Mario Duella
Organ
Guest Recital
Thursday, March 7, 2002
5:30 pm
Organ Recital Hall, School of Music
Récit (Expressif):
8’ Bourdon Stopped Wood 58 Pipes
8’ Salicional Open Metal 51 Pipes
8’ Voix Céleste Open Metal 49 Pipes
4’ Praestant Open Metal 58 Pipes
4’ Flûte Conique Open Metal 58 Pipes
2 2/3’ Nasard Open Metal 58 Pipes
2’ Octavin Open Metal, Harmonic 58 Pipes
1 3/5’ Tierce Open Metal 58 Pipes
III Plein Jeu Open Metal 174 Pipes
16’ Basson Reed 58 Pipes
8’ Trompette Reed 58 Pipes
8’ Hautbois Reed 58 Pipes
8’ Voix Humaine (prepared)
Tremblant Doux
Positif (Expressif):
8’ Flûte Stopped Wood 58 Pipes
4’ Flûte à Cheminée Stopped Metal, Chimney 58 Pipes
2’ Doublette Open Metal 58 Pipes
1 1/3’ Larigot Open Metal 58 Pipes
III Cymbale (prepared)
8’ Cromorne Reed 58 Pipes
Tremblant Doux
Pédale:
32’ Grand Bourdon Electronic 32 Notes
16’ Soubasse Stopped Wood 32 Pipes
16’ Bourdon Great 16’ Bourdon 32 Notes
8’ Montre Open Metal 32 Pipes
8’ Flûte Great 8’ Flûte à Cheminée 32 Notes
4’ Octave Open Metal, Ext. Montre 12 Pipes
IV Fourniture (prepared)
16’ Bombarde Reed 32 Pipes
8’ Trompette Reed 32 Pipes
4’ Clairon Reed 32 Pipes
Grand-Orgue:
16’ Bourdon Stopped Metal 58 Pipes
8’ Montre Open Metal 58 Pipes
8’ Flûte Harmonique Open Metal, Harmonic 44 Pipes
8’ Flûte à Cheminée Stopped Metal 58 Pipes
4’ Prestant Open Metal 58 Pipes
4’ Flûte Couverte Open Metal 58 Pipes
2’ Doublette Open Metal 58 Pipes
IV Fourniture Open Metal 232 Pipes
Cloche Etoile
Couplers: Swell to Great, Positif to Great, Swell to Positif, Great to Pedal,
Swell to Pedal, Positif to Pedal
Program
Variations on Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend Georg Boehm
(Lord Jesus Christ, Be Present Now) (1661-1733)
Concerto in G Major, BWV 592 Johann Sebastian Bach
Allegro (1685-1750)
Grave
Presto
Choral: Ach blieb bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 649
(Now Remain With Us, Lord Jesus Christ)
Toccata and Fugue in E Major Johann Ludwig Krebs
(1713-1780)
Scherzo from Sonata in A Major, Op. 91 Alexandre Guilmant
(1837-1911)
Elévation, Op. 5 No. 3 Edouard Batiste
(1820-1876)
Introduction, Theme with Variations, and Final Giovanni Morandi
(1777-1856)
Allegretto Filippo Capocci
(1840-1911)
Toccata Bonaventura Somma
(1893-1960)
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The hall is equipped with a listening assistance system.
Patrons needing such assistance should please see one of the ushers in the lobby.
Mario Duella studied music at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi of Milano,
where he received diplomas in Choral Music and Conducting, Organ
Performance, and Organ Composition. He also attended classes on the
interpretation of Italian music with Michel Chapuis, Spanish music with
Montserrat Torrent Sera, and music of Bach with Anton Heiller and Victor
Lukas. His intense artistic activity has taken place in Italy and nearly all of
Europe, USA, Japan, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Canada, Australia, New
Zealand, Hong Kong, Mexico, Iceland, and Malta. He has played with the
Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of RAI of Turin and with several chamber
orchestras, including concerts as a harpsichordist and in duo with singers and
instrumentalists. He has published a series of pieces from Lucca dating from the
18th Century for Paideia-Bärenreiter. He holds the chair of Music Education in
the public Scuola Media of Trivero and is organist and choir director at the
parish church of Portula. He has recorded several LPs and CDs and has also
recorded for various radio and television stations in Europe, USA, Argentina,
Japan, and Canada. He is a member of the Commision Diocesana di Musica
Sacra as a consultant for the restoration of historic organs.
The George M. Thompson Organ was hand crafted during a ten-month period
in 1998-1999 by the Andover Organ Company of Methuen, Massachusetts. In
1998, the company celebrated a distinguished half-century of organ building,
rebuilding, restoration, and maintenance. Its “Opus 111” represents the 111th
completely new organ built by the company since its inception in 1948.
About half the instrument’s cost was paid from the George M. Thompson
Memorial Organ Fund, an endowment established by the UNCG Alumni
Association in 1968 to honor a well-remembered music faculty member who
taught at the University from 1923 until his retirement in 1963.
The tracker (mechanical action) instrument was, as befits a school of music,
essentially designed as a teaching instrument: one suitable for performing all
styles of organ music. Its twenty-eight foot height encompasses nearly two
thousand individual tin and wood pipes distributed among thirty-five ranks (sets
of pipes) controlled by three manuals (keyboards) and a pedalboard.
The organ’s stained ash, oak, and mahogany case complements the cherry-stained
wood floor in the 130-seat elliptically shaped hall. Electrically
controlled banners may be lowered from the walls to adjust acoustics when the
hall is utilized for piano, voice, and instrumental performances not involving the
organ.
Organ specifications printed on reverse.
Mario Duella
Organ
Guest Recital
Thursday, March 7, 2002
5:30 pm
Organ Recital Hall, School of Music
Program
Variations on Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend Georg Boehm
(Lord Jesus Christ, Be Present Now) (1661-1733)
Concerto in G Major, BWV 592 Johann Sebastian Bach
Allegro (1685-1750)
Grave
Presto
Choral: Ach blieb bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 649
(Now Remain With Us, Lord Jesus Christ)
Toccata and Fugue in E Major Johann Ludwig Krebs
(1713-1780)
Scherzo from Sonata in A Major, Op. 91 Alexandre Guilmant
(1837-1911)
Elévation, Op. 5 No. 3 Edouard Batiste
(1820-1876)
Introduction, Theme with Variations, and Final Giovanni Morandi
(1777-1856)
Allegretto Filippo Capocci
(1840-1911)
Toccata Bonaventura Somma
(1893-1960)
* * * * * * * * * *
The hall is equipped with a listening assistance system.
Patrons needing such assistance should please see one of the ushers in the lobby.
