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  • Episode 210 – February 16, 2020

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    This week we’re making it all up! It’s an hour of improvisation!

    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson

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    Title: Fanfare
    Composer: Improvisation
    Organist: Gerre Hancock
    Album: Fanfare – Gothic 49038
    Organ: 1956 IV/158 Aeolian-Skinner, St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue (Chancel), New York City, New York, USA

    Title: Deux Réflexions sur un thème donné
  • Poissons
  • Oiseaux

    • Composer: Jan Von Hassel
    Organist: Jan Von Hassel
    Album: Couleurs d’Orgue – Spektral SRL4-10079
    Organ: 1846 IV/82 Cavaillé-Coll, Eglise de la Madeleine, Paris, France

    Title: Picardy
    Composer: Dorothy Papadakos
    Organist: Dorothy Papadakos
    Album: Dorothy Over the Rainbow – Pro Organo CD7080
    Organ: 1954 IV/139 Aeolian-Skinner, Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York City, New York, USA

    Title: Improvisation d’un diptyque symphonique – Adagio
    Composer: Improvisation
    Organist: Dominique Joubert
    Album: Dominique Joubert Improvisations – Société Métropolitaine du Disque SMD 273-3
    Organ: 1915 IV/92 Casavant, Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

    Title: Zepyrs – Improvisation on a theme by Leopold Stokowski
    Composer: Marcel Dupré
    Organist: George Baker
    Album: Dupré Complete Works Vol 13 – Naxos 8.554542
    Organ: 2000 III/59 Aeolian-Skinner/JF Dupont, Perkins Chapel, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA

    Title: Three Liturgical Improvisations – I. My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord
    Composer: George Oldroyd
    Organist: Jonathan Ryan
    Album: A Cathedral’s Voice – Raven OAR-941
    Organ: 2011 III/55 Parkey, Cathedral of St. John Berchmans, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

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    Title: Improvisation
    Composer: David Drury
    Organist: David Drury
    Album: On a Grand Scale – ABC Classics 454 173-2
    Organ: 1890 IV/58 TC Lewis/Harrison and Harrison, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne, Australia

    Title: Sortie de Vepres, improvisation sue l’Alléluia du Messie de Haendel
    Composer: Improvisation
    Organist: Dominique Joubert
    Album: Dominique Joubert Improvisations – Société Métropolitaine du Disque SMD 273-3
    Organ: 1898 IV/64 Mutin /Yves Koenig, Cathédral Saint-Apollinaire, Valence, France

  • Episode 209 – February 9, 2020

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    We continue our 4th birthday celebration this week by celebrating the birthdays of two figures in the organ world, Robert Hope-Jones and Jean Langlais.

    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson

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    Title: Hyfrydol from Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes
    Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Organist: Robert Joyce
    Album: EMI Great Cathedral Organ Series, Vol 3 – Amphion PHI CD 162
    Organ: 1898 IV/64 Hope-Jones/Norman and Beard, Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Wales
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Cantilene
    Composer: Théodore César Salomé
    Organist: Gordon Turk
    Album: French Spectaculars on the Ocean Grove Auditorium Organ – Dorian xCD90267
    Organ: 1908 V/165 Hope-Jones, Ocean Grove Auditorium, Ocean Grove, New Jersey, USA
    Sheetmusic: PDF

    Title: Partita op. 19
    Composer: William Mathias
    Organist: Christopher Robinson
    Album: EMI Great Cathedral Organ Series, Vol 2 – Amphion PHI CD 161
    Organ: 1896 IV/68 Hope-Jones/Harrison and Harrison, Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, England

    Title: Te Deum (Trois Paraphrases Gregoriennes)
    Composer: Jean Langlais
    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
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Triptyque – II. Trio
    Composer: Jean Langlais
    Organist: Douglas Cleveland
    Album: Celestial Fire – Gothic G49113
    Organ: 1997 III/70 Goulding and Wood, St. Meinrad Archabbey, St. Meinrad, Indiana, USA

    Title: Messe Solennelle, Kyrie and Sanctus, Hereford Cathedral Choir, Geraint Bowen, director
    Composer: Jean Langlais
    Organist: Peter Dyke
    Album: Easter Day at Hereford – Regent REGCD 478
    Organ: 1892 IV/76 Willis/Harrison and harrison, Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, England

    Title: Cats (From American Suite)
    Composer: Jean Langlais
    Organist: Martin Setchell
    Album: Bonbons For Organ 2 – Atoll ACD603
    Organ: 1997 III/42 Rieger, Christchurch Town Hall, Christchurch, New Zealand
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Fantaisie sur un thème norvégien
    Composer: Jean Langlais
    Organist: Christina Harmon
    Album: Eight Historic Pipe Organs of the Copper Country – Raven OAR-928
    Organ: 1916 II/25 Casavant/Lauck, St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Lake Linden, Michigan, USA

    Title: Suite Français – II. Nazard
    Composer: Jean Langlais
    Organist: Kevin Bowyer
    Album: Jean Langlais Works for Organ – Nimbus Records NI 5408
    Organ: 1987 IV/111 Casavant, Jack Singer Concert Hall, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

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    Title: Harmonies of the Evening
    Composer: Sigfrid Karg-Elert
    Organist: Gordon Turk
    Album: Organ Echoes II –
    Organ: 1908 V/165 Hope-Jones, Ocean Grove Auditorium, Ocean Grove, New Jersey, USA
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Incantation For A Holy Day
    Composer: Jean Langlais
    Organist: Paul Fejko
    Album: Incantation – Arkay AR6104
    Organ: 1932 IV/125 Aeolian-Skinner, All Saints Episcopal Church, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

  • Episode 208 – February 2, 2020

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    Episode 208 marks the beginning of our 5th year on the air in St. Louis! To celebrate, we have a show full of birthday events. Charles Brenton Fisk, Paul Jacobs, Louis Marchand, Felix Mendelssohn, Jehan Alain, and Aristide Cavaillé-Coll all have birthdays in the first week of February!

    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson

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    Title: March for a Joyous Occasion
    Composer: Conrad Susa
    Organist: David Higgs
    Album: David Higgs premieres the CB Fisk Organ of the Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas – Delos DE 3148
    Organ: 1992 IV/82 CB Fisk, Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Trois Pièces pour Orgue
  • I. Prélude
  • III. Improvisation

    • Composer: Nadia Boulanger
    Organist: Paul Jacobs
    Album: Divine Redeemer – Naxos 8.573524
    Organ: 2010 IV/116 Schantz, Church of the Gesu, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
    Sheetmusic: PDF

    Title: Dialogue in C major
    Composer: Louis Marchand
    Organist: Wolfgang Rübsam
    Album: Soli Deo Gloria – The Reddel Memorial Organ – VUCA Media VMCD1004
    Organ: 1959 IV/101 Schlicker/Dobson, Valparaiso University Chapel, Valparaiso, Indiana, USA
    Sheetmusic: PDF

    Title: A Quaker Reader – There is a Spirit that Delights to Do No Evil
    Composer: Ned Rorem
    Organist: Timothy Olsen
    Album: Timothy Olsen Organ Recital – Naxos 8.557218
    Organ: 1983 III/58 CB Fisk, Downtown United Presbyterian Church, Rochester, New York, USA
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Sonata in A major, op. 65 no. 3
    Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
    Organist: Alison J Luedecke
    Album: A Rudolph von Beckerath Retrospective – Raven OAR 610
    Organ: 1962 IV/93 Beckerath, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

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    Title: Fugue in f minor
    Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
    Organist: Walter Hilse
    Album: Great Organbuilders of America A Retrospective, Vol 3 – JAV JAV103
    Organ: 1938 IV/91 Aeolian-Skinner, St. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University, New York City, New York, USA
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Variations sur un thème de Clément Jannequin (JA 118)
    Composer: Jehan Alain
    Organist: Jean-Baptiste Robin
    Album: Alain – Complete Organ Works – Brilliant Classics 94233
    Organ: 2004 III/79 Aubertin, Saint-Louis-en-l’Ile, Paris, France

    Title: Marche Pontificale from Symphonie no.1, op.13
    Composer: Charles-Marie Widor
    Organist: Stephen Tharp
    Album: Stephen Tharp at St. Sulpice – JAV JAV130
    Organ: 1862 V/128 Cavaillé-Coll, Church of St. Sulpice, Paris, France
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

  • Episode 207 – January 26, 2020

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    Get in step as we end our month of M-themed episodes with an hour of Marches!

    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson

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    Title: Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
    Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
    Organist: Calvin Hampton
    Album: Digital Pipes – The Splendor Of The Organ – KEM-DISC 1005
    Organ: 1983 IV/68 Aeolian-Skinner, Calvary Episcopal Church, New York City, New York, USA
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Marche Grand Choeur pour les Rentrées de Processions
    Composer: Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier
    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
    Sheetmusic: PDF

    Title: March
    Composer: F Melius Christiansen
    Organist: Andrew Peters
    Album: American Variations – Regent REGCD 508
    Organ: 1965 IV/60 Schantz, Second Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Title: Grand March from Tannhauser
    Composer: Richard Wagner
    Organist: Ken Cowan
    Album: Art of the Symphonic Organist – JAV JAV 141
    Organ: 1921 IV/59 EM Skinner/Thompson-Allen, St. Luke Episcopal Church, Evanston, Illinois, USA
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Pomp and Circumstance March no. 4 in G op. 39
    Composer: Edward Elgar
    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: Washington Post March
    Composer: John Philip Sousa
    Organist: Martin Setchell
    Album: Bonbons for Organ – Atoll ACD600
    Organ: 1997 III/42 Rieger, Christchurch Town Hall, Christchurch, New Zealand

    Title: March from the Occasional Oratorio
    Composer: GF Handel
    Organist: Charles Callahan
    Album: Charles Callahan plays the Great Organ of the Saint Louis Cathedral –
    Organ: 1949 IV/98 Kilgen/Moller, St. Louis Cathedral, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: March on a Theme of Handel
    Composer: Felix-Alexandre Guilmant
    Organist: Paul Derrett
    Album: Benchmarks Vol 13 Ellesmere College – Benchmarks 806813CD
    Organ: 1862 III/35 Schulze/Hill, Norman and Beard, Big School, Ellesmere College, Ellesmere, England
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Funeral March of a Marionette
    Composer: Charles Gounod
    Organist: Robert Burns King
    Album: Andover Organ Company Opus 111 Inaugural Recital – Andover AND101
    Organ: 1999 III/38 Andover, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Children’s Album – March of the Wooden Soldiers
    Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Organist: Ekaterina Melnikova
    Album: A Dance to the Music of Time – Bel Air Music BAM 2002
    Organ: 1975 IV/92 Boisseau/Thomas, Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Monaco-Ville, Monaco

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    Title: Marche Triomphale – Ite missa est.
    Composer: René Louis Becker
    Organist: Damin Spritzer
    Album: Organ Music of René Louis Becker – Raven OAR-925
    Organ: 1890 III/70 Cavaille-Coll/Boisseau, Church of Saint-Salomon and Saint Gregory, Pithiviers, France

    Title: Orb and Sceptre
    Composer: William Walton
    Organist: David Poulter
    Album: Great European Organs No 100 – Priory PRCD 1158
    Organ: 1923 V/181 Willis, Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool, England
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

  • Episode 206 – January 19, 2020

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    This Sunday we continue our M theme with Musique Magnifique!

    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson

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    Playlist
    Title: Retrové
    Composer: Anonymous
    Organist: Christoph Bull
    Album: First and Grand –
    Organ: 2004 IV/109 Rosales-Glatter-Götz, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Title: Ballo del Granduca – 5 variations (SwWV 319)
    Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
    Organist: Matthias Havinga
    Album: 500 Years of Organ Music, Disc 8 – Brilliant Classics 95310
    Organ: 1645 II/26 Faber/SF Blank, St. Jacob’s Church, Zeerijp, Netherlands
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Prelude and Fugue, op.109 no.3
    Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
    Organist: David Drury
    Album: On a Grand Scale – ABC Classics 454 173-2
    Organ: 1890 IV/58 TC Lewis/Harrison and Harrison, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne, Australia
    Sheetmusic: PDF

    Title: Empire March
    Composer: Edward Elgar
    Organist: Peter Richard Conte
    Album: Midnight In The Grand Court – Gothic G 49247
    Organ: 1904 VI/457 Los Angeles Art Organ, Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Dance
    Composer: John Burge
    Organist: Maxine Thévenot
    Album: L’Orgue Magnifique – Raven OAR 909
    Organ: 1933 IV/106 EM Skinner, Girard College Chapel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Title: Coronation March – Le Prophète
    Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer
    Organist: Gillian Weir
    Album: Gillian Weir Plays The 1861 William Hill Mulholland Grand Organ – Priory PRCD 6000
    Organ: 1862 IV/96 Hill/Mander, Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland

    Calendar Title: Rhapsody no. 4
    Composer: Herbert Howells
    Organist: David Newsholme
    Album: Howells from Salisbury – Regent REGCD407
    Organ: 1877 IV/68 Willis, Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, England

    Title: Grand Choeur Triomphal, op. 47 no. 2
    Composer: Felix-Alexandre Guilmant
    Organist: Carleton Etherington
    Album: Carleton Etherington plays the Grove and Milton organs of Tewkesbury Abbey – Delphian DCD 34089
    Organ: 1885 IV/40 Michel and Thynne, Tewkesbury Abbey (Grove Organ), Gloucestershire, England
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Salvum fac populum tuum (Lord, Save Thy People) The Missouri Brass Quintet
    Composer: Charles-Marie Widor
    Organist: John Obetz
    Album: Festival of Organ and Brass – RBW RBWCD008
    Organ: 1993 IV/102 Casavant, Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints Peace Temple, Independence, Missouri, USA

  • Episode 205 – January 12, 2020

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    Our second M-themed episode of the month brings us L’Orgue Mystique, the Mystical Organ.

    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson

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    Title: Fantaisie de l’Épiphanie (from Cycle de Noël, op. 55 de l’Orgue Mystique)
    Composer: Charles Tournemire
    Organist: André Marchal
    Album: Grandes Toccatas Pour Orgue – EMI 7243 5 75356 2 5
    Organ: 1781 IV/37 Clicquot/Cavaille-Coll, Church of Saint Merry, Paris, France

    Title: From Cinq Improvisations – Cantilène improvisée
    Composer: Charles Tournemire
    Organist: John Ayer
    Album: Lyrique Mystique – Pro Organo CD 7125
    Organ: 2002 IV/89 Berghaus, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Songs of Creation
  • Songs of Damkatchim
  • Makai create the Earth
  • Juuit Makai and Sluuhu create Man and Woman
  • Dream Music
  • Creation of Animals
  • Hohokam – Animal Dance

    • Composer: Jay Vosk
    Organist: Marijim Thoene
    Album: Mystics and Spirits – Raven OAR 680
    Organ: 2000 III/38 Dobson, St. Joseph Abbey, St. Benedict, Louisiana, USA

    Title: The Mystery of Things The Proteus Ensemble, Stephen Shellard, Director
    Composer: Paul Fisher
    Organist: Richard Cook
    Album: The Mystery Of Things – Regent REGCD520
    Organ: 2008 IV/66 Tickell, Worchester Cathedral (Quire Organ), Worcester, England

    Title: The Lake
    Composer: Paul Halley
    Organist: Dorothy Papadakos
    Album: Dorothy Over the Rainbow – Pro Organo CD7080
    Organ: 1954 IV/139 Aeolian-Skinner, Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York City, New York, USA

    Title: Mystica, Suite di tre pezzi di Concerto per Organo, op. 133 – I. Noël
    Composer: Oreste Ravanello
    Organist: Domenico Severin
    Album: Oreste Ravanello – Organ Music – Rainbow RW20020133
    Organ: 1940 II/60 Mascioni, Cathedral of St. Peter, Schio, Italy

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    Title: L’Orgue Mystique, 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, op. 57 no. 51 – IV. Largo
    Composer: Charles Tournemire
    Organist: John Ayer
    Album: Lyrique Mystique – Pro Organo CD 7125
    Organ: 2002 IV/89 Berghaus, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Before the Image of a Saint
    Composer: Sigfrid Karg-Elert
    Organist: Charles Callahan
    Album: Invocation –
    Organ: 1996 V/76 Turner, Church of the Holy Family, New York City, New York, USA

    Title: Neptune, The Mystic
    Composer: Gustav Holst
    Organist: Peter Sykes
    Album: The Planets – Raven OAR 380
    Organ: 1933 IV/106 EM Skinner, Girard College Chapel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

  • Episode 204 – January 5, 2020

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    We start off the month of January steered by the letter M. For our first episode of the year, we’re going to the Movies!

    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson

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    Title: Star Wars – Throne Room and End Title
    Composer: John Williams
    Organist: Richard Webster
    Album: Great Organbuilders of America: A Retrospective, Vol 12 – JAV JAV 125
    Organ: 1921 IV/59 EM Skinner/Thompson-Allen, St. Luke Episcopal Church, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Title: My Favorite Things
    Title: Edelweiss
    Composer: Richard Rodgers
    Organist: Joan DeVee Dixon
    Album: Raise the Roof! –
    Organ: 2003 III/48 Reuter, St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, Bloomington, Minnesota, USA

    Title: From the music fo the film The Gadfly, op. 97 – 5. Credo
    Composer: Dimitri Shostakovich
    Organist: Iain Quinn
    Album: The Tsar of Instruments – Chandos CHAN 10043
    Organ: 1851 IV/108 Willis/Harrison and Harrison, Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, England

    Title: Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan – Maine Titles
    Composer: James Horner
    Organist: Josh Perschbacher
    Album: Bombasia –
    Organ: 2004 IV/109 Rosales-Glatter-Götz, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Title: Ouverture, Prelude, and Love Theme from El Cid Transcribed by Philipp Pelster
    Composer: Miklós Rózsa
    Organist: Philipp Pelster
    Album: El Cid – Antes BM319296
    Organ: 2013 V/89 Klais, Cathedral of St. Mary, Léon, Spain

    Title: Evergreen from A Star is Born
    Composer: Paul Williams
    Title: Somewhere from West Side Story
    Composer: Leonard Bernstein
    Organist: William Sullivan
    Recorded Live at Party on the Pipes, April 2018
    Organ: 1947 IV/72 Moller/Reuter, Third Baptist Church, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Title: Star Wars Medley Arr. Marko Hakanpää
    Composer: John Williams
    Organist: Arjan Breukhoven
    Album: Arjan Breukhoven In Concert – STH Records CD 1416422
    Organ: 1863 IV/112 Walcker/Hielscher, Marktkirche, Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany

  • Episode 203 – December 29, 2019

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    Tonight we have a music-filled hour of seasonal selections. Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!

    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein

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    Title: Ding! dong! merrily on high The Choir of York Minster
    Composer: Mack Wilberg
    Organist: David Pipe
    Album: A York Yuletide – Regent REGCD 467
    Organ: 1960 IV/103 JW Walker, York Minster, York, England

    Title: Three Carols for Oboe and Organ – III. Infant Holy, Infant Lowly Alanna Rynders, oboe
    Composer: Michael Burkhardt
    Organist: Larry Visser
    Album: Every Voice In Concert Ring! –
    Organ: 1996 V/108 Austin/Allen, La Grave Avenue Christian Reformed Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

    Title: Of The Father’s Love Begotten The National Lutheran Choir
    Composer: Hymn
    Organist: David Cherwien
    Album: Hymns We Love to Sing – NLCA 01922
    Organ: 2003 III/48 Reuter, St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, Bloomington, Minnesota, USA

    Title: La Nativité
    Composer: Jean Langlais
    Organist: Paul Thornock
    Album: Thy Radiance Bright – Music For Advent And Christmas –
    Organ: 2006 III/91 Fritts, St. Joseph Cathedral, Columbus, Ohio, USA
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: People Look East Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum of Dean Close Preparatory School
    Composer: Christopher Steel
    Organist: Carleton Etherington
    Album: A Year at Tewkesbury – Regent REGCD474
    Organ: 1997 IV/83 Jones, Tewkesbury Abbey (Milton Organ), Gloucestershire, England
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Interlude On God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
    Composer: William Lloyd Webber
    Organist: Jane Watts
    Album: Organ Works of William Lloyd Webber – Priory
    Organ: 1877 IV/68 Willis, Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, England

    Title: White Christmas
    Composer: Irving Berlin
    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: Hark, the herald-angels sing
    Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
    Organist: Luke Bond
    Album: A Truro Christmas Collection – Regent REGCD 499
    Organ: 1887 IV/45 Willis, Truro Cathedral, Truro, England

    Title: March Of The Toys (From Babes in Toyland)
    Composer: Victor Herbert
    Organist: Frederick Hohman
    Album: Symphomania – Pro Organo CD 7077
    Organ: 1998 IV/95 Schoenstein, First-Plymouth Congregational Church, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

    Title: Joseph est bien marié arr. John Ferris, Johanna Schlegel, Soprano
    Composer: Traditional
    Organist: Ross Wood
    Album: Candlelight Carols – London 430 456-2
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    Title: What sweeter music Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
    Composer: John Rutter
    Organist: Henry Websdale
    Album: The Centenary Service – Kings College KGS0036
    Organ: 1934 IV/75 Harrison and Harrison, University of Cambridge, King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, England

    Title: Fantasie sur le Chant de Noël Adeste Fidelis connu aussi sous le nom de Hymne Portugals
    Composer: Jules Grison
    Organist: Peter Eilander
    Album: Christmas in Rouen – Clairon CL 2115
    Organ: 1890 IV/64 Cavaille-Coll, L’abbatiale Saint-Ouen, Rouen, France
    Sheetmusic: PDF

  • Episode 202 – December 22, 2019

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    It’s music for the 4th Sunday of Advent, and we celebrate the arrival of Winter.

    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson

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    Title: O Come, Three Hymn Fantasies – II. Veni Emmanuel (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel)
    Composer: Carson Cooman
    Organist: Erik Simmons
    Album: Exordium – Divine Art DDA 25154
    Organ: 1855 IV/68 Cavaillé-Coll, Notre-Dame Cathedral (Hauptwerk Model), Saint-Omer, France
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Magnificat in A Choirs of St. Mary’s Collegiate Church
    Composer: Philip Moore
    Organist: Mark Swinton
    Album: Gaudeamus Omnes – Regent REGCD461
    Organ: IV/84 Nicohlson, St. Mary’s Collegiate Church, Warwick, England

    Title: Besançon Ouverture (People, Look East)
    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

    Title: I wonder as I wander arr. John Jacob Niles and Lewis Henry Horton
    Composer: Hymn
    Organist: William Partridge
    Album: The Diocese of Missouri Sings for Christmas – CCC-1210
    Organ: 1965 IV/70 Aeolian-Skinner, Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Title: Quiet Meditation on Lo How a Rose, Of The Father’s Love Begotten, and Still, Still, Still
    Composer: Improvisation
    Organist: John D Schwandt
    Album: Holiday Pipes –
    Organ: 1999 III/45 CB Fisk, University of Oklahoma Catlett Music Center, Norman, Oklahoma, USA

    Title: Winter’s Night arr. Robert Hebbble
    Composer: Robert Hebble
    Organist: Peter Richard Conte
    Album: Christmas In The Grand Tradition – Gothic G49264
    Organ: 1904 VI/457 Los Angeles Art Organ, Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Title: In the Bleak Midwinter
    Composer: Harold Darke
    Organist: Luke Bond
    Album: A Truro Christmas Collection – Regent REGCD 499
    Organ: 1887 IV/45 Willis, Truro Cathedral, Truro, England

    Title: Melodies from Japan – Fuyugeshiki (Winter Scenery) Lewis Wong, Violin
    Composer: Yui Kitamura
    Organist: Chelsea Chen
    Album: Eastern Treasures – Con Brio CBR21141
    Organ: 2004 IV/45 Garland, Brentwood Trail Presbyterian Church, Dallas, Texas, USA

    Title: See Amid The Winter’s Snow (HUMILITY)
    Composer: Hymn
    Organist: Jeremy Filsell
    Album: Advent, Christmas, Epiphany – Raven OAR-157
    Organ: 1966 III/50 Aeolian-Skinner, Church of the Epiphany, Washington, DC, USA

    Title: ‘Twas in the Moon of Wintertime
    Composer: John Ferguson
    Organist: Marilyn Keiser
    Album: Seasons of Festivity – Arkay Records W 90948
    Organ: 1996 III/100 Schantz, Fairmount Presbyterian Church, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA

    Title: The Snow Lay On The Ground
    Composer: Hymn
    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

    calendar Title: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
    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
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Winter Wonderland
    Composer: Felix Bernard
    Organist: William Picher
    Album: Joyful and Triumphant – The Music of Christmas – Stemik CD-102
    Organ: 1999 IV/10 Rodgers/Ruffatti, Cathedral of Saint Jude, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

  • Episode 201 – December 15, 2019

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    This week we have music for the Third Sunday of Advent, and some music in celebration of the upcoming holiday.

    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson

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    Playlist:
    Title: Gaudete!
    Composer: Bo Grønbech
    Organist: James Hicks
    Album: Nordic Journey, Volume V – Pro Organo CD 7271
    Organ: 2013 IV/72 Tostareds, Kalmar Cathedral, Kalmar, Sweden

    Title: Gaudete
    Composer: James Peebles
    Organist: David J Kienzle
    Choir: Memphis Boychoir and Memphis Chamber Choir, Directed by John Ayer Album: An American Festival of Lessons and Carols – Pro Organo CD 7039
    Organ: 1949 III/7 Moller, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

    Title: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (BWV 660)
    Composer: JS Bach
    Organist: Robert Clark
    Album: Bach At Naumburg – Calcante CD041
    Organ: 1746 III/75 Hildebrant/Eule, St. Wenzels Kirche, Naumburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
    Composer: William Albright
    Organist: Douglas Reed
    Album: In Memoriam William Albright – Equilibrium EQ 35
    Organ: 1998 III/87 CB Fisk, Minato Mirai Hall, Yokohama, Japan

    Title: Mary, from Fifteen Pieces
    Composer: Marcel Dupré
    Organist: Michael Kleinschmidt
    Album: Region VII AGO Convention Hymn Festival, June 17, 1997 –
    Organ: 1990 III/64 Nichols and Simpson, Christ Episcopal Church, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
    Composer: Diane Bish
    Organist: Jeannine Cansler
    Album: A Cansler Christmas – SuperGift Records CD 2002
    Organ: II/71 Rodgers, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Roy, Oregon, USA

    Title: Behold, a rose is blooming
    Composer: Johannes Brahms
    Organist: Martin Souter
    Album: Let The Pipes Rejoice – Isis CD031
    Organ: 1830 II/16 Appleton, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York, USA
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: See amid the winter’s snow – SEE AMID THE WINTER’S SNOW
    Composer: Edwin T Childs
    Organist: Brenda Portman
    Album: All Might And Majesty – Hessed HMICD 3
    Organ: 1992 III/54 Schantz, College Church, Wheaton, Illinois, USA

    Title: Berceuse Paraphrase
    Composer: George Baker
    Organist: Paul Walton
    Album: Rejoice and Be Merry! – Regent REGCD 406
    Organ: 1907 IV/66 Walker/Mander, Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, England
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Santa Claus Is Coming to Town Arr. Michael Stairs
    Composer: J Fred Coots
    Organist: Michael Stairs
    Album: A Longwood Gardens Christmas, Vol 3 – DTR 9102
    Organ: 1929 IV/146 Aeolian, Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA

    Title: Sleigh Ride
    Composer: Leroy Anderson
    Organist: Cameron Carpenter
    Album: Sleigh Ride –
    Organ: IV/0 Marshall and Ogletree, Middle Collegiate Church, New York City, New York, USA

    calendar Title: Comic Variations on Good King Wensceslas
    Composer: Frederick Hohman
    Organist: Frederick Hohman
    Album: A Saint-Saëns Sort of Christmas – Pro Organo CD 7040
    Organ: 1983 II/32 Reuter, Holy Name of Jesus Church, San Francisco, California, USA
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! , Up On The House Top, Deck the Hall
    Composer: Michael Stairs
    Organist: Michael Stairs
    Album: A Longwood Gardens Christmas, Vol 3 – DTR 9102
    Organ: 1929 IV/146 Aeolian, Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA