This week we explore the music and legacy of American organist Gerre Hancock.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
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Title: A Laredo Fanfare
Composer: Gerre Hancock
Organist: Todd Wilson
Album: The Organ Music of Gerre Hancock – Raven OAR-951
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Organ: 1956 IV/158 Aeolian-Skinner, St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue (Chancel), New York City, New York USA
Title: My Soul Doth Magnify The Lord (BWV 648), O Whither Shall I Flee (BWV 646)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Gerre Hancock
Album: On A Sunday Afternoon – Volume 2 – JAV JAV 144
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Organ: 1963 IV/186 EM Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner, National Cathedral, Washington, DC USA
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Title: A symphony – II. Song Form, IV. Fugue and Finale
Composer: Gerre Hancock
Organist: Gerre Hancock
Album: From Ashes To Glory – Pro Organo CD 7250
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Organ: 1954 IV/151 Aeolian-Skinner/Quimby, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City, New York USA
Title: Come down, O Love divine
Composer: Hymn
Organist: Gerre Hancock
Album: Christ the Fair Glory – Koch 3-7441-2
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Organ: 1956 IV/158 Aeolian-Skinner, St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue (Chancel), New York City, New York USA
Title: Air, A Prelude for Organ
Composer: Gerre Hancock
Organist: Daryl Robinson
Album: American Fantasia – Gothic G-49315
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Organ: 2004 IV/109 Rosales-Glatter-Götz, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California USA
Title: Four Spirituals – Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho & We are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder
Composer: Gerre Hancock
Organist: Robert Scoggin
Album: Pipedreams Live – Pipedreams PD1002
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Organ: 1983 V/64 Sipe, Christ United Methodist Church, Rochester, Minnesota USA
Title: Variations on Ora Labora
Composer: Gerre Hancock
Organist: Jeremy Filsell
Title: Jubilate Deo
Composer: Gerre Hancock
Organist: Benjamin Sheen
Album: The Music Of Gerre Hancock – Signum Classics SIGCD631
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Organ: 2014 IV/126 Dobson, St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue (Chancel), New York, New York USA
Title: Improvisation
Composer: Gerre Hancock
Organist: Gerre Hancock
Album: Great Organs of New York – B and V BV-100
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Organ: 1956 IV/158 Aeolian-Skinner, St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue (Chancel), New York City, New York USA