On what would have been her 97th birthday we remember the composer and organist Emma Lou Diemer, who died earlier this year.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
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November, 24 2024
Emma Lou
Title: Beneath the Cross
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Judy Congdon
Album: Love So Amazing –
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Organ: 1953 III/61 Holtkamp, Wesley Chapel, Houghton College, Houghton, New York USA
Title: All Things Bright And Beautiful
Title: Sweet Story
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Christa Rakich
Album: Historic Organs Of Connecticut – Organ Historical Society OHS-94
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Organ: 1933 III/68 Kilgen, St. Justin’s Church, Hartford, Connecticut USA
Title: O Welt, ich muss dich lassen
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: John Ayer
Album: The Art of the Chorale – Pro Organo CD 7064
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Organ: 1990 III/64 Nichols and Simpson, Christ Episcopal Church, Little Rock, Arkansas USA
Title: I Have Decided to Follow Jesus
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Joan DeVee Dixon
Album: Raise the Roof! –
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Organ: 2003 III/48 Reuter, St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, Bloomington, Minnesota USA
Title: From Folk Hymn Sketches for Organ – Our Lord Ascended Up to Heaven
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Andrew Peters
Album: American Variations – Regent REGCD 508
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Organ: 1965 IV/60 Schantz, Second Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, Missouri USA
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Title: Puer Nobis (What Star is This with Beams so Bright) from Seasonal Psalms
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Margaret Martin Kvamme
Album: Sevenfold Gifts – Troy TROY940
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Organ: 1889 II/23 Felgemaker/Goodwin, Holy Cross Church, Santa Cruz, California USA
Title: Go Tell It On the Mountain
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Marian Ruhl Metson
Album: Christmas Rhapsody – Raven OAR 260
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Organ: 1967 IV/76 CB Fisk, Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts USA
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Title: The Lord is Mindful
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Leslie Wills
Album: My Spirit Sang All Day –
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Organ: 1927 IV/110 EM Skinner/Mander, Christ Church Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan USA
Title: Rescue the Perishing
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Jeannine Cansler
Album: Thine is the Glory – Celebration celeb cd 007
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Organ: 1958 III/42 Austin, First Baptist Church, Portland, Oregon USA
Title: Concerto in One Movement – Alaska
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Marilyn Mason
Album: Paul Freeman Introduces Marilyn Mason – Albany TROY706
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Organ: 1975 IV/63 Rieger-Kloss, Rudolfinum – Dvorak Hall, Prague, Czech Republic
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Title: O Beautiful for Spacious Skies
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Stanley H Cox
Album: Organ Masterpieces from The Cathedral of St Patrick, New York City – JAV JAV 136
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Organ: 1930 V/150 Kilgen, Cathedral of St. Patrick, New York City, New York USA