Amanda Mole
Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 3:00 pm
The Concert Hall at Groton Hill
PROGRAM
Played on the St. Bartholomew’s Church, Armley, England (Edmund Schulze)
Felix Mendelssohn
(1809-1847)
St. Paul Overture
tr. William Thomas Best
Robert Schumann
(1810-1856)
from 6 Stücke in kanonischer Form, Op. 56
2. Mit innigem Ausdruck
5. Nicht zu schnell
Played on the Sonnenorgel, St. Peter and Paul, Görlitz, Germany (Casparini/Mathis)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756-1791)
Fantasia in F Minor, K 608
tr. Martin Haselböck
-INTERMISSION-
Played on the St. Martini, Groningen, Netherlands (Arp Schnitger)
Dieterich Buxtehude
(1637-1707)
Praeludium in D Minor, BuxWV 140
Played on the St. Etienne, Caen, France (Cavaille-Coll)
Jehan Alain
(1911-1940)
Deuxième Fantaisie
Played on the Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, England (Father Willis)
Herbert Howells
(1892-1983)
from Three Psalm-Preludes, Set 1, Op. 32
No. 1. Psalm 34: 6:
“This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.”
Played on the Martinikerk, Doesburg, Netherlands (Walcker)
Max Reger
(1873-1916)
from Phantasie über den Choral “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme”, Op. 52
Fugue
About Amanda Mole
Amanda Mole is one of the leading concert organists of her generation and the winner of numerous international competitions, including first prize at the 8th International Musashino-Tokyo Organ Competition (2017), first place and audience prize at the Miami International Organ Competition (2016), and first place at the Arthur Poister Organ Competition (2014) and John Rodland Memorial Organ Competition (2014). She has performed at venues across the USA, Europe, and Japan and has been featured in recital at conventions of the American Guild of Organists (2022 Seattle WA) and the Organ Historical Society (2016 Philadelphia PA and 2018 Rochester NY). Her solo recital recording was released in March 2019 on the Naxos label.
