Summer arrives this week, so we’re celebrating with organ music for the season.
Playlist
Title: Summer Sketches, op. 73
Composer: Edwin H Lemare
Organist: Thomas Murray
Album: An evening with Edwin H Lemare – AFKA SK-515
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Organ: 1927 V/102 Austin, The City Hall Auditorium, Portland, Maine USA
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Title: The Last Rose Of Summer
Composer: Dudley Buck
Organist: Simon Preston
Album: Organ Spectacular – Decca 421731
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Organ: 1947 IV/112 Aeolian-Skinner, Methuen Music Hall, Methuen, Massachusetts USA
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Title: Summershimmer
Composer: Barbara Harbach
Organist: Barbara Harbach
Album: Summershimmer – Hester Park CD 7704
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Organ: 1914 III/64 EM Skinner/Marceau, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Bellingham, Washington USA
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Title: Scherzo from a Midsummer Night’s Dream
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Organist: Simon Nieminski
Album: Organic Shakespeare – Pro Organo CD 7149
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Organ: 2001 III/18 Wicks, Wicks Organ Company, Highland, Illinois USA
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Title: Marche nuptiale aus Sommernachtstraum
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Organist: Felix Hell
Album: Orgelgiganten – Organ ORG 7010 2
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Organ: 1954 IV/154 Schantz, Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark, New Jersey USA
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Title: Prelude to Act III and Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin
Composer: Richard Wagner
Organist: William Sullivan
Organ Media Foundation Recording
Organ: 1924 IV/53 Kimball, Scottish Rite Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri, USA