It’s Christmas Day, so we have an hour of music for the season.
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Title: Hark! The herald angels sing (MENDELSSOHN)
Composer: Richard Webster
Organist: Charles Snider
Album: Blow Ye the Trumpet in Zion – Advent Press
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Organ: 1921 IV/59 EM Skinner/Thompson-Allen, St. Luke Episcopal Church, Evanston, Illinois USA
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Title: Variations on Adeste Fideles
Composer: Gaston Marie Dethier
Organist: John Walker
Album: Christmas Rediscovered – Pro Organo CD 7189
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Organ: 1995 IV/105 Reuter, Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
Title: Away in a Manger
Composer: James R Murray
Organist: William Neil
Album: Noël – 25 Hymns of Christmas – MSR Classics MS 1153
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Organ: 1968 IV/104 Aeolian-Skinner, National Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC USA
Title: Postludium on In dulci jubilo
Composer: Leo Sowerby
Organist: William Partridge
Album: The Diocese of Missouri Sings for Christmas – CCC-1210
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Organ: 1965 IV/70 Aeolian-Skinner, Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis, Missouri USA
Title: Prelude on I Wonder As I Wander
Composer: Robert Hebble
Organist: Timothy Edward Smith
Album: Riverside 2001 – Pro Organo CD 7146
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Organ: 1964 V/204 Aeolian-Skinner, Riverside Church, New York City, New York USA
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Title: Rhapsodie sur des Noels
Composer: Eugène Gigout
Organist: Jack Mitchener
Album: Jack Mitchener Plays Christmas Organ Music – Raven OAR-936
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Organ: 2001 III/78 CB Fisk, Oberlin College, Finney Chapel, Oberlin, Ohio USA
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Title: Gesu Bambino
Composer: Pietro Yon
Organist: Virgil Fox
Album: A Virgil Fox Christmas – EMI 7243 5 66088 2 5
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Organ: 1964 V/204 Aeolian-Skinner, Riverside Church, New York City, New York USA
Title: Sinfonia from Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Rachel Laurin
Album: Éternel Bach, Transcriptions for organ – Musicus MCD 331192
Organ: 1960 V/117 Beckerath, St. Joseph’s Oratory, Montréal, Quebec Canada
Title: Sleigh Ride
Composer: Leroy Anderson
Organist: Paul Walton
Album: Rejoice and Be Merry! – Regent REGCD 406
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Organ: 1907 IV/66 Walker/Mander, Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, England
Title: Divinum Mysterium (plainsong)
Composer: Traditional
Organist: Gerre Hancock
Album: Christmas Improvisations – Gothic G49109
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Organ: 1956 IV/158 Aeolian-Skinner, St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue (Chancel), New York City, New York USA
Title: Meditation on Silent Night
Composer: Robert Benjamin Dobey
Organist: Robert Benjamin Dobey
Album: In Sweetest Joy – Pro Organo CD 7175
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Organ: 1996 II/23 Schoenstein, Grace Episcopal Church, Sheboygan, Wisconsin USA
Title: Joy To The Word
Composer: Traditional
Organist: Robert Vickery
Album: Joy To The World – Carols for Brass, Chorus and Organ – Intersound CHD 1537
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