Links and Downloads
Organ solo performances
Charles-Marie Widor: Symphony VI, 1. Allegro
James Biery, live recording of the October 11, 2009, performance at Nativity Catholic Church, St. Paul, MN
Widor: Symphony VI, 4. Cantabile
James Biery, from same performance
Vierne: Symphony II, Scherzo
YouTube video
Choir/orchestra performances
Schubert: Gloria, from Mass in G
From a Sunday liturgy at the Cathedral of St. Paul on May 8, 2005, which contained a complete performance of the Schubert Mass in G sung by the combined forces of the Cathedral Choir and the Münsterchor Neuss (from Neuss, Germany). I was conducting; the instrumentalists were members of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.
Gabriel Fauré: Introit, from Requiem
Sung at the Cathedral on Sunday morning, November 2, 2008. I was the conductor; the instrumentalists were primarily from the Minnesota Orchestra.
Hymns and Anthems (and brass)
Hymn, setting by JB: Let the Whole Creation Cry (SALZBURG)
R. Vaughan Williams: The Call (St. Cecilia Choir, Marilyn Biery conducting, JB organ)
Hymn, setting by JB: Be Thou My Vision (SLANE)
Herbert Howells: My eyes for beauty pine (St. Cecilia and Cathedral Choirs, MB conducting, JB organ)
Hymn, setting by JB: All My Hope On God Is Founded (MICHAEL)
J. Biery: Sinfonia Festiva (Brass and organ; JB conducting from the console)
This group of recordings is from a Hymn Festival presented last summer (July 14, 2009) for the Hymn Society as part of their annual conference. The theme of the conference was "A Little Child Shall Lead Them."
Manz: E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come
YouTube video of Sunday morning Cathedral Choir anthem
J. Biery: My Help Cometh From the Lord
A YouTube video interpretation of an anthem sung by the Cathedral Choir
J. Biery: An Old Irish Blessing
J. Biery: Emmanuel Comes!
Excerpts from a complete Advent service commissioned by St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Roseville, MN, to be used at both their contemporary and traditional Sunday services; recorded with organ, but composed for either piano or organ.
J. Biery: Sing Praises to God
Violin and Organ
J. Biery: Elegy (Michal Sobieski, violin, JB organ, September 2007)
Organ solo performances
Charles-Marie Widor: Symphony VI, 1. Allegro
James Biery, live recording of the October 11, 2009, performance at Nativity Catholic Church, St. Paul, MN
Widor: Symphony VI, 4. Cantabile
James Biery, from same performance
Vierne: Symphony II, Scherzo
YouTube video
Choir/orchestra performances
Schubert: Gloria, from Mass in G
From a Sunday liturgy at the Cathedral of St. Paul on May 8, 2005, which contained a complete performance of the Schubert Mass in G sung by the combined forces of the Cathedral Choir and the Münsterchor Neuss (from Neuss, Germany). I was conducting; the instrumentalists were members of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.
Gabriel Fauré: Introit, from Requiem
Sung at the Cathedral on Sunday morning, November 2, 2008. I was the conductor; the instrumentalists were primarily from the Minnesota Orchestra.
Hymns and Anthems (and brass)
Hymn, setting by JB: Let the Whole Creation Cry (SALZBURG)
R. Vaughan Williams: The Call (St. Cecilia Choir, Marilyn Biery conducting, JB organ)
Hymn, setting by JB: Be Thou My Vision (SLANE)
Herbert Howells: My eyes for beauty pine (St. Cecilia and Cathedral Choirs, MB conducting, JB organ)
Hymn, setting by JB: All My Hope On God Is Founded (MICHAEL)
J. Biery: Sinfonia Festiva (Brass and organ; JB conducting from the console)
This group of recordings is from a Hymn Festival presented last summer (July 14, 2009) for the Hymn Society as part of their annual conference. The theme of the conference was "A Little Child Shall Lead Them."
Manz: E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come
YouTube video of Sunday morning Cathedral Choir anthem
J. Biery: My Help Cometh From the Lord
A YouTube video interpretation of an anthem sung by the Cathedral Choir
J. Biery: An Old Irish Blessing
J. Biery: Emmanuel Comes!
Excerpts from a complete Advent service commissioned by St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Roseville, MN, to be used at both their contemporary and traditional Sunday services; recorded with organ, but composed for either piano or organ.
J. Biery: Sing Praises to God
Violin and Organ
J. Biery: Elegy (Michal Sobieski, violin, JB organ, September 2007)