Episode 228 – October 22, 2023
This week we remember Virgil Fox who died 43 years ago this week.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
Title: Pomp and Circumstance
Composer: Edward Elgar
Organist: Virgil Fox
Album: Virgil Fox plays the John Wanamaker Organ – Command CC-11025SD
Organ: 1904 VI/457 Los Angeles Art Organ, Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
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Title: Perpetuum Mobile
Composer: Wilhelm Middelschulte
Organist: Virgil Fox
Album: Bach Live at Fillmore East – MCA Classics MCAD2-9827A.jpg
Organ: Rodgers Touring Organ
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Title: Fugue a la Gigue (with commentary) (BWV 577)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Virgil Fox
Album: Bach Live at Winterland – MCA
Organ: Rodgers Touring Organ
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Title: Clair de lune
Composer: Claude Debussy
Organist: Virgil Fox
Album: Soli Deo Gloria I –
Organ: 1964 V/204 Aeolian-Skinner, Riverside Church, New York City, New York USA
Title: Marche Militaire, op. 69
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Organist: Carlo Curley
Album: Carlo Curley Live! At Royal Festival Hall, London – PVA Recordings PVA6001
Organ: 1950 IV/124 Harrison and Harrison, Royal Festival Hall, London, England
Title: Candide – Overture
Composer: Leonard Bernstein
Organist: Cameron Carpenter
Album: If You Could Read My Mind – Sony 88883796882
Organ: 2014 V Marshall and Ogletree, International Touring Organ, Berlin, Germany
Concert Hall Organs
Title: In the Bleak Mid-winter
Composer: Harold Darke
Organist: Philip Lamb
Album: Deck The Hall –
Organ: 1932 VII/455 Midmer-Losh, Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ, Atlantic City, New Jersey USA
Title: Sinfonia in D major (BWV 29)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Garnell Copeland
Album: The Art of Garnell Copeland – East Texas Organ Fesitval
Organ: 1913 IV/65 Kimball, First Presbyterian Church, Oakland, California USA
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Aria – Schafe könner sicher weiden from Cantata No. 208
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: E Power Biggs
Album: The Biggs Bach Book – CBS MK 30539
Organ: 1765 III/49 Silbermann, Cathedral, Arlesheim, Basel-Landschaft Switzerland
Title: Come Sweet Death
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Virgil Fox
Album: The Wanamaker Organ – The Early Recordings – Ting
Organ: 1904 VI/457 Los Angeles Art Organ, Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
Title: Fugue on a Credo Theme
Composer: Sigfrid Karg-Elert
Organist: Frederick Swann
Album: Virgil Fox Memorial Concert – Gothic G49122
Organ: 1964 V/204 Aeolian-Skinner, Riverside Church, New York City, New York USA
Title: Suite For Organ, op. 5 Toccata
Composer: Maurice Duruflé
Organist: Virgil Fox
Album: Organ Music from France –
Organ: 1964 V/204 Aeolian-Skinner, Riverside Church, New York City, New York USA
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