This week we go to England! We hear early works to brand-new pieces, played on organs in England and across the globe.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
Playlist
Title: Paean – A Song of Triumph
Composer: Oliphant Chuckerbutty
Organist: Martin Setchell
Album: A Taste of Shropshire – English Music from Ludlow – Quantum QM 7041
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Organ: 1764 IV/52 Snetzler/JW Walker, St. Laurence’s Church, Ludlow, England
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Title: Voluntary (For Cornet and Echo)
Composer: John Blow
Organist: George Edward Damp
Album: From Byrd To Britten: An English Organ Music Retrospective – Calcante CAL CD001
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Organ: 1991 II/36 Buzard, Episcopal Chapel of St. John the Divine, Champaign, Illinois USA
Title: Alla Marcia
Composer: Jonathan Battishill
Organist: Blair Anderson
Album: English Organ Music
Title: Elegy
Composer: George Thalben-Ball
Organist: Thomas Trotter
Album: Restored To Glory – Regent REGCD265
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Organ: 1837 V/112 Hill/Mander, Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham, England
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Title: From Three Pieces – Allegro marziale e ben marcato
Composer: Frank Bridge
Organist: Allen Shaffer
Album: Rose Windows – Pro Organo CD 7154
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Organ: 1963 III/77 Casavant/Letourneau, Christ and St. Luke’s Church, Norfolk, Virginia USA
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Title: So Fades the Lovely Blooming Flower
Composer: George Shearing
Organist: Christian Lane
Album: Sounds of the Yard –
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Organ: 1929 III/50 EM Skinner/Foley-Baker, Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts USA
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Title: Fugue on O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid
Composer: Ethel Smyth
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: Variations on an Easter Theme
Composer: John Rutter
Organist: David Hill and Stephen Farr
Album: Winchester Cathedral Organs – Herald HAVCD 199
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Organ: 1851 IV/108 Willis/Harrison and Harrison, Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, England
Title: A Maggot
Composer: Thomas Arne
Organist: Simon Lindley
Album: Dr Simon Lindley plays the Makin Organ – VGP-CD 0043
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Organ: 2002 IV/0 Makin, The Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist, Salford, England
Title: Maestoso
Composer: Elizabeth Stirling
Organist: Barbara Harbach
Album: Summershimmer – Hester Park CD 7704
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Organ: 1914 III/64 EM Skinner/Marceau, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Bellingham, Washington USA
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Title: Organ Sonata in G major, op.28 – Presto (comodo)
Composer: Edward Elgar
Organist: Keith John
Album: Elgar: Enigma Variations and Organ Sonata – Hyperion CDA67363
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Organ: 1954 IV/70 Harrison and Harrison, The Temple Church, London, England
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