This week we celebrate the birthday of American concert organist Stephen Tharp.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
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All works performed by Stephen Tharp
Title: Trois Esquisses, op.41 – Deciso
Composer: Marcel Dupré
Album: Legendary Organ Works, Volume One – Ethereal ER-108
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Organ: 1933 IV/106 EM Skinner, Girard College Chapel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
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Title: Praeludium in E minor (BuxWV 142)
Composer: Dietrich Buxtehude
Album: Resurrectio – JAV
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Organ: 1738 III/64 Muller/Marcussen and Son, Grote Kirk, Haarlem, Netherlands
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Title: Sonata no. 2 in C minor – I. Grave – Adagio, II. Allegro maestoso e vivace, III. Fuga – Allegro moderato
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Organist: Stephen Tharp
Album: Mendelssohn Organ Sonatas – Naxos 8.553583
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Organ: 1983 II/27 Casavant, St. Clement Church, Chicago, Illinois USA
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Title: Trois Preludes et Fugues, op.109 – No. 3 in C major
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Album: Stephen Tharp at St. Sulpice – JAV JAV130
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Organ: 1862 V/128 Cavaillé-Coll, Church of St. Sulpice, Paris, France
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Title: Goldberg Variations – I. Aria, IX. Variatio 8 (BWV 988)
Composer: JS Bach
Album: Stephen Tharp plays The Goldberg Variations – JAV JAV 172
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Organ: 2006 III/91 Fritts, St. Joseph Cathedral, Columbus, Ohio USA
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Title: Pastorale from Suite de morceaux pour orgue, op. 24
Composer: Charles Tournemire
Album: Stephen Tharp Plays The Anderson Organ – JAV JAV 160
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Organ: 2005 IV/118 Casavant, Brick Presbyterian Church, New York, New York USA
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Title: Danse Diabolique
Composer: George Baker
Album: The St James Recital – Acis APL31995
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Organ: 2010 IV/78 Schoenstein, St. James Episcopal Church, New York, New York USA
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Title: Sonata no. 5 in C, op. 80 – IV. Recitativo (Andante)
Composer: Felix-Alexandre Guilmant
Title: Arabesque
Composer: Olivier Latry
Album: Stephen Tharp Plays The Anderson Organ – JAV JAV 160
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Organ: 2005 IV/118 Casavant, Brick Presbyterian Church, New York, New York USA
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