Diane Meredith Belcher:
Special Programs and Concerts
On June 8, 1810 Robert Schumann was born in Zwickau, Germany. Although primarily a pianist, he studied and practiced the organ upon the encouragement of his wife, Clara Wieck Schumann. His output of work for the pedal-piano and organ include the Four Sketches, the Six Canonic Etudes, and the Six Fugues on B-A-C-H, the latter being the compositions by which Schumann thought he would be most admired and remembered.
Ms. Belcher was also born on June 8, on the sesquicentennial of his
On June 4, 2010 at 7:30pm, in celebration of both their birthdays, Diane Meredith Belcher is one of four internationally acclaimed organists chosen to play a full length recital during the biennial National Convention of the American Guild of Organists, held this year in Washington, DC. Her program, given below, will be played in two identical recitals (9:00 and 10:45 am) on the magnificent English-inspired Letourneau organ in the Church of The Ascension and St. Agnes, Massachusetts Ave at 12th Street NW in Washington, DC.
SCHUMANN 200th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT:
June 4, 2010
natal day, and has always been drawn to these exquisite and powerful works.
she will be presenting the complete organ works of Robert Schumann on
the new Dobson organ at St. David's Church, 763 South Valley Forge Rd,
Wayne, Pennsylvania, in suburban Philadelphia.
NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTS:
July 6, 2010
Voluntary II in C Major
from Twelve Voluntaries for the Organ or Piano Forte, 2nd book [1812]
William Russell (1777–1813)
I. Largo (Stopped Diapason and Hautboy/2 Diapasons/Pedals)
II. Allegretto (Cremona/Diapasons/Hautboy/Pedals)
Sechs Fugen über den Namen B-A-C-H, op. 60 [1845]
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
I. Langsam
II. Lebhaft
III. Mit sanften Stimmen
IV. Mäßig, doch nicht zu langsam
V. Lebhaft
VI. Mäßig, nach und nach schneller
Plymouth Suite [1937]
Percy Whitlock (1903-1946)
I. Allegro risoluto
II. Lantana
III. Chanty
IV. Salix
V. Toccata