This week marks the start of the 10-day liturgical season of Ascensiontide. We spend the hour with music appropriate for the season.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
Playlist
Title: Hail the day that sees him rise
Composer: Hymn
Organist: Gerre Hancock
Album: Christ the Fair Glory Koch – 3-7441-2
Organ: IV/158 Aeolian-Skinner St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue (Chancel), New York City, New York, USA
Title: Nun freut euch, Gottes Kinder all
Composer: Georg Friedrich Kauffmann
Organist: Delbert Disselhorst
Album: In Bach’s Neighborhood Pro Organo – CD 7165
Organ: III/65 Brombaugh First Presbyterian Church, Springfield, Illinois, USA
Title: Christ ist erstanden von dem Tod, op. 79b no. 8
Composer: Max Reger
Organist: Rosalinde Haas
Album: Reger – Complete Organ Works, Vol 4 MDG – 315 0353-2
Organ: III/71 Albiez Church of the Mother of Good Counsel, Frankfurt, Germany
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Offertoire pour la fête de l’Ascension
Composer: Théodore Dubois
Organist: David Hardie
Album: A Year at Birmingham Regent – REGCD 590
Organ: IV/72 Nicholson Cathedral of St. Philip, Birmingham, England
Title: La vie du Christ – XIX. L’Ascension
Composer: Eugène Reuchsel
Organist: Simon Nieminski
Album: La vie du Christ et Bouquet de France Resonus – RES10217
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Organ: III/81 Rieger St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland
Title: God is Gone Up
Composer: Gerald Finzi
Organist: Jonathan Tuuk
Album: Works for Cathedral Spaces Pro Organo – CD 7015
Organ: III/40 Wicks St. Adalbert’s Basilica, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Title: L’Ascension – IV. Prière du Christ montant vers son Père
Composer: Olivier Messiaen
Organist: Jon Gillock
Album: Prelude – Messe de la Pentecote – Ascension Raven – OAR-983
Organ: IV/111 Quoirin Church of the Ascension, New York City, New York, USA
Title: L’Ascension – III. Transports de Joie j’une Ame devant la Gloire du Christ qui est la sienne
Composer: Olivier Messiaen
Organist: Jon Gillock
Album: Prelude – Messe de la Pentecote – Ascension Raven – OAR-983
Organ: IV/111 Quoirin Church of the Ascension, New York City, New York, USA
Title: Chorale Prelude on Christ ist erstanden
Composer: Christopher J Hoh
Organist: Jonathan Dimmock
Album: Organ Music of Christopher J Hoh Raven – OAR-187
Organ: III/52 Taylor and Boody Trinity Episcopal Church, Staunton, Virginia, USA
Title: Choraleworks, Set 3 – 2. Jesu, Meine Zuversicht
Composer: Gerald Near
Organist: Steven Egler
Album: The Organ Music of Gerald Near White Pine – WCD-203
Organ: III/61 Casavant Central Michigan University Recital Hall, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, USA
Title: Alleluyas
Composer: Simon Preston
Organist: Marcia Van Oyen
Album: Visions of Eternity Raven – OAR 570
Organ: III/63 Buzard Glenview Community Church, Glenview, Illinois, USA