presents
Faculty Organ Recital
David Fienen, Organist
(Organ by Hillgreen-Lane, modifiedby David Engen, David Fienen, and Hendrickson Organ Company)
Sunday, February 22, 1998
3:30 o’clock
“A Tribute to Jan Bender”
(Click on titles to hear live recording)
Toccata, Aria and Fugue op. 6 #1 (1954) Jan Bender (1909-94)
dedicated to Hans Heinze, then organist at Johanneskirche in Lüneburg
Chorale Preludes: Jan Bender
Freu dich sehr opus 2 #1 (1948) [LBW #29]
Vom Himmel hoch opus 2 # 1 (1948) [LBW #51]
Opus 2 (90 chorale preludes) was dedicated to one-armed organists - Pastor Christoph Oeters and KMD Hans Pflugbeil
Piece for Easter - Christ ist erstanden opus 29 #19b (1981)
“dedicated to chaplain Richard Elvee at Gustavus Adolphus College”
Baroque Predecessors:
Prelude and Fugue in C major S. 545 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam S. 684 [LBW #79] Johann Sebastian Bach
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern BuxWV 223 [LBW #76] Dieterich Buxtehude
(1637-1707)
Teacher:
Partita on “Wachet auf” opus 8 #2 [LBW #31] Hugo Distler (1908-42)
A Tribute to his Teacher:
Variations on a Theme by Hugo Distler opus 38 (1965) [WOV #785]
Jan Bender
Toccata and Fugue in d minor/D major opus 59 #5 & 6 Max Reger (1873-1916)