Ken Cowan in Concert on the 1951 Aeolian-Skinner, Opus 1174

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The Aeolian-Skinner Legacy Presents

Ken Cowan in Concert on the 1951 Aeolian-Skinner, Opus 1174 at First Baptist Church, Longview, Texas

Recorded live in concert during the 2012 East Texas Pipe Organ Festival by Michael Barone, of American Public Media’s “Pipedreams,” this concert by Ken Cowan marks the first commercial recording in over fifty years of the landmark G. Donald Harrison signature 1951 Aeolian-Skinner, Opus 1174 at First Baptist Church, Longview, Texas. With over 69 minutes of music including works by Duruflé, Ireland, Laurin, Mendelssohn, Reger, and Saint-Saëns.

Complete playlist:

• Felix Mendelssohn – Sonata No. 1 in F Minor Allegro moderato, e serioso – 5:45
• Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Cowan – Danse Macabre – 8:35
• Maurice Duruflé – Suite, Op. 5
  • Preludé – 8:37
  • Sicilienne – 6:12
  • Toccata – 8:28
• Rachel Laurin – Étude Hèroïque – 7:42
• John Ireland – Elegiac Romance – 8:34
• Max Reger – Fantasy on the Chorale “How Brightly Shines the Morning Star,” Op. 40, #1 – 15:42

Total Playing Time: 69:40

By mail ($20 postpaid) from:

The Roy Perry American Classic Organ Foundation
P. O. Box 2069
Kilgore, TX 75663

Download available at easttexaspipeorganfestival.bandcamp.com