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  • Episode 156 – January 27, 2019

    [koiraf]We wrap up our show today with some modern music by composers whose names all start with the letter G.
    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
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    Title: Trumpet Tune
    Composer: David German
    Organist: Dan Miller
    Album: The Calvary Grand Organ Dedication –
    Organ: 1990 V/205 Moller, Calvary Church, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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    Title: Partita on a Hymntune of Tallis
    Composer: Sandra Gay
    Organist: Judy Congdon
    Album: Love So Amazing –
    Organ: 1953 III/61 Holtkamp, Wesley Chapel, Houghton College, Houghton, New York, USA

    Title: Be thou my vision
    Composer: Zsolt Gárdonyi
    Organist: Philip Scriven
    Album: Piping Blues – Regent REGCD304
    Organ: 1861 IV/96 Holdich/Hill, Norman and Beard, Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Chad, Lichfield, England

    Title: Toccata
    Composer: Patrick Gowers
    Organist: Christopher Hughes
    Album: The Organs of Eton College, Vol 1 – OxRecs OXCD-65
    Organ: 1885 IV/63 Hill/Mander, Eton College Chapel, Windsor, England

    Title: Jig (no. 3 of Five Dances)
    Composer: John Linton Gardner
    Organist: Martin Setchell
    Album: A Taste of Shropshire – English Music from Ludlow – Quantum QM 7041
    Organ: 1764 IV/52 Snetzler/JW Walker, St. Laurence’s Church, Ludlow, England

    Title: Toccata pour l’Élévation
    Composer: Jean Giroud
    Organist: Jan Von Hassel
    Album: Couleurs d’Orgue – Spektral SRL4-10079
    Organ: 1846 IV/82 Cavaillé-Coll, Eglise de la Madeleine, Paris, France

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    Title: Pastorale from Sonata no. 1 in D minor
    Composer: Felix-Alexandre Guilmant
    Organist: Jonathan Hall
    Album: In Perfect Peace –
    Organ: 1880 III/35 Odell, St. Charles Borromeo, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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    Title: Sonata de chiesa – I. Arioso, László Simai, Trumpet, Péter Burget, Trombone
    Composer: Zsolt Gárdonyi
    Organist: István Ruppert
    Album: Hungarian Organ Music – Do-Lá DLCD 073, DLCD 175
    Organ: 1999 III/54 Aquincum , Szombathely Cathedral, Szombathely, Hungary
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    Title: Preludio y Postludio
    Composer: Norberto Guinaldo
    Organist: Carlos Cappellaro
    Album: Organo Argentino – Toccata TRR 99022
    Organ: 1903 III/0 Hauptwerk, Notre Dame, Metz, France

  • Episode 155 – January 20, 2019

    [koiraf]We continue our month of G-themed shows today with an hour of music by Felix-Alexandre Guimant.
    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
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    Title: Cantabilé, op. 41 no. 4
    Composer: Felix-Alexandre Guilmant
    Organist: Charles Callahan
    Album: Cathedral Echoes – Pro Organo CD 7232
    Organ: 1949 IV/121 Kilgen/Wicks, St. Louis Cathedral Basilica, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
    Sheetmusic: PDF

    Title: 8ème Sonata en la majeur, op. 91

  • I. Introduction et Allegro risoluto
  • II. Adagio con affetto
  • III. Scherzo (Vivace)
  • IV. Andante sostenuto
  • V. Intermède et Allegro con brio

  • Composer: Felix-Alexandre Guilmant
    Organist: Peter Eilander
    Album: Peter Eilander speelt Alexandre Guilmant Vol 4 – Clarion CL 22110
    Organ: 1890 IV/64 Cavaille-Coll, L’abbatiale Saint-Ouen, Rouen, France
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    Title: Choral et Fugue from Sonata no. 5
    Composer: Felix-Alexandre Guilmant
    Organist: Christopher Herrick
    Album: Organ Fireworks – XI – Hyperion CDA67577
    Organ: 1992 IV/82 CB Fisk, Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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    Title: Paraphrase on See the conqu’ring hero comes
    Composer: Felix-Alexandre Guilmant
    Organist: Massimo Gabba
    Album: Handel – Romantic Organ Transcriptions – Brilliant Classics 94709
    Organ: 2010 III/60 Mascioni, Church of St. John the Evangelist, Alessandria, Italy
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  • Episode 154 – January 13, 2019

    [koiraf]We continue our G-themed shows today with some modern organ music from the country of Germany.
    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
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    Playlist:
    Title: Variationen über ein Thema von Beethoven
    Composer: Carsten Lenz
    Organist: Iris and Carsten Lenz
    Album: Vierhändige Orgelwerke 1 – Lenz CD 001
    Organ: 1995 III/61 Férster and Nicolaus, St. Stephanus, Polch, Germany

    Title: Intermezzo
    Composer: Johannes Mayr
    Organist: Johannes Mayr
    Album: Orgelkonzert – ORGANPromotion OP 8006
    Organ: 1776 II/26 Holzey/Klais, St. Johannes Ev., Ursberg, Germany
    Title: Pastorella
    Organ: 1793 III/36 Holzey/Klais, Saint Verena Parish Church, Rot-an-der-Rot, Germany

    Title: Introduction, Scherzo and Fugue On B-E-A-T-E
    Composer: Toni Zahnbrecher
    Organist: Craig Cramer
    Album: Craig Cramer plays the Fritts Organ at St Joseph Cathedral Columbus, Ohio – JAV JAV 174
    Organ: 2006 III/91 Fritts, St. Joseph Cathedral, Columbus, Ohio, USA

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    Title: Three Impressions, op. 72 – La Nuit
    Composer: Sigfrid Karg-Elert
    Organist: Ken Cowan
    Album: Art of the Symphonic Organist, Vol 4 – JAV JAV369
    Organ: 2004 V/155 Quimby, First Baptist Church, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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    Title: Intonationes breves – Primi Toni
    Composer: Sébastian Anton Scherer
    Organist: Michel Chapuis
    Album: A L’Orgue de la Cathedrale de St Pons de Thomieres – XCP Montpelier XCP 5018
    Organ: 1771 III/46 Micot, Cathedral of Saint-Pons de Thomières, Saint-Pons de Thomières, France
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    Title: French Toccata on Helmut
    Composer: Ralf Bölting
    Organist: Emanuele Cardi and Gianfranco Nicoletti
    Album: Tchaikovsky and Saint-Saëns – Brilliant Classics 94881
    Organ: III/52 Mascioni, Church of Santi Cosma e Damiano, Vairano, Italy
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  • Episode 153 – January 6, 2019

    [koiraf]Happy new year! This month we return to the alphabet for inspiration for our show. Our next stop is the letter ‘G’. Today we have Gregorian Gifts, with a nod to the Feast of Epiphany.
    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
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    Title: Prelude sur l’Introit de l’Epiphanie
    Composer: Maurice Duruflé
    Organist: Todd Wilson
    Album: Maurice Durufle Organ Music (Complete) – Delos DE 3047
    Organ: 1978 III/52 Schudi, Church of St. Thomas Aquinas, Dallas, Texas, USA

    Composer: Naji Hakim
    Organist: Naji Hakim
    Album: Canticum: French Organ Music – EMI Classics 5 72272 2 3
    Organ: 1871 III/82 Cavaille-Coll/Glandaz, Ste. Trinite, Paris, France
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    Title: Ave Verum
    Composer: Everett Titcomb
    Organist: Charles Callahan
    Album: Invocation
    Organ: 1996 V/76 Turner, Church of the Holy Family, New York City, New York, USA

    Title: Cinq Improvisations – IV. Fantasie-Improvisation sur l’Ave maris stella
    Composer: Charles Tournemire
    Organist: Wilma Jensen
    Album: Sketches and Improvisations in the French Tradition – Pro Organo CD 7186
    Organ: 1986 III/85 Casavant, St. George’s Episcopal Church, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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    Title: Variations on Ubi Caritas
    Composer: Denis Bédard
    Organist: Maxine Thévenot
    Album: Tell of His Love – Raven OAR-144
    Organ: 2002 III/65 Reuter, Cathedral of St. John, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

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    Composer: Heinrich Scheidemann
    Organist: Karin Nelson
    Album: Heinrich Scheidemann Organ Works vol 2 – Naxos 8.554203
    Organ: 1991 II/27 Brombaugh, Haga Church, Göteborg, Sweden
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    Title: Artizarra – Fantaisie sur un chant populaire pour la fête de l’Epiphanie
    Composer: Daniel Roth
    Organist: Stephen Tharp
    Album: Stephen Tharp at St. Sulpice – JAV JAV130
    Organ: 1862 V/128 Cavaillé-Coll, Church of St. Sulpice, Paris, France
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  • Episode 152 – December 30, 2018

    [koiraf]For our final episode of 2018, we prepare for the new year with new recordings.
    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
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    Title: Divinum mysterium Organum (Of the Father’s Love Begotten)
    Composer: J William Greene
    Organist: J William Greene
    Album: Christmas Ayres and Dances – Pro Organo CD 7281
    Organ: 1988 I/6 Klop, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (Continuo organ), Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
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    Title: Passacaglia und Fugue in C-moll (BWV 582)
    Composer: JS Bach
    Organist: Loïc Georgeault
    Album: Florence Rosseau and Loïc Georgeault
    Organ: 2016 III/33 JF Dupont, Abbaye Saint Anne de Kergonan, Plouharnel, France
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    Title: La vie du Christ – II. La Nativité
    Composer: Eugène Reuchsel
    Organist: Simon Nieminski
    Album: La vie du Christ et Bouquet de France – Resonus RES10217
    Organ: 1992 III/81 Rieger, St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland
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    Title: Nocturne in C-sharp minor, op. 19 no. 4 Transcribed by Edwin H. Lemare
    Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Organist: Jonathan Vaughn
    Album: Tchaikovsky at the Organ – Regent REDCD 494
    Organ: 1911 IV/71 Harrison and Harrison, St. Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol, England

    Title: Variations sur un Noël
    Composer: Marcel Dupré
    Organist: Daryl Robinson
    Album: American Fantasia – Gothic G-49315
    Organ: 2004 IV/109 Rosales-Glatter-Götz, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California, USA
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    Title: La Nativité du Seigneur – IX. Dieu parmi nous
    Composer: Olivier Messiaen
    Organist: Richard Gowers
    Album: Messiaen – La Nativité du Seigneur (Gowers) – King’s College KGS0025
    Organ: 1934 IV/75 Harrison and Harrison, University of Cambridge, King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, England
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    Title: Symphony no. 7 in A minor, op. 42 no. 3 – III. Allegretto
    Composer: Charles-Marie Widor
    Organist: Jeremy David Tarrant
    Album: Charles-Marie Widor Symphony no 7 in A minor – Raven OAR-146
    Organ: 2013 III/76 Casavant, First Presbyterian Church, Kirkwood, Missouri, USA
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    Title: What sweeter music The Girl Chorister and Lay Clerks of Ely Cathedral
    Composer: John Rutter
    Organist: Aaron Shilson
    Album: An Ely Christmas – Regent REGCD 527
    Organ: 2001 IV/95 Harrison and Harrison, Ely Cathedral, Ely, England
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  • Episode 151 – December 23, 2018

    [koiraf]For this week’s episode we have an uninterrupted hour of music for your holiday enjoyment. Merry Christmas!
    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
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    Title: Hark! The herald angels sing (MENDELSSOHN) Ashbury Brass and Friends, Choir of St. Luke’s, Evanston
    Composer: Richard Webster
    Organist: Charles Snider
    Album: Blow Ye the Trumpet in Zion – Advent Press
    Organ: 1921 IV/59 EM Skinner/Thompson-Allen, St. Luke Episcopal Church, Evanston, Illinois, USA
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    Title: Christmas Cradle Song
    Composer: Alfred Hollins
    Organist: Paul Walton
    Album: Rejoice and Be Merry! – Regent REGCD 406
    Organ: 1907 IV/66 Walker/Mander, Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, England
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    Title: Prelude On Veni Emmanuel
    Composer: Herbert Buffington
    Organist: Elizabeth and Raymond Chenault
    Album: Christmas at Spivey Hall – Gothic G49084
    Organ: 1991 III/79 Ruffatti, Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Title: Improvisations sur des Noëls traditionnels – Douce nuit, sante nuit
    Composer: Jean Guillou
    Organist: Jean Guillou
    Album: Jean Guillou, The Early Recordings, Vol 2 Disc 2 – Decca 480 2099
    Organ: 1932 IV/84 Gonzalez, St. Eustache, Paris, France

    Title: Noël nouvelet La Maîtrise de Toulouse, Conservatoire de Tolouse
    Composer: Mark Opstad
    Organist: William Whitehead
    Album: Noël Français – Regent REGCD 470
    Organ: 2004 II/28 Daldosso, Temple du Salin, Toulouse, France

    Title: Improvisation on The Snow Lay On The Ground
    Organist: Gerre Hancock
    Album: Christmas Improvisations – Gothic G49109
    Organ: 1956 IV/158 Aeolian-Skinner, St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue (Chancel), New York City, New York, USA

    Title: O Jesulein süß
    Composer: Georg Friedrich Kauffmann
    Organist: Michael Christfried Winkler
    Album: Orgelmusik zur Weihnacht – Berlin Classics BC 1038-2
    Organ: 1729 II/20 Silbermann/Wegscheider, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Reinhardstgrimma, Germany

    Title: Improvisation Franzosische Tannenbaum und Jingle
    Organist: John D Schwandt
    Album: Holiday Pipes –
    Organ: 1999 III/45 CB Fisk, University of Oklahoma Catlett Music Center, Norman, Oklahoma, USA

    Title: Bell Carol (I Heard the Bells) The Copley Singers
    Composer: Philip Ledger
    Organist: Christian Lane
    Album: I Wonder as I Wander Out Under the Sky – Gothic G-49283
    Organ: 1967 IV/76 CB Fisk, Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    Title: The Shepherds’ farewell The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
    Composer: Hector Berlioz
    Organist: Richard Pearce
    Album: Carols From Trinity – Conifer Classics 75605 51754 2
    Organ: 1975 III/61 Metzler, Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge, England

    Title: Praeludien für die heilige Weihnachtszeit, op. 76 no. 3 – Adagio arioso
    Composer: Johann Baptist Schiedermayr
    Organist: Bernhard Prammer
    Album: Die Bruckner-Orgel im Alten Dom zu Linz – Spektral SRL4-11094
    Organ: 1765 III/48 Chrismann/Breinbauer, Church of St. Ignatius, Linz, Austria

    Title: We Three Kings
    Composer: Alec Wyton
    Organist: Marilyn Keiser
    Album: Seasons of Festivity – Arkay Records W 90948
    Organ: 1996 III/100 Schantz, Fairmount Presbyterian Church, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA

    Title: II. La Nativité from Three Evangelical Poems
    Composer: Jean Langlais
    Organist: Frederick Hohman
    Album: Pageantry and Poetry – Pro Organo CD 7280
    Organ: 2014 IV/59 Reuter, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Springfield, Illinois, USA
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    Title: Joy to the World Scott Kennebeck, Tenor
    Composer: GF Handel
    Organist: John Powel Walsh
    Album: Midnight Clear
    Organ: 1949 IV/121 Kilgen/Wicks, St. Louis Cathedral Basilica, St. Louis, Missouri, USA