Chant melodies have been inspiring musicians for hundreds of years. Today we’ll listen to different ways composers have brought the same chant melodies to the organ.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
Playlist
Title: Placare Christe servulis
Composer: Marcel Dupré
Organist: Marie-Andrée Morisset-Balier
Album: Cinquantenaire du Comité Normand du récital d’Orgue –
Organ: 1890 IV/64 Cavaille-Coll, L’abbatiale Saint-Ouen, Rouen, France
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Title: Fantasy on Veni Emmanuel
Composer: Carson Cooman
Organist: Erik Simmons
Album: How Great Our Joy! – Divine Art DDA 25196
Organ: 1997 IV/111 Matthis, Pfarrkirche St. Peter and Paul (Hauptwerk Model), Gorlitz, Germany
Title: Organ Toccata on Veni Emmanuel
Composer: Andrew Carter
Organist: John Scott
Album: Advent at St Pauls – Hyperion CDA66994
Organ: 1977 V/132 Willis/Mander, St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England
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Title: Pange lingua a 3rd sopre alto por cesolfaud
Composer: José A Jiminez
Organist: Calvert Johnson
Album: Early Spanish Organ Music – Calcante CD005
Organ: 1990 II/21 Taylor and Boody, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynchburg, Virginia USA
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Title: Eight Gregorian Preludes, op. 45 – III.Pange Lingua
Composer: Marcel Dupré
Organist: Jeremy Filsell
Album: Marcel Dupré complete organ works Vol 6 – Guild GMCD 7173
Organ: 1979 III/47 Moller, St. Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota, Florida USA
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Title: from Five Improvisations on Communion Hymns – Pange Lingua
Composer: Charles Callahan
Organist: Charles Callahan
Album: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling – Pro Organo CD 2231
Organ: 1923 III/35 Wurlitzer/Heritage, All Saints Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo, New York USA
Title: Veni Creator Spiritus (Toccata)
Composer: Jeanne Demessieux
Organist: Christa Rakich
Album: Deferred Voices: Organ Music by Women – AFKA SK527
Organ: 1933 III/68 Kilgen, St. Justin’s Church, Hartford, Connecticut USA
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Title: Dialoge – Chaconne über Veni Creator
Composer: Jürgen Essl
Organist: Markus Eichenlaub
Album: Espacios – OrganPromotion OP 8008
Organ: 2008 III/76 Grenzing, Basilica of San Francisco, Palma, Spain
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Title: Variations on Veni Creator Spiritus
Composer: David Briggs
Organist: Elizabeth and Raymond Chenault
Album: 20th-21st Century Organ Music for Two, Vol 4 – Gothic G-49292
Organ: 1941 IV/103 Aeolian-Skinner/Schoenstein, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Amarillo, Texas USA
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Title: Puer Natus Est
Composer: Dom Paul Benoit
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
Title: Trois mélodies Grégoriennes – II. Puer natus est
Composer: Guy de Lioncourt
Organist: Jacques Boucher
Album: Oeuvres pour Orgue et Saxophone – Société Métropolitaine du Disque SMD 227-1
Organ: 1918 III/36 Casavant, Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola, Cap-Saint-Ignace, Quebec Canada
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Title: Improvisation on Puer Natus Est
Composer: John Walsh
Organist: John Powel Walsh
Album: Midnight Clear –
Organ: 1949 IV/121 Kilgen/Wicks, St. Louis Cathedral Basilica, St. Louis, Missouri USA
Title: Symphony No. 9 in C minor, op. 70 – IV. Finale (Allegro)
Composer: Charles-Marie Widor
Organist: Marcel Dupré
Album: Widor: Symphonies no 5 and 9 – Westminster XWN 18871
Organ: 1862 V/128 Cavaillé-Coll, Church of St. Sulpice, Paris, France
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