Courtney Crappell, Director
FACULTY RECITAL
DARYL ROBINSON, organ Friday, April 16, 2021 Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal) 7:30 p.m.
Daryl Robinson, Assistant Professor and Director of Organ Studies at the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston and Cathedral Organist for Christ Church Cathedral, Houston, has earned critical acclaim as a solo and collaborative artist. Described by London-based Choir and Organ Magazine as a performer with “…a driving muscular poetry underpinned by nimble technique and nuanced sense of style…”, Mr. Robinson earned both First Prize and the Audience Prize in the 2012 American Guild of Organists National Competition in Organ Performance. Robinson has performed across the United States, internationally throughout Europe, the United Kingdom, China, and South Korea. Recent convention performances include solo recitals for the Organ Historical Society (Rochester, 2018) and national and regional conventions of the American Guild of Organists, including Boston (2014), St. Louis (2015), and Houston (2016), where his performances were praised by The American Organist Magazine as demonstrating “...flawless technique and rhythmic verve…” Multiple critically acclaimed solo and collaborative commercial discs featuring Mr. Robinson are available, including the first commercial solo recording of the organ at Walt Disney Concert, American Fantasia (Gothic Records, 2017), which features six world premiere recordings, five of which were commissioned by Mr. Robinson. Other discs include: Sempre Organo (ProOrgano Records, 2013), Carolae - Music for Christmas (Naxos Records, 2016), and As you set out for Ithaka (Albany Records, 2013). A new recording featuring the complete solo organ music of David Ashley White, recorded at Christ Church Cathedral, Houston, will be available in 2021 from Acis Productions.
PROGRAM Te Deum, Op. 11
Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968)
Aria from Three Movements for Organ
Marcus Karl Maroney (b. 1976)
Come, Pure Hearts:
Introduction, Theme, and Variations
David Ashley White (b. 1944)
Dedicated to the performer
Suite No. 1 for Organ Fantasy Fughetta Air Toccato (sic)
Introduction, Passacaglia, and Fugue, B. 149
Florence Beatrice Price (1887–1953)
Healey Willan (1880–1968)
Information on the organs of Christ Church Cathedral, Houston may be viewed at www.christchurchcathedral.org/organs/