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  • Episode 197 – November 17, 2019

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    This week we’re Living Large, with music from some of the world’s largest pipe organs.

    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson

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    Title: Fantasia and Fugue in B-flat from 12 Pièces, op. 18
    Composer: Alexandre Boely
    Organist: Michael Dudman
    Album: Sydney Opera House Organ Extravaganza – ABC 465 649-2
    Organ: 1979 V/200 Sharp, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia
    Sheetmusic: PDF

    Title: Praeludium in D-flat major
    Composer: Zoltán Kodály
    Organist: John Near
    Album: The Boston Years 1970-1985 – Raven OAR 620
    Organ: 1952 IV/241 Aeolian-Skinner/Phelps, First Church of Christ Scientist, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Title: Allegro vivace de la Première Symphonie, op. 14
    Composer: Louis Vierne
    Organist: Massimo Nosetti
    Album: Louis Vierne – 3eme Symphonie et oeuvres choisies – Syrius 141426
    Organ: 1949 V/220 Tamburini, Cathedral of Messina, Messina, Italy
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    Title: Noel Variations, O Run, Ye Shepherds
    Composer: Max Drischner
    Title: Count Your Blessings
    Composer: Dan Miller
    Organist: Dan Miller
    Album: The Calvary Grand Organ Dedication –
    Organ: 1990 V/205 Moller, Calvary Church, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

    Title: 7 Organ Pieces, op. 145 – VII. Siegesfeier
    Composer: Max Reger
    Organist: Edgar Krapp
    Album: Max Reger Organ Works Volume 7 – Naxos 8.557891
    Organ: 1978 V/233 Eisenbarth, St. Stephan Cathedral, Passau, Bavaria, Germany
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    Title: Now Thank We All Our God
    Title: Crown Him With Many Crowns
    Title: O God, Our Help in Ages Past
    Organist: Frederick Swann
    Album: Hymns on the Crystal Cathedral Organ – Gothic G58519
    Organ: 1977 V/200 Ruffatti, Garden Grove Community Church (Crystal Cathedral), Garden Grove, California, USA

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    Title: Peer Gynt – Morning Mood
    Composer: Edvard Grieg
    Organist: Clay Christiansen
    Album: Organ of the Mormon Tabernacle – Klavier K11044
    Organ: 1947 V/206 Aeolian-Skinner/Schoenstein, Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

    Title: Prélude et Fugue sur le nom D’Alain, op. 7
    Composer: Maurice Duruflé
    Organist: Scott Dettra
    Album: Tongues of Fire – Pro Organo CD 7063
    Organ: 1911 IV/325 Moller/Gress-Miles, Cadet’s Chapel, West Point, New York, USA
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  • Episode 196 – November 10, 2019

    We continue our monthly theme of the letter L with music written, transcribed, and performed by Edwin H. Lemare.

    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson

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    Title: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, op. 98
    Composer: Edwin H Lemare
    Organist: Thomas Murray
    Album: An evening with Edwin H Lemare – AFKA SK-515
    Organ: 1927 V/102 Austin, The City Hall Auditorium, Portland, Maine, USA
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    Title: Three dances from Henry VIII
  • Morris Dance
    • Shepherd’s Dance
  • Torch Dance

    • Composer: Edwin H Lemare
    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: From The West – I. In Missouri
    Composer: Edwin H Lemare
    Organist: Simon Nieminski
    Album: Alfred Hollins And Friends – Regent REGCD 473
    Organ: 1947 IV/72 Moller/Reuter, Third Baptist Church, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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    Title: Irish Air from County Derry
    Composer: Edwin H Lemare
    Organist: Tom Trenney
    Album: Organ Ovations and Improvisations – Raven OAR 870
    Organ: 2005 III/40 Murphy, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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    Title: Symphony no. 2 in D minor, op. 50 – III. Scherzo
    Composer: Edwin H Lemare
    Organist: Edwin H Lemare
    Album: The Britannic Organ, Vol 9 – Oehms OC 848
    Organ: 1912 II/0 Welte, Museum of Mechanical Musical Instruments, Seewen, Switzerland

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    Title: Andantino in D-flat
    Composer: Edwin H Lemare
    Organist: Simon Lindley
    Album: Town Hall Organ Classics – OxRecs OXCD-71
    Organ: 1905 III/100 Abbot and Smith/Wordsworth, Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, England
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    Title: Overture from Die Meistersinger von Nuremberg
    Composer: Richard Wagner
    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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  • Episode 195 – November 3, 2019

    It’s a new month, and time for the next in our alphabet-themed episodes. This month we turn to the letter L, and we start with music from the city of London.

    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson

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    Title: Symphony no. 5 in F Minor, op. 42 no. 1 – I. Allegro Vivace
    Composer: Charles-Marie Widor
    Organist: David Hill
    Album: Widor: Fifth Symphony – Hyperion CDA66181
    Organ: 1932 IV/75 Willis, Westminster Cathedral, London, England
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    Title: (Cornet) Voluntary IV in g
    Composer: William Boyce
    Organist: Calvert Johnson
    Album: Olde English – Calcante CD035
    Organ: 1743 III/39 Griffin/Goetz and Gwynne, St. Helen Bishopgate, London, England
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    Title: Theme and Variations in D major
    Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
    Organist: Angela Kraft Cross
    Album: Felix Mendelssohn – A 200th Birthday Album – Compass Audio CA7125
    Organ: 1801 III/20 Pike, St. Margaret Lothbury, London, England

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    Title: Fugue (allegro) in E minor (July 1839)
    Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
    Organist: John Scott
    Album: Mendelssohn Music for Organ – Hyperion CDD22029
    Organ: 1977 V/132 Willis/Mander, St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England
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    Title: Three Postludes III. op. 105 no. 2
    Composer: Charles Villiers Stanford
    Organist: Christopher Dearnley
    Album: Romantic Organ Music in Saint Paul Cathedral London –
    Organ: 1977 V/132 Willis/Mander, St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England
    Sheetmusic: PDF

    Title: Fantasia and Fugue on Ad nos, ad salutarem undam
    Composer: Franz Liszt
    Organist: Gillian Weir
    Album: The Grand Organ of The Royal Albert Hall – Priory PRCD 859
    Organ: 1871 IV/177 Willis/Mander, Royal Albert Hall, London, England
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  • Episode 194 – October 27, 2019

    The end of October is here, and we’re listening to music appropriate for the season and the upcoming holiday!

    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson

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    Playlist:
    Title: Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 565)
    Composer: JS Bach
    Organist: William Porter
    Album: One of a Kind – Loft LRCD 1025
    Organ: 1998 III/80 Fritts, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington, USA
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    Title: Comes Autumn Time
    Composer: Leo Sowerby
    Organist: David Britton
    Album: Organo Deco – Delos DE3111
    Organ: 1938 IV/96 Kimball, St. John’s Cathedral, Denver, Colorado, USA
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    Title: Danse Macabre
    Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
    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: Pièces de Fantaisie op.55 Suite IV – Gargouilles et Chiméres
    Composer: Louis Vierne
    Organist: Günther Kaunzinger
    Album: Vierne Pièces de Fantaisie – Novalis 150 132-2
    Organ: 1989 VI/103 Brandenstein/Jann, Stiftsbasilika, Waldsassen, Bavaria, Germany
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    Title: Melodies from Japan – Makkana Aki (Red Autumn) 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

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    Title: Pièces de fantaisie, op. 54 – IV. Fantômes
    Composer: Louis Vierne
    Organist: C Edward Murray
    Album: The American Organ Celebrated – Helion HLN1001
    Organ: 1927 IV/62 EM Skinner/Rosales, Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, California, USA
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    Title: Suite Gothique, op. 25
  • Introduction – Choral, Menuet
  • Priere a Notre-Dame
  • Toccata
    •  Composer: Léon Boëllmann
    Organist: Rachel Laurin
    Album: Tresors de l’orgue – Fidelio FACD013
    Organ: 1892 III/96 Casavant/Guilbault-Therien, Cathedral Notre-Dame, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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  • Episode 193 – October 20, 2019

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    This week we show we can do a completely random show, too. It’s a random shuffle of music from our library.

    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson

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    Title: Fantaisie Sur Te Deum et Guirlandes alleluiatiques
    Composer: Charles Tournemire
    Organist: Joyce Jones
    Album: Joyce Jones at the organ of the Cadet Chapel United States Military Academy West Point, New York – Motette CD-11491
    Organ: 1911 IV/325 Moller/Gress-Miles, Cadet’s Chapel, West Point, New York, USA
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    Title: Herzlich tut mich verlangen (BWV 244-53)
    Composer: JS Bach
    Organist: Albert Schweitzer
    Album: Der Organist – IFO IFO 00 701-06
    Organ: 1718 III/73 Silbermann/Muhleisen, Sainte-Aurelie, Strasbourg, France

    Title: Praeambulum in D Minor (WV 33)
    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: Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30 – Rejoice in God, O ye Tongues Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge, Christopher Robinson, conductor
    Composer: Benjamin Britten
    Organist: Iain Farrington
    Album: English Choral Music : Benjamin Britten – Naxos 8.554791
    Organ: 1994 IV/81 Mander, University of Cambridge, St. John’s College, Cambridge, England
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Grand-Choeur Dialogué
    Composer: Eugène Gigout
    Organist: Frederick Swann
    Album: The Riverside Years – Gothic G49082
    Organ: 1964 V/204 Aeolian-Skinner, Riverside Church, New York City, New York, USA
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    Title: Petite Suite in Blue – III. Scherzo
    Composer: Johannes Matthias Michel
    Organist: Johannes Matthias Michel
    Album: Colors of Pipe Organ Jazz – Ambiente ACD2015
    Organ: 1911 IV/92 Steinmeyer/Lenter, Christ Church, Mannheim, Germany

    Title: March of the Templars Op. 56
    Composer: Julius Benedict
    Organist: Christopher Herrick
    Album: Organ Dreams – Hyperion CDA67060
    Organ: 1954 IV/70 Harrison and Harrison, The Temple Church, London, England

    Title: Concerto in G major, op. 5 no. 1
    Composer: GF Handel
    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

    Title: Hosanna, Loud Hosanna (ELLACOMBE)
    Composer: Michael Burkhardt
    Organist: Judy Congdon
    Album: Love So Amazing –
    Organ: 1953 III/61 Holtkamp, Wesley Chapel, Houghton College, Houghton, New York, USA

    Title: Preludes on Lobe den Herren – Scherzo
    Composer: Herbert Bielawa
    Organist: Sandra Soderlund
    Album: Pipe Organ Adventures – Albany TROY374
    Organ: 1964 IV/100 Aeolian-Skinner, Alice Millar Chapel, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA

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    Title: Naïades from Pièces de Fantaisie, 4e Suite, op. 55
    Composer: Louis Vierne
    Organist: Katelyn Emerson
    Album: Evocations – Pro Organo CD 7277
    Organ: 1936 III/77 Aeolian-Skinner, Church of the Advent, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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    Title: Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
    Composer: Otto Nicolai
    Organist: Peter Richard Conte
    Album: Magic! – Gothic G49248
    Organ: 1904 VI/457 Los Angeles Art Organ, Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

  • Episode 192 – October 13, 2019

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    This week we hear Mark and Bill’s favorite selections.

    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson

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    Title: Trumpet Tune in D major
    Composer: David N Johnson
    Organist: James Dale
    Album: Exultate – Pines
    Organ: 1908 V/268 Hutchins/Moller, Naval Academy Chapel, Annapolis, Maryland, USA
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    Title: Fugue in G major (BWV 577)
    Composer: JS Bach
    Organist: Jonathan Dimmock
    Album: Bach At Haarlem – Loft LRCD-1131
    Organ: 1738 III/64 Muller/Marcussen and Son, Grote Kirk, Haarlem, Netherlands
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    Title: Hamburger Totentanz
    Composer: Guy Bovet
    Organist: Martin Setchell
    Album: Bonbons for Organ – Atoll ACD600
    Organ: 1997 III/42 Rieger, Christchurch Town Hall, Christchurch, New Zealand
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    Title: Suite Modale, op. 43 – II. Scherzo
    Composer: Flor Peeters
    Organist: D’Arcy Trinkwon
    Album: Flor Peeters Organ Music – Hyperion CDA67825
    Organ: 1995 IV/89 Marcussen and Son, St. Augustine’s Chapel, Tonbridge School, Tonbridge, England
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    Title: Evening Song
    Composer: Edward Bairstow
    Organist: Nigel Potts
    Album: British Fantasies and Fanfares – Herald HAVPCD 344
    Organ: 2005 IV/64 Schoenstein, St. Paul’s Parish (Episcopal), Washington, DC, USA

    Title: Sonata No 1 in C major – Intermezzo
    Composer: Franz Xaver Schnizer
    Organist: Gillian Weir
    Album: Organ Master Series Vol 2 – Priory PRCD 752
    Organ: 1974 II/48 Phelps, Church of St. Andrew, Hexham Abbey, Hexham, England

    Title: Symphony No. 6 in G, op. 42 no. 2 – I. Allegro
    Composer: Charles-Marie Widor
    Organist: Ian Tracey
    Album: Bombarde! French Organ Classics – Chandos CHAN 9716
    Organ: 1923 V/181 Willis, Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool, England
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    Title: Three Pieces – Adagio in E
    Composer: Frank Bridge
    Organist: Todd Wilson
    Album: Frank Bridge and Friends – JAV 120
    Organ: 1998 IV/71 Quimby, St. Margaret’s Church, Palm Desert, California, USA
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    Title: Solemn Melody
    Composer: Henry Walford Davies
    Organist: Christopher Herrick
    Album: Organ Dreams – Hyperion CDA67060
    Organ: 1954 IV/70 Harrison and Harrison, The Temple Church, London, England
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    Title: Final from Symphony no. 1
    Composer: Louis Vierne
    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 Purchase sheetmusic

  • Episode 191 – October 6, 2019

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    This week we hear music of Marcel Dupré and his students.

    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson

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    Playlist:

    Title: Sept Pièces, op. 27 – IV. Carillon
    Composer: Marcel Dupré
    Organist: Marcel Dupre
    Album: Mercury Living Presence vol 4 – Dupré – Mercury 478 8390
    Organ: 1862 V/128 Cavaillé-Coll, Church of St. Sulpice, Paris, France
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    Title: Improvisation sur l’Alleluia
    Composer: Improvisation
    Organist: Jean Langlais
    Album: Jean Langlais, ses dernières improvisations – Festivo 6951.842
    Organ: 1859 III/74 Cavaillé-Coll/Beuchet-Debierre, Ste. Clotilde, Paris, France

    Title: Pange Lingua
    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: O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sunde gross (BWV 622)
    Composer: JS Bach
    Organist: Michael Murray
    Album: Bach at Saint Bavo – Telarc CD-80286
    Organ: 1738 III/64 Muller/Marcussen and Son, Grote Kirk, Haarlem, Netherlands
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    Title: Cantabile
    Composer: Joseph Jongen
    Organist: Dora Poteet Barclay
    Album: The Art of Dora Poteet Barclay – East Texas Organ Festival
    Organ: 1957 IV/62 Reuter, Park Cities Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas, USA
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    Title: Souvenir
    Composer: Marcel Dupré
    Organist: Graham Barber
    Album: Great European Organs No 8 – Priory PRCD 260
    Organ: 1977 IV/106 Klais, Church of Our Lady, Ingolstadt, Germany
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    Title: Choral no. 1 in E major
    Composer: César Franck
    Organist: Jeanne Demessieux
    Album: Cesar Franck Organ Works Vol 1 – Londone STS 15103
    Organ: 1846 IV/82 Cavaillé-Coll, Eglise de la Madeleine, Paris, France
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