STEPHEN KETTERER

• This Time It's Personal / Ketterer

“Stephen J. Ketterer [is] a brilliant organist... [Ketterer's Rudolf von Beckerath organ] looks and sounds magnificent... Ketterer has clearly crafted a program that shows just how versatile the Beckerath organ can be... This CD is the sort we would all like to be able to make for our friends, and I suspect Stephen Ketterer will make quite a few more friends among those who listen to it. I thoroughly recommend it.”

The Diapason [March 2015]

"The acoustics are remarkably good, and the organ certainly has the resources for this varied program...Ketterer plays with an appropriate sense of style...solo reeds are potent, the strings are quite nice, and the full ensemble well-balanced...Good recording by a very talented performer."

American Record Guide [July/August 2007]

"...[a] perfect acoustic ... Ketterer plays his favorites on this recording.  The title [of the disc] alludes to the fact that all the pieces have special associations for the performer.  The resulting variety of repertoire is broad, and Ketterer plays as one who obviously knows and loves this instrument and the music"

The Banner [March 2007]

"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 some of those associations."
STEPHEN J. KETTERER
Stephen J. Ketterer started playing the piano at age 4, 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. Extra-musically, the artist works as president of HIV Research, a worldwide pharmaceutical market research and consulting firm. HERBERT BREWER (1865-1928)
Marche Heroique
C. S. LANG (1891-1971)
Tuba Tune
GEORGE THALBEN-BALL (1896-1987)
Elegy
LEON BOELLMANN (1862-1897)
Priere from Suite Gothique
J.S. BACH (1685-1750)
Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten BWV 642
Mein Seele erhebet den Herren BWV 648
O Mensch bewein’ dein’ Sunde gross BWV622
Christ lag in Todesbanden BWV 625
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645
Ich ruf’ zu dir Herr Jesu Christ BWV 639
Ebarm Dich Mein o Herre Gott BWV 721
WILLIAM ALBRIGHT (1944-1998)
Sweet 16ths
SIGFRID KARG-ELERT (1877-1933)
Three pieces from Sketches for Organ
Evening – Sundown - Gossip
LOUIS VIERNE (1870-1937)
Impromptu from 24 Pieces en Style Libre
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR (1844-1937)
Adagio from Organ Symphony No. 5
JOHN WALTER BRATTON (1867-1947)
Arranged for organ by Stephen J. Ketterer
Teddy Bear’s Picnic
ANDREW WRIGHT (b. 1955)
Peaen



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