Christopher Marks - Organ Music of Seth Bingham, Vol. 1: "Unto the Hills" (2008)
Artist: Christopher Marks
Title: Organ Music of Seth Bingham, Vol. 1: "Unto the Hills"
Year Of Release: 2008
Label: Raven
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 1:12:57
Total Size: 216 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Organ Music of Seth Bingham, Vol. 1: "Unto the Hills"
Year Of Release: 2008
Label: Raven
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 1:12:57
Total Size: 216 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
1. Christopher Marks – Pastoral Psalms, Op. 30: Unto the Hills (03:23)
2. Christopher Marks – Pastoral Psalms, Op. 30: Forgotten Graves (05:34)
3. Christopher Marks – Pastoral Psalms, Op. 30: Black Cherries (03:48)
4. Christopher Marks – Pastoral Psalms, Op. 30: Voice of the Tempest (03:46)
5. Christopher Marks – Pastoral Psalms, Op. 30: Beside Still Waters (05:09)
6. Christopher Marks – Five Pieces, Op. 36: Prelude in F (02:07)
7. Christopher Marks – Five Pieces, Op. 36: Fughetta in F (02:24)
8. Christopher Marks – Five Pieces, Op. 36: Agnus Dei (02:50)
9. Christopher Marks – Five Pieces, Op. 36: The God of Abraham Praise (00:46)
10. Christopher Marks – Five Pieces, Op. 36: Toccata on "Leoni" (02:53)
11. Christopher Marks – Five Pieces, Op. 36: Night Sorrow (05:38)
12. Christopher Marks – Five Pieces, Op. 36: Bells of Riverside (03:21)
13. Christopher Marks – Baroques, Op. 41: Overture (02:54)
14. Christopher Marks – Baroques, Op. 41: Rondo Ostinato (03:03)
15. Christopher Marks – Baroques, Op. 41: Sarabande (03:34)
16. Christopher Marks – Baroques, Op. 41: Rhythmic Trumpet (02:51)
17. Christopher Marks – Baroques, Op. 41: Voluntary (03:56)
18. Christopher Marks – Variation Studies, Op. 54: Choral (01:06)
19. Christopher Marks – Variation Studies, Op. 54: Canon (01:21)
20. Christopher Marks – Variation Studies, Op. 54: Pizzicato (01:04)
21. Christopher Marks – Variation Studies, Op. 54: Duo (00:54)
22. Christopher Marks – Variation Studies, Op. 54: Staccato (00:40)
23. Christopher Marks – Variation Studies, Op. 54: Trio (01:42)
24. Christopher Marks – Variation Studies, Op. 54: Organum Plenum (00:53)
25. Christopher Marks – Variation Studies, Op. 54: Embellishment (02:36)
26. Christopher Marks – Variation Studies, Op. 54: Dialogue (Rests) (00:45)
27. Christopher Marks – Variation Studies, Op. 54: Dissonance (02:12)
28. Christopher Marks – Variation Studies, Op. 54: Arpeggio (01:32)
Reviews Charles Huddleston Heaton in The Diapason, July 2009:
Christopher Marks, assistant porfessor of organ at the University of Nebraska, has done us all a service by reviving the consistently attractive and imaginative organ music of Seth Bingham (1882-1972). It is, as Dr. Marks accurately observes, an amalgam of the French and American symphonic styles (Prof. Bingham's wife was French, and he studied with Widor, Guilmant, and d'Indy), and to judge by the splendid playing, Marks is an ideal interpreter for the music.
I will confess to a favorable prejudice for this splendid music; during the 1950s I was privileged to know the courtly Prof. Bingham and to have him as a teacher in a composition class at Union Theological Seminary. One summer I was substituting at the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church some months after Bingham had ended his 38-year tenure there. A venerable custodian asked if I had known him. When I answered in the affirmative, the custodian said, 'Everything he played was a splendid gem.' To me that was the highest possible praise.
In these four collections are twenty-eight pieces, a few being less than a minute in length. Some, such as the 'Rhythmic Trumpet,' probably are still familiar to many, but all deserve repeated hearing. Let us hope that Dr. Marks's musical playing and understanding will bring renewed interest in these significant compositions."
Christopher Marks, assistant porfessor of organ at the University of Nebraska, has done us all a service by reviving the consistently attractive and imaginative organ music of Seth Bingham (1882-1972). It is, as Dr. Marks accurately observes, an amalgam of the French and American symphonic styles (Prof. Bingham's wife was French, and he studied with Widor, Guilmant, and d'Indy), and to judge by the splendid playing, Marks is an ideal interpreter for the music.
I will confess to a favorable prejudice for this splendid music; during the 1950s I was privileged to know the courtly Prof. Bingham and to have him as a teacher in a composition class at Union Theological Seminary. One summer I was substituting at the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church some months after Bingham had ended his 38-year tenure there. A venerable custodian asked if I had known him. When I answered in the affirmative, the custodian said, 'Everything he played was a splendid gem.' To me that was the highest possible praise.
In these four collections are twenty-eight pieces, a few being less than a minute in length. Some, such as the 'Rhythmic Trumpet,' probably are still familiar to many, but all deserve repeated hearing. Let us hope that Dr. Marks's musical playing and understanding will bring renewed interest in these significant compositions."
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