmonique
1 3/5
ANALYSIS
41. Plein Jeu harmonique III-VI2
Stops Ranks Pipes
42.Bombarde
16 Grand Orgue13
27
1473
43. Trompette harmonique 8
Grand Choeur
1616964
44.Hautbois
8
Récit17
22
1265
45. Voix humaine
8
Positif18
22
1330
46. Clairon harmonique
4
Pédale
1515516
Tremblant TOTAL79
102
POSITIF (II)
Expressive
COUPLERS
47.Quintaton
16
Grand Orgue / Pédale
48.Principal
8
Grand Choeur /Pédale
49.Salicional
8
Récit aigu / Pédale
50. Unda Maris
8
Récit / Pédale
51.Bourdon
8
Positif / Pédale
52. Flûte harmonique
8
53.Prestant
4
Grand Choeur / Grand Orgue
54. Flûte douce
4
Récit / Grand Orgue
55. Nazard
2 2/3
Positif / Grand Orgue
56. Quarte de Nazard
2
57. Tierce
1 3/5
Octaves graves
58. Larigot
1 1/3
59.Piccolo
1
Récit / Positif
60. Plein Jeu V
1
Grand Chœur / Positif
61.Clarinette
16
All expressions to Récit Pedal
62.Trompette
8
63.Cromorne
8
64.Clairon
4
Tremblant PÉDALE
65.Montre
66.Soubasse
67.Contrebasse
68.Montre
69.Violonbasse
70.Soubasse
71. Grande Quinte
72.Flûte
73.Violoncelle
74.Bourdon
75. Grande Tierce
76. Grande Septième
77.Flûte
78.Contre-Bombarde
79.Bombarde
80.Basson
81.Trompette
82.Clairon
32
32
16
16
16
16
10 2/3
8
8
8
6 2/5
4 4/7
4
32
16
16
8
4
5548
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