This week we spend the hour with the music of American composer Gerald Near.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
Playlist
Title: Prelude On Old 113th
Composer: Gerald Near
Organist: James Warren
Album: How Brightly Shines the Morning Star Regent – REGCD164
Organ: IV/95 Harrison and Harrison Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, England
Title: A Tryptich of Fugues – Slowly, Expressively
Composer: Gerald Near
Organist: John Brock
Album: Second Wind Raven – OAR 970
Organ: II/17 Juget-Sinclair Second Presbyterian Church, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Title: Sarabande on Land of Rest
Composer: Gerald Near
Organist: Jonathan Dimmock
Album: The British Organ – Sounds of an Empire Raven – OAR-917
Organ: III/31 Willis/Tostareds Örgryte New Church, Göteborg, Sweden
Title: Suite in Classical Style
Title: Choraleworks, Set 2 – 5. St. Denio
Title: Choraleworks, Set 2 – 9. Herzlich Tut Mich Verlagen
Title: Choraleworks, Set 3 – 3. Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist
Composer: Gerald Near
Organist: Steven Egler, Francis Shelly, Flute
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: Holy is the True Light
Composer: Gerald Near
Organist: Eric Plutz, The Choirs of St. John’s Cathedral
Album: Sing We Hallelujah Delos – DE3149
Organ: IV/96 Kimball St. John’s Cathedral, Denver, Colorado, USA
Title: Sonata – Complete
Composer: Gerald Near
Organist: Jeremy Filsell
Album: Americana Raven – OAR-942
Organ: IV/186 EM Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner National Cathedral, Washington, DC, USA
BREAKS
Title: Freu dich Sehr (Comfort, Ye My People)
Composer: Gerald Near
Organist: Jack Mitchener
Album: Jack Mitchener Plays Christmas Organ Music Raven – OAR-936
Organ: III/78 CB Fisk Oberlin College, Finney Chapel, Oberlin, Ohio, USA
Title: Choraleworks, Set 1 – 4. Moscow
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