It’s Christmas Eve today. Mark and Bill are taking a little holiday break, but the show is here with an hour of music for the season.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
Playlist
Title: Angels we have heard on high
Composer: Keith Chapman
Organist: Gerry Senechal
Album: Bring a Torch – Christmas Organ Favorites – GSR 1013
Organ: 1991 II/36 Buzard, Episcopal Chapel of St. John the Divine, Champaign, Illinois USA
Title: The Kings
Composer: Improvisation
Organist: Earl Miller
Album: Music For The Christmas Season – AFKA SK547
Organ: 1979 III/48 Andover, Church of the Epiphany, Danville, Virginia USA
Title: Bring a torch, Jeanette Isabella
Composer: Keith Chapman
Organist: Gerry Senechal
Album: Bring a Torch – Christmas Organ Favorites – GSR 1013
Organ: 1991 II/36 Buzard, Episcopal Chapel of St. John the Divine, Champaign, Illinois USA
Sheetmusic: Purchase
Title: What Is This Lovely Fragrance
Composer: Paul Manz
Organist: Paul Richter
Album: Paul Richter – In Dulci Jubilo –
Organ: III/0 Rodgers, Paul Richter Residence, Portland, Oregon USA
Sheetmusic: Purchase
Title: On Christmas Night (Sussex Carol)
Composer: Paul Manz
Organist: David Cherwien
Album: Carols We Love To Sing –
Organ: 2003 III/48 Reuter, St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, Bloomington, Minnesota USA
Title: La Nativité
Composer: Jean Langlais
Organist: Huw Williams
Album: Christmas Organ Music From St Pauls Cathedral – Priory PRCD 778
Organ: 1977 V/132 Willis/Mander, St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England
Sheetmusic: Purchase
Title: Variations on Adeste Fidelis
Composer: Marcel Dupré
Organist: Marian Ruhl Metson
Album: Christmas Rhapsody – Raven OAR 260
Organ: 1889 II/26 Treat/Andover, St. George’s Primitive Methodist, Methuen, Massachusetts USA
Title: Chorale Prelude on Silent Night
Composer: Samuel Barber
Organist: Robert Grogan
Album: In Dulci Jubilo: Christmas Music for the organ – Gothic G49069
Organ: 1964 IV/152 Moller, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Great Organ), Washington, DC USA
Sheetmusic: Purchase
Title: O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)
Composer: Michael Stairs
Organist: Michael Stairs
Album: A Longwood Gardens Christmas, Vol 3 – DTR 9102
Organ: 1929 IV/146 Aeolian, Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania USA
Title: The First Nowell
Composer: David Willcocks
Organist: David Dunnett
Album: Christmas at Norwich – Priory PRCD 1148
Organ: 1991 IV/104 Hill/Norman and Beard, Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, England
Title: Postlude On ‘Hark, The Herald-angels Sing’
Composer: David Willcocks
Organist: Kevin Bowyer
Album: Christmas Organ Music – Nimbus Records NI7711
Organ: 1985 IV/61 Hill/Mander, Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, England
Title: Improvisation on God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
Composer: Myron J Roberts
Organist: Frederick Hohman
Album: A Saint-Saëns Sort of Christmas – Pro Organo CD 7040
Organ: 1983 II/32 Reuter, Holy Name of Jesus Church, San Francisco, California USA
Title: In the Bleak Midwinter
Composer: Harold Darke
Organist: William Partridge
Album: The Diocese of Missouri Sings for Christmas – CCC-1210
Organ: 1965 IV/70 Aeolian-Skinner, Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis, Missouri USA
Title: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Composer: Meredith Wilson
Organist: Michael Stairs
Album: A Longwood Gardens Christmas, Vol 3 – DTR 9102
Organ: 1929 IV/146 Aeolian, Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania USA