This week we explore the music of two British composers with birthdays this month, Herbert Howells and Healey Willan.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
Playlist
Title: Chorale Prelude on St. Anne
Composer: Healey Willan
Organist: Scott Bennett
Album: Alla Rumba! Pro Organo – CD 7172
Organ: IV/68 Reuter Grace Episcopal Church, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Title: Chorale Prelude on a melody by Orlando Gibbons
Composer: Healey Willan
Organist: David Hill
Album: From the Ground up Regent – REGCD539
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Organ: IV/96 Hill Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew, Peterborough, England
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Elegy from Rondino, Elegy and Chaconne
Composer: Healey Willan
Organist: Damin Spritzer
Album: Rhapsodies and Elegies Raven – OAR-156
Organ: IV/76 Willis/Harrison and harrison Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, England
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Prelude and Fugue in C minor
Composer: Healey Willan
Organist: Anne Wilson
Album: Pipedreams Live Pipedreams – PD1002
Organ: IV/112 Aeolian-Skinner Methuen Music Hall, Methuen, Massachusetts, USA
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Psalm-Prelude, op. 32, no. 1
Composer: Herbert Howells
Organist: Thomas Bara
Album: Pageant, A Pipe Organ Spectacular Raven – OAR 940
Organ: III/54 Reuter St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Alexandria, Louisiana, USA
Title: Master Tallis’s Testment
Composer: Herbert Howells
Organist: Erik William Suter
Album: Organ Greats from the Great Organ Washington National Cathedral – CD WNC 0701
Organ: IV/186 EM Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner National Cathedral, Washington, DC, USA
Title: Three Psalm Preludes, Set 2, op 40 – Psalm 139, verse 11
Composer: Herbert Howells
Organist: Matthew Glandorf
Album: Preludes, Hymns, and Dances Raven – OAR 780B
Organ: II/18 Murphy Colts Neck Reformed Church, Colts Neck, New Jersey, USA
Title: A Hymn for St. Cecilia
Composer: Herbert Howells
Organist: Stephen Tharp
Album: The Immortal Air Raven – OAR-954
Organ: III/65 Reuter Cathedral of St. John, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Title: Paean
Composer: Herbert Howells
Organist: James Martin
Album: The Organs of Cambridge, Vol 3 OxRecs – OXCD-60
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Organ: IV/81 Mander University of Cambridge, St. John’s College, Cambridge, England
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Title: Siciliano for a High Ceremony
Composer: Herbert Howells
Organist: John W W Sherer
Album: Pomp, Pipes & Power Gothic – G-49343-44
Organ: V/142 Quimby Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, Illinois, USA