Autumn has arrived. The weather is changing, the days are shorter, and leaves are already starting to change color and drop. Today our show takes on a tour of autumn colors as we explore music composed for the organ specifically for this time of year.
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Title: Pageant of Autumn
Composer: Leo Sowerby
Organist: Paul-Martin Maki
Album: Great Organbuilders of America A Retrospective, Vol 11 – JAV JAV 122
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Organ: 1915 IV/51 EM Skinner, First Unitarian-Universalist Church, Detroit, Michigan USA
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Title: Saraband for any 3rd October
Composer: Paul Spicer
Organist: Nigel Potts
Album: British Fantasies and Fanfares – Herald HAVPCD 344
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Organ: 2005 IV/64 Schoenstein, St. Paul’s Parish (Episcopal), Washington, DC USA
Title: October Interlude
Composer: Clarence Mader
Organist: Cherry Rhodes
Album: Pipedreams Live – Pipedreams PD1002
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Organ: 1934 V/125 Aeolian-Skinner, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California USA
Title: Poemes d’automne – Lied des chrysanthemes, Matin provencal, Poeme du soir
Composer: Joseph Bonnet
Organist: Vincenzo Ninci
Album: In memoriam Titanic and other works – Dynamic Italy
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Organ: 1894 III/51 Cavaille-Coll/Merklin, Saint-Antoine des Quinze-Vingts, Paris, France
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Title: Trois versets sur l’hymne Ave Maris Stella
Composer: Joseph Bonnet
Organist: Jacques Boucher
Album: Mater – XXI XXI-CD 2 1734
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Organ: 1892 II/17 Casavant, Chapelle de l’Invention de la Sainte-Croix, Soeurs de la Charite, Montréal, Quebec Canada
Title: Comes Autumn Time
Composer: Leo Sowerby
Organist: Lorenz Maycher
Album: Historic Organs of Baltimore – OHS OHS-91
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Organ: 1964 IV/227 Austin, St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, Hanover, Pennsylvania USA
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