This week, we turn our focus to home and bring you an hour of music penned by American women, some familiar, and some that may be new to you.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
Playlist
Title: Fanfare in G minor
Composer: EL Ashford
Organist: Arjan Breukhoven
Album: Arjan Breukhoven In Concert – STH Records CD 1416422
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Organ: 1863 IV/112 Walcker/Hielscher, Marktkirche, Wiesbaden, Hesse Germany
Title: Taiwanese Suite – Hills in the Springtime
Composer: Chelsea Chen
Organist: Chelsea Chen
Album: Reveries –
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Organ: 2003 III/67 Blackinton, Benson Hall, Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota USA
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Title: L’homme armé – Introit, Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei
Composer: Margaret Vardell Sandresky
Organist: Kimberly Marshall
Album: Divine Euterpe – Loft LRCD 1021
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Organ: 1987 III/85 Rosales, Trinity Cathedral, Portland, Oregon USA
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Title: Partita On Veni, Creator Spiritus
Composer: Mary Beth Bennett
Organist: Mary Beth Bennett
Album: Chant Mosaic – World Library 2930
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Organ: 1949 IV/121 Kilgen/Wicks, St. Louis Cathedral Basilica, St. Louis, Missouri USA
Title: Aspects of Glory – III. Tambourines
Composer: Libby Larsen
Organist: Ji-Yoen Choi
Album: Ji-Yoen Choi – Organ Recital – Naxos 8.555367
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Organ: 1959 IV/101 Schlicker/Dobson, Valparaiso University Chapel, Valparaiso, Indiana USA
Title: Chaconne
Composer: Orpha Ochse
Organist: Frances Nobert
Album: Music, She Wrote: Organ Compositions by Women – Raven OAR 550
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Organ: 1998 III/81 Glatter-Gotz/Rosales, United Church of Christ, Congregational, Claremont, California USA
Title: Folk Hymn Fantasia on Lord of the Dance
Composer: Angela Kraft Cross
Organist: Angela Kraft Cross
Album: Sharing the Journey –
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Organ: 2003 IV/105 Dobson, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, California USA
Title: Toccata
Composer: Anne Wilson
Organist: Tom Trenney
Album: Organa Americana – Pro Organo CD 7196
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Organ: 2003 III/58 Schantz, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Savannah, Georgia USA
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Title: Pedal Variations and Finale on Amazing Grace
Composer: Joyce Jones
Organist: Joyce Jones
Album: The Colors of the Organ – Rosenhaus Records RRCD-015
Organ: 1993 IV/92 Petty-Madden, Jones Concert Hall Baylor University, Waco, Texas USA