Stephen J. Ketterer started playing the piano at age four, switched to the organ 10 years later and has been actively performing ever since. Although it has been 15 years since he held a church position, he maintains an enthusiastic concert schedule, and happily donates his musical services for good causes in northwest Connecticut. He writes, "Perhaps because the instrument I play is in my home and not in a church or concert hall, I have found performing on the von Beckerath to be an intensely personal experience in many ways. This is, after all, an instrument I designed, in a room I designed, and when I perform, it is almost always for friends. So it might not be surprising that I have developed very personal associations with many of the organ works in my repertoire; this recording seemed to be a good chance to explore those. And rather than write about which cathedral each composer played in and for how long, I thought it would be interesting for the listener to have an idea of what flashes through my mind while I am playing each of these compositions." Brewer Marche Héroïque C.S. Lang Tuba Tune George Thalben Ball Elegy Léon Boëllmann Prière à Notre-Dame (from Suite Gothique) J. S. Bach Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten Mein Seele erhebet den Herren O Menseh, bewein' dein' Sunde gross Christ lag in Todesbanden Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ Ebarm Dich Mein o Herre Gott William Albright Sweet 16ths Sigfrid Karg-Elert Three pieces (from Sketches for Organ) Louis Vierne Impromptu (from 24 Pieces en Style Libre) Charles-Marie Widor Adagio (from Organ Symphony No. 5) John Walter Bratton Teddy Bears' Picnic Andrew Wright Paean