Last updated:
26 November 2009
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Last
updated:
26
November 2009
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2009
Tour
2008 Tour
2007
Tour
2006 Tour
2005
Tour
2004 Tour
2003
Tour
2001 Tour
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For
once, I decided to tour my own country! I played not in Europe but in
the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. I discovered that you don’t
have to go to Europe to discover beautiful places or play beautiful
organs.
WAYNESBORO
First
Presbyterian Church. Organ by Woodberry & Harris, Op. 111, 1893;
relocated and restored Andover Organ Company 1986. 
STAUNTON
St. Francis of Assisi Church. Organ by Carl
Barckhoff, 1912; rebuilt by Christopher Bono (on-going) 
SALEM
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Organ by Fritz
Noack, Op. 126, 1994. 
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2008 took me to the Danube and the Italian and Austrian Alps.
SEEFELD-IN-TIROL (in the Austrian Alps, near Innsbruck) Pfarrkirche St. Oswald
Last
three photos by L.C., 23-24 July ’08
DÜRNSTEIN (on the Danube River) Monastery
This is what the organ looks like as you’re seated on the bench…
…and if you turn around 180º, there is a window, and the Danube!
Last five photos by L.C., 26-27 July ’08
SCOPELLO (in the Valsesia valley of the Italian Alps) Chiesa della Beata Vergine Maria Assunta
Four
photos by L.C., July-Aug. ’08
2007
Italian Tour
(actually
two mini-tours, July & November)
November
(Milan/Tortona):
TORTONA
Cathedral, as part of the Perosiana
2007 Festival.
(Perosi is buried in the Cathedral.)
(Photo 1: postcard 1890s,
from the author’s collection. Other photos by the author, 25
Nov. ’07.)
Maestro
Sacchetti’s unforgettable inscription, written on the morning
of my concert in Tortona.
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MILAN
Santa Maria della Pace (formerly the “Salone Perosi”).
(Photo
1: Postcard (1900-1905) from the author’s collection. Photo 2:
La
Domenica del Corriere,
6 May 1900, author’s collection. Photos 3 & 4 by L. Ciampa,
taken at the concert.)
NOVATE
MILANESE Church of Sts. Gervasio & Protasio.
(Photos by the
author, 22-23 Nov. ’07.)
July (Biella/Stresa):
STRESA
Chiesa Parrocchiale dei SS. Ambrogio & Theodulo. The church faces
the Lago Maggiore. In the last photo I’m joined by soprano Jean
Danton.
(Photos
1-3: L. C., June 2007. Photo 4: Mario Duella, 12 June 2007. Photo 5:
Steven Keleti.)
BIELLA
Duomo
(Photos,
except for last, by L. C. Last photo: Franca Farucci (Mrs. Mario Duella.)
With
organist Mario Duella, at his home in the Italian Alps.
(Photo:
Franca Farucci (Mrs. Mario Duella), 7 June 2007)
With
organist Matteo Galli. In front of the Duomo di Milano.
(Photo:
Chiara Salandin, 12 June 2007)
LORETO
Basilica-Santuario
(Photos
except for last: L.C.)
BORGOSESIA
Santuario
(Photos
L.C.)
BOLZANO
(BOZEN)
Santa
Maria in Augia (Hl.
Maria in der Au)
(Photos
L.C.)
POTSDAM
Erlöserkirche
(Photos
L.C.)
BRANDENBURG
AN DER HAVEL Dom
(Photos
L.C.)
BISCHOFSHOFEN
Stadtpfarrkirche
(Photo 1:
photographer unknown. Photo 2: Jochem Baas. Photos 3 & 4: L.C.)
ABSAM
Basilika
Photos
2 & 3: Karl Wirtenberger (Photo 3: 18 Sept. 2005)
PRALUNGO
Santa Maria della Pace
(Photos
L.C.)
BOLZANO
(BOZEN)
Santa
Maria in Augia (Hl.
Maria in der Au)
(Photos
L.C.)
With
Maestro Arturo Sacchetti, the world’s leading Perosi expert, at
his home-cum-library-cum-sanctuary
in Santhià
(Photo
by Prof. Siegbert Kuhn, 8 September 2005)
2004 Tour
SEEFELD-IN-TIROL Pfarrkirche
Last
three photos by L.C., 23-24 July ’08
TORINO Basilica di Santa Rita
CAMPERTOGNO
Main
church (Chiesa di San Giacomo):
First
photo by Siegbert Kuhn, July 2004 (I’m the microscopic figure
on the bridge); rest of the photos by L.C., 31 July ’08
Chapel
(Cappella di Santa Marta):
2003 Tour
BERLIN-KREUZBERG
Heilig Kreuz Kirche (“Die Hook Orgel”)
BRANDENBURG
AN DER HAVEL Dom
(Photos
L.C.)
I
didn’t tour in 2002; I was busy getting married! However, in
2001 I gave my first tour of Austria. Here I am at the Stephansdom in
Vienna, one of the world’s greatest cathedrals, practicing in
the afternoon for my recital later that evening (18 July 2001). The
four-manual instrument was built by Rieger in 1991.
The
Stephansdom program.
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Last
three photos by L.C., 23-24 July ’08
Other
recitals on the 2001 Austrian tour: the Pfarrkirche in
SEEFELD-IN-TIROL ...
...the
Nikolauskirche in Innsbruck...
...
the Pfarrkirche in Igls ...
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...
and the Europahaus in Mayrhofen. (The Zillerthal really is that
beautiful.)
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With
the Lavazza Chamber Ensemble (left to right: Jan Pfeiffer, Frances
Rios, Kristina Nilsson. Not pictured: Paula Oakes.), I've had the joy
of performing many wonderful chamber works (Brahms Piano Quartets in
G minor & C minor, Brahms Trio in B minor, Chopin Trio in G
minor, et al.). This photo was taken after our 14 March 2004 concert.
Photo
by Dan Handalian, used with permission.
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At
the Mormon Tabernacle.
Photo
by Jeanette McGlamery (27 February 2008).
With
Dr. Richard Elliott, head Tabernacle organist. You couldn’t
find a finer organist anywhere. And you probably couldn’t find
a kinder or more generous guy, either ...
Photo
by Jeanette McGlamery (27 February 2008).
...
so generous, in fact, that he let me take the Tabernacle organ for a
spin. Photo
by Jeanette McGlamery (27 February 2008).
Of
course, the organ in the Conference Center isn’t anything to
sneeze at, either. (And the hall seats 21,000 people!) With me is
Robert Poll, curator for all the Temple Square organs. Photo
by Jeanette McGlamery (27 February 2008).
The
grand 1875 E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings organ at the Cathedral
of the Holy Cross in Boston must certainly be the most beautiful
cathedral organ in the United States. On 12 June 2005 I had the
privilege of playing a recital there and premièring my Organ
Symphony No. 1
(Op.
176).
Photos used with the grateful permission of Cathedral
organist Leo D. Abbott.
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In
Tokyo, rehearsing with the Cambridge Community Chorus. The Yamahas
made entirely in Asia, exclusively from Asian materials, are quite
superior to the Yamahas in America.
Photo
by Paul Raila (December, 2002).
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At
the Tokyo concert, at the harpsichord.
Photo
by Paul Raila (14 December 2002).
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HeillerFest
(Brookline, MA, 8-12 March 2004). The
performers. (L to R: Leonardo Ciampa, Christa Rakich, Peter
Planyavsky, Stephen Roberts, Massimo Nosetti)
Six
of Heiller’s most distinguished students. (L to R: John
Skelton, Carolyn Skelton, Christa Rakich, Peter Planyavsky, Stephen
Roberts, Yuko Hayashi)
Normally
the Italian would be drinking chianti and the Austrian would be
drinking a wintry lager.
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Suite Siciliana (Op. 145) was premièred by the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Isaiah Jackson, at the opening concert of their 25th anniversary season. The soloists were Arturo Delmoni, Kristina Nilsson, and the composer. These excellent photos were taken by Euclid Moon at the Sanders Theatre (Harvard University) performance on 13 October 2002. (The same program was played the previous evening at the historic Stand Theatre in Dorchester, MA.)
