This week we listen to music by 19th century Danish composer Niels Gade and some of his contemporaries.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
Playlist
December, 15 2024
Gade and Friends
Title: Three Tone Pieces – I. Moderato
Composer: Niels Gade
Organist: Thomas Murray
Album: An American Masterpiece – AFKA SK-507
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Organ: 1863 IV/69 E and GG Hook/Hook and Hastings, Church of the Immaculate Conception, Boston, Massachusetts USA
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Title: Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Organist: Ken Cowan
Album: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – CORS CD 141602
Organ: 1926 IV/162 Austin, Irvine Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
Title: Etude, no. 4 in A-flat
Composer: Robert Schumann
Organist: Carole Terry
Album: Carole Terry Plays The Watjen Concert Organ – Loft LRCD 1105
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Organ: 2000 III/83 CB Fisk, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, Washington USA
Title: Sketch in D-flat
Composer: Robert Schumann
Organist: Peter Crompton
Album: Encore! – Regent REGCD444
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Organ: 1933 IV/59 Hill, Norman and Beard, Royal Hospital School Chapel, Holbrook, England
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Title: Drei Tonstücke, op. 22 – No. 2 in C major
Composer: Niels Gade
Organist: Adam Brakel
Album: In Times of Crisis – Raven OAR-956
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Organ: 1962 IV/93 Beckerath, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
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Title: Sonata no 2 g-moll, op. 42 – II. Adagio
Composer: Gustav Adolf Merkel
Organist: Frank Hoffmann
Album: Orgelkonzert im Dominikanerkloster Frankfurt am Main 2 –
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Organ: 1961 III/56 Walcker, Heiliggeistkirche, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse Germany
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Title: Chorale Prelude on Wie schon leuchtet
Composer: Niels Gade
Organist: Scott Bennett
Album: Fast and Sinister – Pro Organo CD 7147
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Organ: 1952 IV/68 Reuter, Grace Episcopal Church, Charleston, South Carolina USA
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Title: Lyrische Suite, op. 54
I. Gjetergutt (Shepherd’s Boy)
V. Trolltog (March of the Trolls)
Composer: Edvard Grieg
Organist: Thomas Heywood
Album: Krazy Bout Kotzschmar! – Pro Organo CD 7236
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Organ: 1927 V/102 Austin, The City Hall Auditorium, Portland, Maine USA
Title: Tre Tonestykker, op. 22 – III. Allegro con fuoco
Composer: Niels Gade
Organist: James Hicks
Album: Nordic Journey, Volume II – Pro Organo CD 7262
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Organ: 2008 III/27 Åkerman and Lund, St. Johannes Church, Malmö, Sweden
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Breaks
Title: Andante con moto
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Organist: Boyd Jones
Album: Boyd Jones Performs – Arkay AR6130
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Organ: 1986 II/32 Noack, Church of St. Francis Assisi, Louisville, Kentucky USA
Title: Canon in F-Sharp
Composer: Gustav Adolf Merkel
Organist: Marilyn Kay Stulken
Album: Historic Organs of Baltimore – OHS OHS-91
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Organ: 1897 II/15 Henry Niemann/Storey, Old Otterbein United Methodist Church, Baltimore, Maryland USA
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