We are focusing on what some might describe as a “pinnacle school”, a source of boundless educational and professional opportunities and world-wide connections. We’re referring, of course, to the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester. This week we’re listening to some of the extraordinary graduates and faculty of this storied institution.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
Playlist
Title: Ascension from L’ Ascension
Composer: Olivier Messiaen
Organist: Michael Kleinschmidt
Album: Region VII AGO Convention Hymn Festival, June 17, 1997 –
Organ: 1990 III/64 Nichols and Simpson, Christ Episcopal Church, Little Rock, Arkansas USA
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Title: Notes répétées from Six Etudes, op. 5 no. 5
Composer: Jeanne Demessieux
Organist: Aaron Tan
Album: Impressions – Pro Organo CD 7284
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Organ: 2005 III/87 Rieger, Bryn Mawr Presbyterian, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania USA
Title: Fantasy for Flute Stops
Composer: Leo Sowerby
Organist: Catharine Crozier
Album: Organ Music of Leo Sowerby – 1988 – Delos C/DC3075
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Organ: 1935 III/87 Aeolian-Skinner, St. John’s Chapel, Groton School, Groton, Massachusetts USA
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Title: Sixth Symphony in B – II. Aria
Composer: Louis Vierne
Organist: David Craighead
Album: Organ Music of Reger and Vierne – Delos DE 3096
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Organ: 1987 III/85 Rosales, Trinity Cathedral, Portland, Oregon USA
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Title: Symphonie en si mineur – III. Aria
Composer: Germaine Labole
Organist: Damin Spritzer
Album: Joie: Women Students of Marcel Dupre – Raven OAR-196
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Organ: 1999 III/45 CB Fisk, University of Oklahoma Catlett Music Center, Norman, Oklahoma USA
Title: Ride in a High Speed Train
Composer: Ad Wammes
Organist: Jonathan Ryan
Album: Influences – Acis APL34530
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Organ: 1912 IV/78 Stahlhuth/Jann, Saint Martin, Dudelange, Luxembourg
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Title: Prière
Composer: François Morel
Organist: David Baskeyfield
Album: David Baskeyfield – Oeuvres pour orgue – Atma Classique ACD2 2719
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Organ: 1955 IV/119 Casavant, St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Toronto, Canada
Title: In Quiet Mood (a.k.a. Impromptu)
Composer: Florence Price
Organist: James Kealey
Album: Rhapsodic – Pro Organo CD 7305
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Organ: 1877 IV/101 E and GG Hook/Andover, St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Buffalo, New York USA
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Title: Overture in C minor
Composer: Alfred Hollins
Organist: Todd Wilson
Album: George Thalben-Ball and Friends – JAV JAV 127
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Organ: 1931 IV/76 EM Skinner, Cathedral of Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, Toledo, Ohio USA
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Title: 9 Pieces, op. 129 – III. Kanon in E minor
Composer: Max Reger
Organist: Amanda Mole
Album: Amanda Mole Organ Recital – Naxos 8.573912
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Organ: 1984 III/56 Marcussen and Son, Musashino Civic Cultural Hall, Tokyo, Japan
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Title: Praeludium VII in E-flat major
Composer: Johann Christian Kittel
Organist: David Higgs
Album: The Craighead-Saunders Organ – Loft LRCD-1115
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Organ: 2007 II/39 Various, Christ Church, Rochester, New York USA