Celebrating the birthdays of Charles-Marie Widor and Gerre Hancock, this week’s show is all about improvisation.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
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Title: Improvisation
Composer: Gerre Hancock
Organist: Gerre Hancock
Album: Great Organs of New York – B and V BV-100
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Organ: 1956 IV/158 Aeolian-Skinner, St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue (Chancel), New York City, New York USA
Title: Improvisation – Introduction to the hymn tunes Conditor Alme Siderum, Eventide, and Crucifer
Title: Improvisation – Trio on Eventide
Title: Improvisation – Meditation on Conditor Alme Siderum, Eventide
Title: Improvisation – Impromptu on Crucifer
Title: Improvisation – Toccata on Crucifer
Composer: Tom Trenney
Organist: Tom Trenney
Album: Organa Americana – Pro Organo CD 7196
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Organ: 2003 III/58 Schantz, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Savannah, Georgia USA
Title: Improvisation on the Te Deum
Composer: Charles Tournemire
Organist: Maurice Duruflé
Album: Maurice and Marie-Madeleine Durufle at Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis, Missouri – Aeolian-Skinner Legacy AS 322
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Organ: 1965 IV/70 Aeolian-Skinner, Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis, Missouri USA
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Title: Fantasy on St. Denio
Composer: Gerre Hancock
Organist: Todd Wilson
Album: The Organ Music of Gerre Hancock – Raven OAR-951
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Organ: 1956 IV/158 Aeolian-Skinner, St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue (Chancel), New York City, New York USA
Title: Surrexit a mortuis, op. 23 no. 3
Composer: Charles-Marie Widor
Organist: Joseph Cullen and Andrew Reid
Album: Vierne – Widor – Dupré Masses and Motets – Hyperion CDA66898
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Organ: 1932 IV/75 Willis, Westminster Cathedral, London, England
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Title: Symphonie no 9 (Gothique) – II. Andante Sostenuto
Composer: Charles-Marie Widor
Organist: Jacques Boucher
Album: Widor and Bonnet – Eglise de Gesu, Montreal – REM Editions REM311162
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Organ: 1986 IV/87 Casavant/Guilbault-Therien, Eglise du Gesu, Montréal, Quebec Canada
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Title: Improvisation On A Chant
Composer: Francis Jackson
Organist: Simon Nieminski
Album: Sounds of Francis Jackson – Lammas LAMM 127D
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Organ: 1897 IV/66 Willis, St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland
Title: A symphony – II. Song Form
Composer: Gerre Hancock
Organist: Gerre Hancock
Album: From Ashes To Glory – Pro Organo CD 7250
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Organ: 1954 IV/151 Aeolian-Skinner/Quimby, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City, New York USA
Title: Toccata de la Symphonie no. 5, op. 42
Composer: Charles-Marie Widor
Organist: Marie-Claire Alain
Album: Great Toccatas – Erato 4509-94812-2
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Organ: 1862 V/128 Cavaillé-Coll, Church of St. Sulpice, Paris, France
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