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Biography
The only time the International
Congress of Organists was held in the United States (1977),
a young organist from New York was awarded the First Prize
in Organ Performance by a panel of distinguished
international judges. The next day, another panel of
distinguished judges from around the world, again operating
in the blind, awarded the First Prize in Organ Improvisation
- and the winner was the same young American organist. David
Hurd, then music director at the Church of the Intercession
in Harlem, within the space of days, had walked away with
the two most prestigious organ prizes in the world at the
time.
Two decades later, David Hurd is widely recognized as one of
the foremost church musicians and concert organists in the
country, with a long list of awards, prizes, honors, and
achievements to his credit. He studied both at the
Preparatory Division of Juilliard and at Manhattan's High
School of Music and Art. Later he attended Oberlin College
in Ohio, graduating with a music degree in 1971. He went on
for further study at the University of North Carolina and
the Manhattan School of Music. His organ teachers have
included Bronson Ragan, Garth Peacock, Arthur Poister, and
Rudolph Kremer.
Dr. Hurd is the director of music and organist of the Church
of the Holy Apostles. He is also professor of church music
and organist at The General Theological Seminary. He is the
composer of dozens of choral and organ works published by a
number of major houses.
For relaxation he may take a break from composing and from
the organ, but not from music. He loves to play recorders
and is accomplished on instruments from Sopranino through
Contrabass. Evenings, when not on the road performing, may
well find him practicing with the Chelsea Winds, an ensemble
he helped found in 1993.
Program: Works by
Dieterich Buxtehude II, 1637-1707
Praeludium in g, BuxWV 148
Te Deum laudamus, BuxWV 218
[Praeludium]
Te Deum laudam[us]
Pleni sunt coeli et terra [auff 2 Clavier]
Te Martyrium à 2 Clav: è ped:
Tu devicto [mortis aculeo] cum 4 subjectis
Praeludium in g, BuxWV 150
Passacaglia in d, BuxWV 161
Praeludium in g, BuxWV 163
Choralfantasia: Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein, BuxWV
210
Praeludium in g, BuxWV 149
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