The Innaugural recording of the Craighead-Saunders baroque organ at Christ Church. This Inaugural recording of the instrument by the three ESM Professors: Hans Davidsson, William Porter, and David Higgs features a new work by Stephen Kennedy. Recordings are available throught the church office at $20.00. Proceeds benefit Friends of Music to fund future recordings. (585-454-3878)
THE CRAIGHEAD-SAUNDERS BAROQUE ORGAN
Is a two-manual, thirty-three-stop organ named after David Craighead and Russell Saunders, two venerable professors of organ at the Eastman School of Music. The construction of this instrument is the result of a six-year interdisciplinary research project between the Göteborg Organ Art Center (GOArt) and the Eastman School of Music on the processes of eighteenth-century organ building. This organ is a scientific reconstruction of an organ from 1776 built by Adam Gottlob Casparini for the Holy Ghost Church in Vilnius, Lithuania, and represents a Baltic-North European building style from the height of Enlightenment-era Europe. Munetaka Yokota was responsible for the voicing of the pipes and Monika May oversaw the painting and gilding of the case. This project has been made possible, in part, through the partnership of the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music, the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester, and the parish of Christ Church Rochester. The website below will provide you with information about the Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative (EROI). There you will find more information on the EROI Festivals at Christ Church as well as other information about concerts. This instrument was featured in the New York Times (Science Times) on December 22, 2009 in an article by Guy Gugliotta.
LISTENING TO THE ORGAN
- Sunday morning Eucharist: 11:00 A. M.
- Compline Preludes: 8:50 P. M. (before Compline: October - April)
- Recordings on LOFT: Two recordings will be released in 2012 (David Higgs, Hans Davidsson, William Porter, Stephen Kennedy, ESM students, and the Christ Church Schola Cantorum)
- Candlelight Concerts (read about the series below)
- EROI (Eastman, Rochester, Organ Initiative) Concerts in the fall
- RCORS (Rochester Celebrity Organ Recital Series)
CANDLELIGHT CONCERT SERIES
Candlelight Concerts precede Compline on the first Sunday of each month (October–April) at 8:30 P.M. Friends of Music supports this concert series. Receptions follow Compline on these Sundays at 9:30 P.M.. Please contact us if you would like to receive emails concerning upcoming concerts.
- November 6: David Baskeyfield plays the Craighead-Saunders baroque organ
- December 4: Ensemble AD HOC; Mozart's E-flat Serenade, K. 375
- February 5: Catherine Rodland plays the Craighead-Saunders baroque organ
- March 4: Shinon Nakagawa plays the Craighead-Saunders baroque organ
- April 1: John Allegar plays the Craighead-Saunders baroque organ
ORGAN SPECIFICATION
Pitch: A4 = 468 Hz - Temperament: Modified Neidhart 1732, Dorf.
CLAVIATURA PRIMA Claviatura Secunda P E D A L
BOURDUN. á 16 PRINCIPAL. á 4 Principal Bass. á 16
PRINCIPAL. á 8 I U L A. á 8 Full Bass. á 12
HOHLFLAUT. á 8 Principal Amalel. á 8 Octava Bass. á 8
QVINTATHON. á 8 Unda Maris. á 8 Flaut & Quint Bass. á 8
Octava Principal. á 4 Flaut Major. á 8 Super Octava Bass. á 4
Flaut Travers. á 4 Flaut Minor. á 4 Posaun Bass. á 16
Super Octava. á 2 Spiel Flet. á 4 Trompet Bass. á 8
Qvinta. á 5 Octava. á 2
Flasch Flot. á 2 Wald Flot. á 2
Tertia. á 1 3/5 Mixtura. á 4. Choris
Mixtura. á 5. Choris Dulcian. á 16
Trompet. á 8 Vox Humana. á 8
Accessories
Ventil ad Claviaturam Primam
Ventil ad Claviaturam Secundum
Ventil Pedall
Two tremulants
BEBNY (Drum)
Vox Campanarum (Glockenspiel)
Gwiazdy (Cymbelstern)
Kalilujactgo (Calcant)
Pedal Coupler (Claviatura Prima to Pedal)
Shove Coupler (Claviatura Secunda to Claviatura Prima)