We’re continuing our commemoration of Women’s History Month with an episode of music recorded by some enormously gifted, and very influential women in the organ world, organists with fantastic careers and multitudes of followers. Some of whom, in many ways, have been responsible for shaping the perception of organ music around the world.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
Playlist
Title: Three Recital Pieces – Nuptial March
Composer: William Lloyd Webber
Organist: Jane Watts
Album: Organ Works of William Lloyd Webber – Priory
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Organ: 1877 IV/68 Willis, Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, England
Title: St. Lawrence Sketches – II. The Bells of St. Anne de Beaupré
Composer: Alexander Russell
Organist: Wilma Jensen
Album: Sketches and Improvisations in the French Tradition – Pro Organo CD 7186
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Organ: 1986 III/85 Casavant, St. George’s Episcopal Church, Nashville, Tennessee USA
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Title: Dawn
Composer: Cyril Jenkins
Organist: Yun Kyong Kim
Album: Of Another Time – MSR Classics MS 1362
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Organ: 1920 III/42 Austin, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Dayton, Ohio USA
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Title: Theme Of Variations From Hommage A Frescobaldi
Composer: Jean Langlais
Organist: Gillian Weir
Album: Scherzo – Koss D KCI0I3
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Organ: 1965 III/58 Aeolian-Skinner, Uihlein Hall, Marcus Center for Performing Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA
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Title: Mass for the Convents – Chromhorne sur la Taille. 5e Couplet & Elevation. Tierce en Taille
Composer: François Couperin
Organist: Aude Heurtematte
Album: François Couperin – Mass for the Parishes, Mass for the Convents – Raven OAR-153
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Organ: 1768 V/59 Thierry/Gonzalez, Eglise Saint-Gervais, Paris, France
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Title: Voluntary, Air, and Gavotte
Composer: Samuel Wesley
Organist: Diane Bish
Album: The Glory of the Organ – Artisak Recording Klassiques
Organ: 1738 III/64 Muller/Marcussen and Son, Grote Kirk, Haarlem, Netherlands
Title: Préude et Danse Fuguée
Composer: Gaston Litaize
Organist: Janette Fishell
Album: Pas de Dieu – Loft LRCD 1082
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Organ: 2005 III/55 CB Fisk, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Greenville, North Carolina USA
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Title: Even Song
Composer: John La Montaine
Organist: Mary Preston
Album: Organ Odyssey – Reference RR-113
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Organ: 1992 IV/82 CB Fisk, Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, Texas USA
Title: Ten Compositions for Organ – Laus Deo
Composer: Harvey Grace
Organist: Damin Spritzer
Album: Organ Music of Harvey Grace – Raven OAR-177
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Organ: 1895 IV/46 TC Lewis, Albion Church, Ashton-Under-Lyne, England
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