This week we explore the music of Belgian-born composer Gaston Dethier as well as those of other musicians close to him. The show is sponsored this week by Christopher Soer Pipe Organs.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
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Title: Verset, op. 19
Composer: Felix-Alexandre Guilmant
Organist: Carol Williams
Album: Mainly French – Melcot MCTCD018
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Organ: 1998 IV/50 Austin, St. Mary’s College Chapel, Moraga, California USA
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Title: Aria
Composer: Gaston Marie Dethier
Organist: Charles Callahan
Album: Cathedral Echoes – Pro Organo CD 7232
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Organ: 1949 IV/121 Kilgen/Wicks, St. Louis Cathedral Basilica, St. Louis, Missouri USA
Title: Intermezzo
Composer: Gaston Marie Dethier
Organist: Frederick Hohman
Album: Opus 190 – Pro Organo CD 7042
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Organ: 1910 IV/55 EM Skinner/Quimby, Grand Avenue United Methodist Temple, Kansas City, Missouri USA
Title: The Brook (Roll no. 508)
Composer: Gaston Marie Dethier
Organist: Edwin Arthur Kraft
Album: Great Organbuilders of America: A Retrospective, Vol 13 – JAV JAV 123
Organ: 1929 II/15 EM Skinner/Thompson-Allen, Elm Court, Butler, Pennsylvania USA
Title: Copper Country Sketches – Passacaglia (Iron Mountain)
Composer: Powell Weaver
Organist: Christina Harmon
Album: Eight Historic Pipe Organs of the Copper Country – Raven OAR-928
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Organ: 1905 II/16 Kilgen, St. Paul the Apostle Church, Calumet, Michigan USA
Title: Ave Maria
Composer: Édouard Dethier
Organist: Jacques Boucher
Album: Les Voix du Sacre – Société Métropolitaine du Disque SMD 206-1
Organ: 1894 III/46 Casavant/Caron, Sanctuaire du Saint-Sacrement, Montréal, Quebec Canada
Title: Reverie in G
Composer: Gaston Marie Dethier
Organist: Charles Callahan
Album: Reverie – Pro Organo CD 7137
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Organ: 1996 V/76 Turner, Church of the Holy Family, New York City, New York USA
Title: Prelude on Dies Irae
Composer: Gaston Marie Dethier
Organist: Charles Callahan
Album: Cathedral Echoes – Pro Organo CD 7232
Title: Christmas
Composer: Gaston Marie Dethier
Organist: Frederick Hohman
Album: A Saint-Saëns Sort of Christmas – Pro Organo CD 7040
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Organ: 1983 II/32 Reuter, Holy Name of Jesus Church, San Francisco, California USA
Closing Music
Title: Deck The Halls
Composer: Carmen Dragon
Organist: Peter Richard Conte
Album: Deck The Hall –
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Organ: 1932 VII/455 Midmer-Losh, Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ, Atlantic City, New Jersey USA