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Richard Elliott

Organist

In Recital on Roosevelt Opus 520 (1892) Schantz Organ Co. Opus 1594 (1980)

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception 259 E Onondaga Street, Syracuse, NY 13202

Friday, November 18, 2022, 7:00pm

The Syracuse Chapter of The American Guild of Organists

PROGRAM

Antony Baldwin (b. 1957) Mr. Theo Saunders, His Trumpet Tune

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 550

César Franck (1822-1890) Fantasie in A Major, M. 35

Daniel Gawthrop (b. 1949) Allegro (Isaiah 66:15) Largo (isaiah 66:12) Giocoso (Isaiah 61:10) Finale (Isaiah 60:1)

Richard L. Elliott (b. 1957) Shall We Gather at the River

S. Andrew Lloyd (b. 1979) Herzlich tut mich verlangen (“O Sacred Head, Now Wounded”) (2014)

Percy Grainger (1882-1961) arr. Elliott Irish Tune from County Derry (1911)

William Ralph Driffill (1870-1922) Toccata, from Suite No. 1

RichaRd Elliott

Biography

Richard Elliott is the Principal Organist for the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah. For the past 30 years he has accompanied the choir on its weekly radio and TV broadcast, “Music and the Spoken Word,” as well as in general conferences of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, on dozens of CDs and DVDs, and in the choir’s annua Christmas concerts. As accompanist for the Tabernacle Choir, he has performed in many of the world’s great halls and appeared on numerous TV and radio programs, including the NBC “Today Show,” the “CBS Morning Show” and “A Prairie Home Companion.” In his work with the choir, Dr. Elliott has collaborated with many guest artists including Andrea Bocelli, the Canadian Brass, Kristin Chenoweth, Renée Fleming, Evelyn Glennie, the King’s Singers, the Sesame Street Muppets, Robert Shaw, James Taylor, and Bryn Terfel.

He also has a busy solo career, having given thousands of organ concerts on Temple Square as well as numerous performances on five continents. He appears on seven organ CDs and is a published composer and arranger of music for organ, choir, and orchestra.

Before becoming a Tabernacle organist in 1991, Dr. Elliott was an assistant professor of organ at Brigham Young University, and for several years he served as assistant organist at the John Wanamaker Department Store (now Macy’s) in Philadelphia, home to the world’s largest functioning pipe organ. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, he received his early musical training at the Peabody Conservatory. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in organ from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and MM and DMA degrees from the Eastman School of Music. His organ teachers have included David Craighead, Marjorie Jovanovic, Dale Krider, William Watkins, and John Weaver.

Roosevelt Organ Works, Opus 520 (1892) Schantz Organ Company, Opus 1594 (1980)

The pipe organ at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception was one of the last instruments built and installed, in 1892, by Roosevelt Organ Works. Founded in 1872 by Hilborne Roosevelt (1849-1886) and his younger brother Frank (1862-1895)—they were first cousins of Teddy Roosevelt— the company would close in 1893. Hilborne Roosevelt is noted for having made significant advances in pipe organ design, until his death at the young age of 36 years. Brother Frank Roosevelt supervised the construction of another 178 pipe organs, including the Cathedral’s instrument.

During that time Roosevelt Organ Works was building many of the larget and most prestigious pipe organs in North America, and they are still valued today for their warm and sonorous tone.

As originally built, the organ utilized a tubular pneumatic action and wind chests. This type of action allowed a certain amount of freedom from the limitations of the mechanical (“tracker”) type of action—the organ console could be detached from the rest of the instrument, and couplers could allow all three of the manuals to play together along with sub- and super-octaves, without affecting the feel of the keys. Unfortunately, tubular pneumatic actions tend to be problematic. By 1972 the organ had developed so many problems that it had fallen silent.

Under the direction of Cathedral organist Duane Sutton, a contract was signed with the Schantz Organ Company or Orrville, Ohio, and the beautifully renovated and expanded organ was dedicated in 1980 with a recital by John Weaver. Since then the organ has been lovingly maintained by Kerner & Merchant Pipe Organ Builders. In 2014 the organ’s switching and combination systems were updated with a computerized integrated controlling system featuring fiber-optic technology. A new set of Deagan chimes was added in 2020.

Kerner&MerchantPipeOrganBuilders

Roosevelt, Opus 520 (1892) Schantz Organ Co., Opus 1594 (1980) originally installed in its present location, 1892

Kerner & Merchant Pipe Organ Builders

curators of the instrment since 1986 updated the console controlling system 2014 installed 25-note-set of Deagan chimes 2020

ORGAN SPECIFICATION

Great (61 note chest compass)

16’ 8’ 8’ 8’ 8’ 8’ 4’ 4’ 2 2/3’ 2’ IV * III * 16’ * 8’ * 4’ 8’

Double Open Diapason First Open Diapason Second Open Diapason Viola di Gamba Principal Flöte Doppel Flöte Octave Hohl Flöte Octave Quint Super Octave Mixture Scharff Double Trumpet Trumpet [ext.] Clarion [ext.] Festival Trumpet Chimes G2-G4

Choir (61 note chest compass) Enclosed * *

3 manuals, 59 ranks, 3,538 pipes, 25 chimes additions by Schantz are marked * 16’ 8’ * 8’ 8’ 8’ 8’ 4’ 4’ 2 2/3’ 2’ 1 3/5’ 8’ * 8’

Contra Gamba Geigen Principal Geigen Celeste Concert Flute Quintadena Dolce Fugara Flute d’Amour Nazard Piccolo Harmonique Tierce Clarinet Festival Trumpet [GT.] Tremulant

61 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 244 pipes 183 pipes 61 pipes 12 pipes 12 pipes 61 pipes 25 tubes

61 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 61 notes 61 pipes

Swell (61 note chest compass) Enclosed

16’ 8’

Bourdon Open Diapason Stopped Diapason Spitz Flute Salicional Vox Celestis Octave Flute Harmonique Flageolet Cornet Acuta Contra Fagotto Cornopean Oboe Vox Humana Clarion Tremulant

Pedal (32 note compass) 16’ 16’ 16’ 16’ 10 2/3 * 8’ 8’ 8’ * 4’ 16’ * 16’ * 8’ * 4’

First Open Diapason

Second Open Diapason [GT. Double open] Bourdon Violone Quint Octave Flute Violoncella Super Octave [exT. peD. ocTave] Trombone Double Trumpet [GT.] Trumpet [GT.] Clarion [GT.]

Couplers (listed as on the coupler rail)

Pedal: Great: Choir:

Great to Pedal, Great to Pedal Octaves, Swell to Pedal, Swell to Pedal Octaves, Choir to Pedal, Choir to Pedal Octaves Swell to Great Sub Octaves, Swell to Great, Swell to Great Octaves, Choir to Great Sub Octaves, Choir to Great, Choir to Great Octaves, Pedal to Great

Swell to Choir Sub Octaves, Swell to Choir, Swell to Choir Octaves

Reversibles

Thumb Buttons and Toe Levers: Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Sforzando

61 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 49 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 269 pipes 183 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes

32 pipes 32 notes 32 pipes 32 pipes 32 pipes 32 pipes 32 pipes 32 pipes 12 pipes 32 pipes 32 notes 32 notes 32 notes

Combinations

Great: Choir: Swell: Pedal:

Divisionals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (thumb) Generals 4, 5, 6, 7 (thumb)

Divisionals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (thumb) Generals 8, 9, 10 (thumb)

Divisionals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (thumb) Generals 1, 2, 3 (thumb)

Divisionals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (toe studs) Generals 1 - 10 (toe studs)

Control Pedals (left to right)

Choir Expression | Swell Expression | Crescendo

Richard Elliott Principal Organist for the Tabernacle Choir