Tour Bus, Volume 5: Tour Bus goes to Luxembourg
This is the fifth installment of the TourBus collection. Spend over five hours with Carol Williams visiting ten great organs in the Luxembourg region. Learn about its music, people, and places. DISK 1 (1:15) -- Paul Breisch of Luxembourg Cathedral demonstrates and performs on the two great Cathedral organs: “The Good Shepherd” by Benoit and the “Offertory on the Grands Jeux” by Couperin. -- Maurice Clement of the Luxembourg Philharmonie demonstrates that great organ and performs an improvisation for us. -- Carol performs at St. Martin’s Church in Dudelange Luxembourg: Toccata “Store Gud, VI Lover Deg” by Iver Kleive and “Mon Amour” by Joaquin Rodrigo. DISK 2 (1:18) -- Paul Kayser demonstrates and improvises on the organs at the Echternach Abbey and at St. Alphonse Church in Luxembourg City. -- Alain Wirth of the Luxembourg Conservatoire introduces us to the last piano played by Franz Liszt and Carol performs “Andante” by Lefebure-Wely on the Luxembourg Conservatoire organ. -- Mathilda Bargibant gives us a play on the Echternach Abbey Carillon. -- Josée Tani and Carol at the Luxembourg farmers’ market. -- Serge Tani shows us and demonstrates his home organ. DISK 3 (1:24) -- Carol performs “Fantasia in C minor” by Bach on Serge Tani’s home organ. -- Bernhard Leonardy demonstrates and performs the organs at the Basilica of St. John and the former Buckingham Palace organ now at the Chapel of the Knights which is just outside Luxembourg in Saarbrucken Germany. -- Carol performs at St. Martin’s Church in Dudelange Luxembourg: “Toccata” by Leblanc and “The Hebrew Chorus, Nabucco” by Giuseppe Verdi. -- Interviews with Jacques Dondelinger, President and Pierre Nimax Jr., Artistic Director of the Dudelange Organ Society, Luxembourg. DISK 4 (:54) -- All the performances together ( remixed for 2.1 stereo system or above ) -- The Good Shepherd (by Benoit) (Performed by Paul Breisch at the Luxembourg Cathedral organ). -- Offertory on the Grands Jeux (by Couperin) (Performed by Paul Breisch at the Luxembourg Cathedral organ). -- Improvisation (Composed & Performed by Maurice Clement at the Luxembourg Philharmonie organ). -- Improvisation (Composed & Performed by Paul Kayser at the St. Alphonse Church organ, Luxembourg). -- Improvisation (Composed & Performed by Paul Kayser at the Echternach Abbey, Luxembourg City). -- Andante (by Lefebure-Wely) (Performed by Carol Williams at the Luxembourg Conservatoire organ). -- Fantasia in C minor (by Bach) (Performed by Carol Williams at Serge Tani's home organ). -- Improvisation (Composed & Performed by Bernhard Leonardy at the Basilica of St. John in Saarbrucken, Germany). -- Improvisation on God Save The Queen (Composed & Performed by Bernhard Leonardy at the former Buckingham Palace organ now at the Chapel of the Knights, Saarbrucken, Germany). -- Toccata (by Leblanc) (Performed by Carol Williams) at St. Martin's Church in Dudelange, Luxembourg. -- Toccata (by Klieve) (Performed by Carol Williams at St. Martin's Church in Dudelange, Luxembourg, with video of the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial). -- Adagio, Concerto de Aranjuez (by Rodrigo) (Performed by Carol Williams at St. Martin's Church in Dudelange, Luxembourg, with video of the German Soldiers' Cemetery at "Sandweiler"). -- The Hebrew Chorus from "Nabucco" (by Verdi) (Performed by Carol Williams at St. Martin's Church in Dudelange, Luxembourg, with video of the church as well as aerial views of some Luxembourg Castles).