As Christmas draws ever closer, we spend the hour with some music of the season, although not originally written for the organ!
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
Playlist
Title: For Unto Us a Child is Born
Composer: GF Handel
Organist: Peter Richard Conte
Album: Christmas In The Grand Tradition – Gothic G49264
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Organ: 1904 VI/457 Los Angeles Art Organ, Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
Title: Gesu Bambino
Composer: Pietro Yon
Organist: Virgil Fox
Album: A Virgil Fox Christmas – EMI 7243 5 66088 2 5
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Organ: 1964 V/204 Aeolian-Skinner, Riverside Church, New York City, New York USA
Title: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Composer: Tommy Connor
Organist: Michael Stairs
Album: A Longwood Gardens Christmas, Vol 3 – DTR 9102
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Organ: 1929 IV/146 Aeolian, Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania USA
Title: Nutcracker – Overture, March, Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairies, Dance Of The Reed-flutes, Chinese Dance, Arabian Dance, Spanish Dance
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Organist: Dorothy Papadakos
Album: Christmas Traveler – Pro Organo CD 7115
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Organ: 1954 IV/139 Aeolian-Skinner, Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York City, New York USA
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Title: Winter Wonderland
Composer: Felix Bernard
Organist: Tom Hazelton
Album: Pacem in Terris – Christmas with Tom Hazleton –
Organ: 1926 IV/26 Wurlitzer, Cap’n’s Galley Pizza and Pipes, Redwood City, California USA
Title: Le Sommeil de l’Enfant Jésus
Composer: Henri-Paul Büsser
Organist: David Erwin
Album: On Christmas Night –
Organ: 2014 III/46 Schoenstein, Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church, Ladue, Missouri USA
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Title: Christmas Oratorio – Finale (BWV 248)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Richard Webster
Album: The Spirit of Christmas – Four Winds FW 3022
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Organ: 1931 IV/108 Aeolian-Skinner, East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
Title: We Wish You a Merry Christmas – Winston-Salem Children’s Chorus
Composer: John Rutter
Organist: David Pulliam
Album: An Old Salem Christmas – Raven OAR 860
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Organ: 1799 II/13 Tannenberg/Taylor and Boody, Frank L. Horton Museum, Salem, North Carolina USA
BREAKS
Title: Hört, es singt und klingt mit Schalle
Composer: Herbert Paulmichl
Organist: Huw Williams
Album: Christmas Organ Music From St Pauls Cathedral – Priory PRCD 778
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Organ: 1977 V/132 Willis/Mander, St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England
Title: I saw a stranger
Composer: William Bradley Roberts
Organist: Jeremy Filsell
Album: Epiphany – Raven OAR-966
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Organ: 1966 III/50 Aeolian-Skinner, Church of the Epiphany, Washington, DC USA