The Organ Loft Most Popular Works - 1997

As voted on by members of the American Guild of Organists (Pacific Northwest chapters) and their choirs.

The top organ piece

J.S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major (St Anne)

The top choral work

Brahms - Requiem

Other top works

J.S. Bach - Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring

W.A. Mozart - Ave Verum

Marcel Dupre' - Variations on a Noel

J.S. Bach - Toccata in D minor

J.S. Bach - Fanatasy and Fugue in G minor.

1996 Top 10 Organ Works

As voted by the audiences of the World's Largest Organ Recital in Seattle and Eugene, and as broadcast on The Organ Loft radio program. Roger W. Sherman, host. May 26, 1996.

1. J. S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, played by Ed Hansen, at St. Mark's Cathedral in Seattle.

2. D. Buxtehude: Praeludium in C, (aka. Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne in C major), played by J. Melvin Butler, at St. Mark's Cathedral in Seattle.

3. César Franck: Chorale No. 1 in E major, played by Tamara Still, at St. Mark's Cathedral in Seattle.

4. Charles-Marie Widor: Toccata in F major, from the Fifth Organ Symphony, played by Marie-Clarie Alain at St. Sulpice in Paris, "Great Toccatas" Erato 4509-94812-2.

5. J. S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 565, played by E. Power Biggs, "Bach: Toccata and Fugue^Å" Sony SBK 46551.

6. J. S. Bach: "Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter" BWV 650, from the "Schubler chorales" (not played on the broadcast).

7. Alma Onkley: Passacaglia on "When Jesus Wept" (a tune by early American composer William Billings), played by Ed Hansen, at St. Mark's Cathedral in Seattle.

8. Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Opus 78, "The Organ Symphony" (not played in the broadcast).

9. César Franck: Pièce Héroïque, (not played in the broadcast).

10. J. S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major ("St. Anne"), BWV 552 (not played in the broadcast).

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Compiled from information supplied by Roger Sherman, host of The Organ Loft. Web page author: Steve Fox

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