Cherry Rhodes, Organist in Concert

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Cherry Rhodes brings a richly varied program of works both seasoned and contemporary including the debut of Larry King’s Revelations of Saint John the Divine for Organ and Electronic Tape, which the composer dedicated to her.

Recorded live at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, November 22, 2003.

About the Artist:
      Cherry Rhodes is the first American to win an international organ competition (Munich, Germany). She has played recitals at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, at international organ festivals throughout Europe and at numerous National and Regional Conventions of the American Guild of Organists. In July 2004 she was one of the first organists to perform on the new organ in the Walt Disney Concert Hall. This occasion took place at the AGO National Convention when she appeared as soloist with members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Subsequently she performed there for the Grand Avenue Festival, and continuing with the organ inauguration, on April 22-24, 2005, she performed the monumental Symphonie Concertante by Joseph Jongen on the Los Angeles Philharmonic Subscription Series.
         As a soloist, Ms. Rhodes made her debut at age seventeen with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Further appearances as a soloist have been with the Pasadena Chamber Orchestra, the Phoenix Symphony, the South German Radio Orchestra and the French National Radio Orchestra. Ms. Rhodes has recorded for Columbia Records, Delos International, Pro Organo, JAV Recordings, Organ Historical Society and Minnesota Public Radio (CD Pipedreams Live!). Her performances have frequently been broadcast throughout the United States, Canada and abroad.
        Ms. Rhodes is Adjunct Professor of Organ at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. Many of Ms. Rhodes' students have won awards, grants, and top prizes in competitions both in the United States and Europe. A sought-after musician, she has given master classes and has served as an adjudicator on frequent occasions in the United States, Canada and abroad. The Royal College of Organists invited her to give a recital and master class in Manchester Cathedral, and to serve on an international jury that selected the International Performer of the Year for 2000. On that occasion she was the only American to serve in these capacities.
         A graduate of Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied under Dr. Alexander McCurdy, Ms. Rhodes received Fulbright and Rockefeller grants for study in Munich and Paris with Karl Richter, Marie-Claire Alain and Jean Guillou. For two years, she was Jean Guillou’s assistant at St. Eustache in Paris.

Reviews:
"CD auditors and organ aficionados with a sense of adventure may already be familiar with the Delos May 2006 release Cherry Rhodes, organist, in Concert CD. Cherry's virtuosity and rich musical insights are beautifully showcased in a recital featuring the majestic Dobson organ of Los Angeles' Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels...
Cherry's entire body (brain, too), including arms, hands and both well-shod legs and feet created a mesmerizing kaleidoscope of sound only achievable on a great organ. Bach and Mozart were leavened with unusual repertoire by Clarence Mader, José Lidón and especially Jean Guillou, the French organist, arranger and teacher so important in Cherry Rhodes' career. Most impressive of all was Jean Guillou's transcription of Franz Liszt's orchestral symphonic poem Orpheus, which incidentally is included on Cherry's Delos recording. In its orchestral form, Orpheus is a sensuous, highly romantic Lisztian bon-bon, but in Guillon's organ transcription it takes on a serious grandeur and delivers an impact I'm sure Liszt himself would have applauded. "

- Harry Pack, 'A Cherry Rhodes Sighting!', September 29, 2006

Program:

NICOLAS DE GRIGNY Hymn: Ave Maris Stella	ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI Toccata No. 11
FRANZ LISZT Symphonic Poem: Orpheus (arr. Jean Guillou)	FELIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY Prelude and Fugue in E Minor (trans. by W.T.Best)
LARRY KING Revelations of Saint John the Divine for Organ & Electronic Tape, dedicated to Cherry Rhodes	CALVIN HAMPTON Five Dances
FR. MARIUS JOSEPH WALTER Meditation on Salve, Festa Dies	MICHEL CORRETTE Piece de Tonnere

CD Format
Total Playing Time: 78:22
Released: 2005
DELOS DE3346