Today is Easter Sunday, so we’re celebrating with music appropriate for the holiday.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
Playlist
Title: Fantasy on Easter Hymn
Composer: William H Harris
Organist: Daniel Cook
Album: Great European Organs No 91 – Priory PRCD 1102
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Organ: 1883 III/47 Willis/Rushworth and Dreaper, Cathedral of St. David and St. Andrew, St. Davids, Wales
Title: Puer Nobis (This Easter Day with Joy Was Bright)
Composer: David Dahl
Organist: Mark Brombaugh
Album: The Organ Sings – Music of David Dahl – Raven OAR-953
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Organ: 1979 II/31 Brombaugh, Christ Church (Episcopal), Tacoma, Washington USA
Title: That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright (Puer Nobis)
Composer: Robert J Powell
Organist: Marilyn Keiser
Album: Spiritual Pairs – Pro Organo CD7067
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Organ: 1994 IV/94 Goulding and Wood, Christ Church Cathedral, New Orleans, Louisiana USA
Title: Little Partita for Easter (Salzburg)
Composer: James Woodman
Organist: Erik Simmons
Album: Organ Music By James Woodman – Soundspells Productions CD139
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Organ: 1973 IV/150 Marcussen and Son, Laurenskerk (Hauptwerk model), Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Title: Suite, op. 25 – Rhythm of Easter
Composer: Seth Bingham
Organist: Christopher Marks
Album: Organ Music of Seth Bingham, Vol 3 – Raven OAR 992
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Organ: 1998 IV/95 Schoenstein, First-Plymouth Congregational Church, Lincoln, Nebraska USA
Title: If ye be risen again with Christ
Composer: Orlando Gibbons
Organist: Kevin Clarke
Album: The Glory Of Gibbons – Pro Organo CD 7062
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Organ: 1961 IV/65 Aeolian-Skinner/Noack, Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, Dallas, Texas USA
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Title: Anguished American Easter, 1968
Composer: Thomas Kerr
Organist: Herndon Spillman
Album: A Diversity of Riches – Titanic TI-205
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Organ: 1991 V/114 Visser-Rowland, Wooddale Church, Eden Prairie, Minnesota USA
Title: Variations on an Easter theme – O Filii et Filiae
Composer: John Rutter
Organist: Christopher Herrick
Album: Organ Fireworks – X – Hyperion CDA 67458
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Organ: 2002 IV/122 Letourneau, Francis Winspear Centre for Music, Edmonton, Alberta Canada
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Title: Livre du Saint Sacrement – XI. L’apparition du Christ ressuscité à Marie-Madeleine (The Appearance of the Risen Christ to Mary Magdalene)
Composer: Olivier Messiaen
Organist: Jon Gillock
Album: Livre du Saint Sacrement – Raven OAR-982
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Organ: 2010 IV/111 Quoirin, Church of the Ascension, New York City, New York USA
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Title: Holy Seasons (Four Tone Poems For Organ) – IV. Easter Joy
Composer: Dan Locklair
Organist: Rebecca Davey
Album: New Music for a New Organ – Raven OAR-167
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Organ: 2019 III/46 Dobson, Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia USA
Title: Easter Victory
Composer: Charles Callahan
Organist: Charles Callahan
Album: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling – Pro Organo CD 2231
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Organ: 1923 III/35 Wurlitzer/Heritage, All Saints Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo, New York USA
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Title: Saraband for the morning of Easter
Composer: Herbert Howells
Organist: Richard Webster
Album: Great Organbuilders of America: A Retrospective, Vol 12 – JAV JAV 125
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Organ: 1921 IV/59 EM Skinner/Thompson-Allen, St. Luke Episcopal Church, Evanston, Illinois USA
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