Episodes

This week our organists are joined by other instrumentalists for some combinations you probably haven’t heard before.

Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein

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Title: Fugue in E Flat, for organ and timpani
Composer: Anthony Newman
Organist: Anthony Newman
Album: Bach 2000 A Musical Tribute – Albany TROY357
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Organ: 1995 II/29 Russell, St. Matthew Episcopal Church, Bedford, New York USA

Title: Sonata for Organ and Horn, op. 60 – II. On a Painting by Thomson… (Andante espressivo)
Composer: Rachel Laurin
Organist: Karen Holmes
Album: Music by Rachel Laurin – Raven OAR-943
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Organ: 1914 III/58 Casavant, Ste-Anne Church, Ottawa, Canada

Title: Three pieces for Organ and Estonian Kannel
I. Standstill on Midsummer’s Night
III. Let My Tune Be Heard
Composer: Malle Maltis
Organist: James Hicks
Album: Nordic Journey, Volume XV – Pro Organo CD 7309
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Organ: 1910 IV/82 Link/Gaida, Pauluskirche, Ulm, Germany

Title: Sinfonia in F major (BWV 156)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Daniel Matrone
Album: Organ and Oboe – Jade 6413591002-2
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Organ: 1990 II/37 Guillemin, Cathédrale Saint-Étienne, Agde, France

Title: Humoresque, op. 3 no. 1 (For Organ and Piano)
Composer: Charles-Marie Widor
Organist: Cheryl Drewes
Album: Historic Organs of Seattle – OHS OHS-08
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Organ: 1890 II/12 Kilgen/McCarty, Trinity Lutheran Church, Tacoma, Washington USA

Title: Powwow Suite for Organ and Flute
I. Flag Song, II. Round Dance, III. War Dance
Composer: Judith Vander
Organist: Marijim Thoene
Album: Wind Song – Raven OAR-910
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Organ: 2000 III/38 Dobson, St. Joseph Abbey, St. Benedict, Louisiana USA
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Title: Triptycon for Organ and 3 Percussion – I. In the beginning was…
Composer: Kjell Mørk Karlsen
Organist: James Hicks
Album: Nordic Journey, Volume XII – Pro Organo CD 7299
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Organ: 1884 III/67 Nielsen/Kühn, Uranienborg Kirke, Oslo, Norway

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Title: Concerto no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 7 – IV. Allegro (HWV 306)
Composer: GF Handel
Organist: Simon Preston
Album: Handel Complete Organ Concertos – Arkiv 289 469 358-2
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Organ: 1789 III/29 Green/Bird, St.John the Baptist, Armitage, England

This week we listen to music by students and faculty of McGill University in Montréal.

Hosts: Mark Sholtz, Bill Stein

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January, 12 2025

Mighty McGill

Title: Fantasia, op 18
Composer: Alexandre Boëly
Organist: Marc André Doran
Album: Historic Organs of Montréal – Organ Historical Society OHS-99
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Organ: 1981 III/51 Wolff, McGill University, Redpath Hall, Montréal, Quebec Canada

Title: 32 Pieces from the Flötenuhr collections – XXI. Vivace
Composer: Franz Josef Haydn
Title: Five Pieces for Flute Clock – II. Allegretto
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Organist: Hans-Ola Ericsson
Album: Flötenuhr – BIS CD-609
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Organ: 1984 II/20 Kjersgaard, Högalid Church (Choir organ), Stockholm, Sweden

Title: Trois Fugues pour le Magnificat (6éme ton)
Composer: Johann Pachelbel
Organist: Raymond Daveluy
Album: Orgues anciens du Québec, Disc 3 – Fonovox 7829-2
Organ: 1889 II/16 Déry/Guilbault-Thérien, Parish Church, Saint-Isidore-de-Dorchester, Québec Canada
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Title: Windows of the Spirit
Composer: Pamela Decker
Organist: Jens Korndörfer
Album: Windows of the Spirit – Organum OGM191036
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Organ: 1969 IV/108 Moller/Klais, First Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Georgia USA

Title: Voluntary en sol majeur
Composer: William Weale
Organist: Christopher Jackson
Album: Orgues anciens du Québec, Disc 2 – Fonovox 7829-2
Organ: 1867 I/9 SR Warren, Bishop Stewart Memorial Church of the Holy Trinity, Frelighsburg, Quebec Canada

Title: Six Canonic Studies, op. 56 – No. 4 in A-flat
Composer: Robert Schumann
Organist: Alcee Chriss
Recorded Live, November 16, 2016
Organ: 1949 Kilgen/Moller/Reuter, Third Baptist Church, St. Louis, Missouri USA

Title: Allegro from Sixth Organ Symphony, op. 42 no. 2
Composer: Charles-Marie Widor
Organist: Isabelle Demers
Album: Bach, Bull and Bombardes – Pro Organo CD 7259
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Organ: 2010 III/49 Murphy, St. Patrick’s Church, New Orleans, Louisiana USA
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Title: Pilgrim’s Chorus from Tannhauser
Composer: Richard Wagner
Organist: Jens Korndörfer
Album: Jens Korndörfer Performs –
Organ: IV/90 Kern, Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara, Sapporo, Japan
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This week we listen to some recent releases from the Pro Organo label.

Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein

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Title: Three Impromptus, op. 78 – I. Allegro, ma non troppo
Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Organist: Simon Nieminski
Album: Hill Uncorked – An Organist’s Journey in the Barossa – Pro Organo CD 7313
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Organ: 1877 III/42 Hill and Son, Barossa Regional Gallery, Tanunda, Australia
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Title: Meditation över en dalakoral
Composer: Anders Bond
Organist: James Hicks
Album: Nordic Journey, Volume XVI – Pro Organo CD 7310
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Organ: 1910 IV/82 Link/Gaida, Pauluskirche, Ulm, Germany

Title: Prelude and Fugue in G minor (BWV 535)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Frederick Hohman
Album: Frederick Hohman and Johann Sebastian Bach Organ Works, Vol 5 – Pro Organo CD 7105
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Organ: 2023 II/52 Taylor and Boody, Ancilla Domini Chapel, Donaldson, Indiana USA
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Title: Choral Partita (Improvisation) upon Es flog ein kleins Waldvögelein (There flew a little forest bird)
Composer: Robert Horton
Organist: Robert Horton
Album: On Impulse – Pro Organo CD 7308
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Organ: 2020 II/39 Pasi, St. George’s Episcopal Church, Arlington, Virginia USA

Title: Jyddö-farfars bröllopsmarsch
Composer: Mats Backman
Organist: James Hicks
Album: Nordic Journey, Volume XIV – Pro Organo CD 7306
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Organ: 1987 II/0 Kangasalan, Kallio Church (Choir Organ), Helsinki, Finland

Title: In Quiet Mood (a.k.a. Impromptu)
Composer: Florence Price
Organist: James Kealey
Album: Rhapsodic – Pro Organo CD 7305
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Organ: 1877 IV/101 E and GG Hook/Andover, St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Buffalo, New York USA
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Title: Intermezzo no. 1, Intermezzo no. 2, Intermezzo no. 3, Intermezzo no. 4
Composer: Ivan Bosnar
Organist: Ivan Bosnar
Album: Form and Function – Pro Organo CD 7301
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Organ: 1890 II/30 Barckhoff/Parsons, St. Mary’s Church, Auburn, New York USA

Title: Concert Overture no. 1 – Cairngorm
Composer: William Bernard
Organist: Simon Nieminski
Album: Hill Uncorked – An Organist’s Journey in the Barossa – Pro Organo CD 7313

This week there’s no script, Bill and Mark have selected some of their favorite organ works, and they tell us about what makes them their favorites.

Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein

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December, 29 2024

Bill & Mark’s Favorites

Title: Toccata, op. 104
Composer: Joseph Jongen
Organist: Katharine Pardee
Album: Blending Voices: Organ Music from Belgium – Pro Organo CD 7140
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Organ: 1907 IV/46 Hutchings-Votey/Rosales, St. James Cathedral, Seattle, Washington USA
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Title: Organ Symphony no. 9 in C minor, op. 70 – Andante Sostenuto
Composer: Charles-Marie Widor
Organist: Todd Wilson
Album: In a Quiet Cathedral – Delos DE3145
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Organ: 1961 IV/96 Aeolian-Skinner, Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, Georgia USA
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Title: A Meditation On Brother James’s Air – The Lord’s My Shepherd
Composer: Harold Darke
Organist: James Warren
Album: All Through the Night – Hymn Improvisations – Regent REGCD128
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Organ: 1877 IV/68 Willis, Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, England

Title: Fanfare from Four Extemporisations
Composer: Percy Whitlock
Organist: Christopher Herrick
Album: Organ Fireworks – I – Hyperion CDA66171
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Organ: 1937 IV/84 Harrison and Harrison, Westminster Abbey, London, England
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Title: Handel in the Strand
Composer: Percy Grainger
Organist: John Scott
Album: The Buzard Organ of All Saints Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia – Priory PRCD 824
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Organ: 2003 IV/87 Buzard, All Saints Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia USA
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Title: Nimrod from Variations, op. 86 (Enigma)
Composer: Edward Elgar
Organist: Peter Richard Conte
Album: Magic! – Gothic G49248
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Organ: 1904 VI/457 Los Angeles Art Organ, Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
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Title: Carillon-Sortie
Composer: Henri Mulet
Organist: Ann Elise Smoot
Album: On A Sunday Afternoon – Volume 4 – JAV JAV-143
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Organ: 1963 IV/186 EM Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner, National Cathedral, Washington, DC USA
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Title: Taiwanese Suite – Mountain of Youth
Composer: Chelsea Chen
Organist: Chelsea Chen
Album: Reveries –
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Organ: 2003 III/67 Blackinton, Benson Hall, Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota USA
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Title: The Vikings, Dallas Wind Symphony
Composer: Arthur Wills
Organist: Paul Riedo
Album: Pomp and Pipes! – Reference RR-58CD
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Organ: 1992 IV/82 CB Fisk, Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, Texas USA

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

This week we listen to music by 19th century Danish composer Niels Gade and some of his contemporaries.

Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein

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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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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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This week we head down under to Australia for music by Australian composers and some Australian organs.

Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein

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December, 8 2024

Going down under

Title: Grand March
Composer: Philip Charles Plaisted
Organist: Thomas Heywood
Album: The Living Tradition – Pro Organo CD 7257
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Organ: 1929 V/111 Hill, Norman and Beard, Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia

Title: Three Portraits from Cabena’s Homage – Victor’s Variations, Mr. Titterington’s Toccata, Hugh’s Hornpipe
Composer: Barrie Cabena
Organist: David Titterington
Album: Pembroke College, Oxford The Letourneau Organ Damon Wells Chapel – Classical Recording Company CRC 901-2
Organ: 1995 II/25 Letourneau, Damon Wells Chapel, Pembroke College, Oxford University, Oxford, England

Title: Fantasy of Moods
Composer: Charles Edgar Ford
Organist: Timothy Edward Smith
Album: Two Organ Landmarks in Columbus – Raven OAR-900
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Organ: 1931 IV/80 Kimball, First Congregational Church, Columbus, Ohio USA

Title: Tuba Tune
Composer: Christoper Luke
Organist: Stuart Forster
Album: Symphonic Quest – Pro Organo CD 7228
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Organ: 1998 IV/95 Schoenstein, First-Plymouth Congregational Church, Lincoln, Nebraska USA

Title: Romance in B-flat
Composer: William N McKie
Organist: Daniel Cook
Album: Great European Organs no 85 – Priory PRCD 1083
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Organ: 1885 II/29 TC Lewis/Harrison and Harrison, St. George’s Church, Cullercoats, England

Title: Colonial Song
Composer: Percy Grainger
Organist: Thomas Heywood
Album: Melbourne Sounds Grand – Move MD 3120
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Organ: 1929 V/111 Hill, Norman and Beard, Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia
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Title: Mass of a Medieval Saint – Gradual
Composer: Malcolm Williamson
Organist: Paul Derrett
Album: Benchmarks Vol 4 Wisbech and Kings Lynn – Benchmarks Records 806804CD
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Organ: 1951 III/50 Harrison and Harrison/Bower and Co, St. Peter and St. Paul, Wisbech, England

Title: Shepherd’s Hey
Composer: Percy Grainger
Organist: Peter Richard Conte
Album: My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice – Gothic G-49294
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Organ: 1904 VI/457 Los Angeles Art Organ, Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA

Title: Waltzing Matilda, Duet for Four Feet
Composer: Robert Ampt
Organist: Robert Ampt and Amy Johansen
Album: Organ At The Opera – Move MD 3170
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Organ: 1979 V/200 Sharp, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia

This week we listen to recordings by organists affiliated with the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, Ohio.

Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein

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Title: Triumphal March
Composer: Horatio Parker
Organist: Brian Jones
Album: The Sounds of Trinity – Arkay AR6116
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Organ: 1962 III/117 EM Skinner, Trinity Church, Boston, Massachusetts USA

Title: Canzon II, Canzon VX
Composer: Paolo Quagliati
Organist: William Porter
Album: The Eastman Italian Baroque Organ – Loft LRCD 1077
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Organ: 1770 I/12 Anonymous, Italy/Woehl, Memorial Art Gallery, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York USA

Title: Malle Sijmen
Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Organist: James David Christie
Album: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Organ Works – Naxos 8.550904
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Organ: 1981 III/41 CB Fisk, Wellesley College, Houghten Chapel, Wellesley, Massachusetts USA
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Title: Prélude, Fugue et Variation, op. 18
Composer: César Franck
Organist: Haskell Thomson
Album: Franck – Pro Organo CD 7152
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Organ: 2001 III/78 CB Fisk, Oberlin College, Finney Chapel, Oberlin, Ohio USA
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Title: Elegy
Composer: William Grant Still
Organist: Ken Cowan
Album: Great Organ Builders of America A Retrospective, Vol 9 – JAV JAV-118
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Organ: 1925 IV/68 EM Skinner, Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church, Detroit, Michigan USA

Title: Elegiac Romance in C minor
Composer: John Ireland
Organist: Damin Spritzer
Album: Rhapsodies and Elegies – Raven OAR-156
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Organ: 1892 IV/76 Willis/Harrison and harrison, Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, England
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Title: Te Deum Laudamus – IV. Introduction, Fugue and Chaconne – The Opening of Heaven
Composer: David Hurd
Organist: Bruce Neswick
Album: The Opening Of Heaven – Pro Organo CD 7251
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Organ: 1954 IV/139 Aeolian-Skinner, Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York City, New York USA
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Title: Canon no. 2 in A minor, op. 56
Composer: Robert Schumann
Organist: Jack Mitchener
Album: Romantic to Modern – Raven OAR-958
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Organ: 2001 III/78 CB Fisk, Oberlin College, Finney Chapel, Oberlin, Ohio USA
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Title: Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 565)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Wolfgang Rübsam
Album: Johann Sebastian Bach – The Great Organ Works – Naxos 8.553859
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Organ: 1974 III/72 Flentrop, Oberlin College, Warner Concert Hall, Oberlin, Ohio USA
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On what would have been her 97th birthday we remember the composer and organist Emma Lou Diemer, who died earlier this year.

Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein

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November, 24 2024

Emma Lou

Title: Beneath the Cross
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Judy Congdon
Album: Love So Amazing –
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Organ: 1953 III/61 Holtkamp, Wesley Chapel, Houghton College, Houghton, New York USA

Title: All Things Bright And Beautiful
Title: Sweet Story
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Christa Rakich
Album: Historic Organs Of Connecticut – Organ Historical Society OHS-94
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Organ: 1933 III/68 Kilgen, St. Justin’s Church, Hartford, Connecticut USA

Title: O Welt, ich muss dich lassen
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: John Ayer
Album: The Art of the Chorale – Pro Organo CD 7064
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Organ: 1990 III/64 Nichols and Simpson, Christ Episcopal Church, Little Rock, Arkansas USA

Title: I Have Decided to Follow Jesus
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Joan DeVee Dixon
Album: Raise the Roof! –
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Organ: 2003 III/48 Reuter, St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, Bloomington, Minnesota USA

Title: From Folk Hymn Sketches for Organ – Our Lord Ascended Up to Heaven
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Andrew Peters
Album: American Variations – Regent REGCD 508
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Organ: 1965 IV/60 Schantz, Second Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, Missouri USA
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Title: Puer Nobis (What Star is This with Beams so Bright) from Seasonal Psalms
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Margaret Martin Kvamme
Album: Sevenfold Gifts – Troy TROY940
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Organ: 1889 II/23 Felgemaker/Goodwin, Holy Cross Church, Santa Cruz, California USA

Title: Go Tell It On the Mountain
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Marian Ruhl Metson
Album: Christmas Rhapsody – Raven OAR 260
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Organ: 1967 IV/76 CB Fisk, Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts USA
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Title: The Lord is Mindful
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Leslie Wills
Album: My Spirit Sang All Day –
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Organ: 1927 IV/110 EM Skinner/Mander, Christ Church Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan USA

Title: Rescue the Perishing
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Jeannine Cansler
Album: Thine is the Glory – Celebration celeb cd 007
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Organ: 1958 III/42 Austin, First Baptist Church, Portland, Oregon USA

Title: Concerto in One Movement – Alaska
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Marilyn Mason
Album: Paul Freeman Introduces Marilyn Mason – Albany TROY706
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Organ: 1975 IV/63 Rieger-Kloss, Rudolfinum – Dvorak Hall, Prague, Czech Republic

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Title: O Beautiful for Spacious Skies
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Stanley H Cox
Album: Organ Masterpieces from The Cathedral of St Patrick, New York City – JAV JAV 136
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Organ: 1930 V/150 Kilgen, Cathedral of St. Patrick, New York City, New York USA

This week we listen to some recent releases from the Raven label.

Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein

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Title: Grand Choeur en Ré, op. 18 no. 1
Composer: Felix-Alexandre Guilmant
Organist: Russell Jackson
Album: L’orgue Francaise a San Antonio – Raven OAR-178
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Organ: 2021 III/50 Reuter, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, San Antonio, Texas USA
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Title: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist (BWV 614)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Mark Steinbach
Album: Resonance and Resilience – Dresden – Raven OAR-183
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Organ: 1755 V/67 Silbermann, Trinity Cathedral, Dresden, Germany
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Title: Early Fragments Suite
Composer: Daniel Sáñez
Organist: Daniel Sáñez
Album: What I Do on Sundays – Raven OAR-188
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Organ: 2022 II/28 Juget-Sinclair, Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Richmond, Virginia USA

Title: Sortie fugueé, Les Prièes de L’Orgue – Improvisation
Composer: Pierre Kunc
Organist: Damin Spritzer
Album: Organ Music of Pierre Kunc – Raven OAR-184
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Organ: 1849 III/68 John Abbey, Cathédrale Saint-Etienne, Châlons-en-Champagne, France
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Title: Twentieth Sonata – IV. Allegro con brio
Composer: Rayner Brown
Organist: Nicole Keller
Album: Those Americans – Raven OAR-182
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Organ: IV/64 Nichols and Simpson, First Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, Michigan USA

Title: Fantasie on Ubi Caritas
Composer: Angela Kraft Cross
Organist: Angela Kraft Cross
Album: Passages on the Journey – Raven OAR-179
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Organ: 1947 IV/112 Aeolian-Skinner, Methuen Music Hall, Methuen, Massachusetts USA
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Title: Ten Compositions for Organ – Ostinato, Toccatina
Composer: Harvey Grace
Organist: Damin Spritzer
Album: Organ Music of Harvey Grace – Raven OAR-177
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Organ: 1895 IV/46 TC Lewis, Albion Church, Ashton-Under-Lyne, England
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Title: Sept Chorales-Poèmes pour les Sept Paroles du Xrist, op. 67 – Consummatum est
Composer: Charles Tournemire
Organist: Timothy Tikker
Album: Tournemire: Organ Chorales – Raven OAR-186
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Organ: 1886 III/82 Merklin/Kuhn, Church of Saint-Bonaventure, Lyon, France
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Title: Symphonie – I. Allegro marcato
Composer: Michel Boulnois
Organist: Jeremy Filsell
Album: Michel Boulnois Organ Music – Raven OAR-175
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Organ: 2014 IV/126 Dobson, St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue (Chancel), New York, New York USA
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