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  • Episode 117 – April 29, 2018

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    This week on the fifth Sunday of the month we listen to new CD releases. This time they’re all from the Raven label.
    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
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    Title: Symphony no. 7 in A minor, op. 42 no. 3 – I. Moderato
    Composer: Louis Vierne
    Organist: Jeremy David Tarrant
    Album: Charles-Marie Widor Symphony no 7 in A minor – Raven OAR-146
    Organ: 2013 III/76 Casavant, First Presbyterian Church, Kirkwood, Missouri, USA
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    Title: Prelude et Danse Fugée
    Composer: Gaston Litaize
    Organist: Jeremy Filsell
    Album: Gaston Litaize Musique pour orgue – Raven OAR-147
    Organ: 1966 III/50 Aeolian-Skinner, Church of the Epiphany, Washington, DC, USA
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    Title: Old Folks at Home
    Composer: Dudley Buck
    Organist: Dongho Lee
    Album: Dongho Lee, Organist – Raven OAR-143
    Organ: 1971 III/64 Aeolian-Skinner/Parkey, Providence United Methodist Church, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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    Title: Dona Nobis Pacem
    Composer: Frigyes Hidas
    Organist: Damin Spritzer
    Trombonist: Donald Pinson
    Album: Fantasia – Music for Trombone and Organ – Raven OAR-994
    Organ: 2014 III/71 Nichols and Simpson, St. Monica Catholic Church, Dallas, Texas, USA
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    Title: Legend
    Composer: Edward Cuthbert Bairstow
    Organist: Adam Pajan
    Album: Romantic Resonance – Raven OAR-149
    Organ: 2004 IV/76 Kegg, Bascilica of St. John the Baptist, Canton, Ohio, USA
    Sheetmusic: PDF

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    Title: Six Pieces, op. 9 – Roulade
    Composer: Seth Bingham
    Organist: Christopher Marks
    Album: Organ Music of Seth Bingham, Vol 3 – Raven OAR 992
    Organ: 1998 IV/95 Schoenstein, First-Plymouth Congregational Church, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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    Title: Toccata from Symphony no. 5
    Composer: Charles-Marie Widor
    Organist: Ahreum Han
    Album: Orpheus in the Underworld – Raven OAR-148
    Organ: 1980 III/61 Casavant, First Presbyterian Church, Davenport, Iowa, USA
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  • Episode 116 – April 22, 2018

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    This week’s show is a live performance recorded just last week at First Presbyterian Church of Kirkwood.
    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Brent Johnson
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    Organ: 2013 III/76 Casavant, First Presbyterian Church, Kirkwood, Missouri, USA
    Playlist:
    Opening
    Title:
    Fanfare and processional
    Composer: Lynne Trapp
    Organist: Travis Evans, Music Associate, First Presbyterian Church of Kirkwood
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    Title: Prelude in C
    Composer: Edward Cuthbert Bairstow
    Organist: David Erwin, Music Director and Organist, Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church
    Sheetmusic: PDF

    Title: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr (BWV 662)
    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
    Organist: Mary Beth Wittry, Director of Music and Organist, St. Gabriel the Archangel Church
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    Title: Fugue sur le thème du Carillon des Heures de la cathédrale de Soissons, op. 12
    Composer: Maurice Duruflé
    Organist: Matt Palisch, Director of Music and Organist, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Jackson, Missouri

    Title: Sonata no. 3 – Con moto maestoso
    Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
    Organist: Nancy Peterson, Organist and Choir Director, Zion Lutheran Church, Mascoutah, Illinois
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    Title: Prelude
    Composer: David Shack
    Organist: Harry Studt, Student organist

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    Title: Quatre Morceaux d’Eglise – Adoration Mas Podgorny, Double Bass
    Composer: Joseph Lauber
    Organist: Donald Sutherland
    Album: Organ and Double Bass – Raven OAR-945
    Organ: 1998 III/54 Holtkamp, Leith Symington Griswold Hall, Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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    Title: Elegy
    Composer: George Thalben Ball
    Organist: Matt Palisch
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    Title: Ave Maria, ave maris stella
    Composer: Jean Langlais
    Organist: David Erwin
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    Title: Variations de Concert
    Composer: Joseph Bonnet
    Organist: Travis Evans
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  • Episode 115 – April 15, 2018

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    In preparation for our concert broadcast from First Presbyterian in Kirkwood next Sunday, we listen to a recording of that organ and some other French Symphonic works.
    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
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    Playlist:
    Title: Symphony no. 7 in A minor, op. 42 no. 3 – I. Moderato
    Composer: Charles-Marie Widor
    Organist: Jeremy David Tarrant
    Album: Charles-Marie Widor Symphony no 7 in A minor – Raven OAR-146
    Organ: 2013 III/76 Casavant, First Presbyterian Church, Kirkwood, Missouri, USA
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    Title: Trois pièces – Cantilène
    Composer: Gabriel Pierné
    Organist: Ian Tracey
    Album: Bombarde! French Organ Classics – Chandos CHAN 9716
    Organ: 1923 V/181 Willis, Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool, England
    Sheetmusic: PDF

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    Title: Offertoire pour la messe de minuit
    Composer: César Franck
    Organist: Joris Verdin
    Album: César Franck Pièces posthumes – Arion ARN 68276
    Organ: 1848 IV/55 Cavaillé-Coll, Cathedral de St Brieuc, Bretagne, France

    Title: 8ème Sonata en la majeur, op. 91

  • I. Introduction et Allegro risoluto
  • II. Adagio con affetto
  • III. Scherzo (Vivace)
  • IV. Andante sostenuto
  • V. Intermède et Allegro con brio

  • Composer: Felix-Alexandre Guilmant
    Organist: Peter Eilander
    Album: Peter Eilander speelt Alexandre Guilmant Vol 4 – Clarion CL 22110
    Organ: 1890 IV/64 Cavaille-Coll, L’abbatiale Saint-Ouen, Rouen, France
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  • Episode 114 – April 8, 2018

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    With hundreds of years of composed organ music to choose from, organists and composers are still busy creating new works for the instrument. This week we’ll be exploring some new organ music.
    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
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    Playlist:
    Title: Toccata in modo gravitazionale
    Composer: Carlotta Ferrari
    Organist: Carson Cooman
    Album: Aubade – Organ Music by Carlotta Ferrari –
    Organ: 1973 IV/150 Marcussen and Son, Laurenskerk, Rotterdam, Netherlands
    Sheetmusic: PDF

    Title: Partita on St. Elizabeth, op. 424
    Composer: Carson Cooman
    Organist: Erik Simmons
    Album: Canzona –
    Organ: 1737 III/65 Engler, Basilica of the Assumption, Krzeszów, Poland

    Title: Just relax
    Composer: Gijs Boelen
    Organist: Gijs Boelen
    Album: Crossing Borders – Quality Classics 1416212
    Organ: 1738 III/64 Muller/Marcussen and Son, Grote Kirk, Haarlem, Netherlands

    Title: Tryptych in Honour of Herbert Howells

  • I. Come Sing and Dance
  • II. On Chosen Hill
  • Holy is the True Light

  • Composer: David Bednall
    Organist: Paul Walton
    Album: Magna Voce – Regent REGCD 498
    Organ: 1969 IV/59 Walker, Blackburn Cathedral, Blackburn, England
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    Title: Resignation
    Composer: Zachary Wadsworth
    Organist: Jonathan Ryan
    Album: A Cathedral’s Voice – Raven OAR-941
    Organ: 2011 III/55 Parkey, Cathedral of St. John Berchmans, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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    Title: Quatre Pèlerinages en Lorraine, op. 30 – III. Basilique de Domremy – Fileuse (sur l’Alleluia de la fête de Saint Michel Archange)
    Composer: Rachel Laurin
    Organist: Brenda Portman
    Album: Pilgrimages – Raven OAR-975
    Organ: IV/88 Casavant, Hyde Park Community United Methodist Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

    Title: Toccata and Fugue on B-A-C-H
    Composer: Fredrik Sixten
    Organist: James Hicks
    Album: Nordic Journey, Volume III – Pro Organo CD 7263
    Organ: 1964 III/46 Andersen, Skara Cathedral, Skara, Sweden

  • Episode 113 – April 1, 2018

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    It’s Easter Sunday, and we celebrate with music for the season.
    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
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    Playlist:
    Title: Christ is risen from the dead
    Composer: Marcel Dupré
    Organist: Janette Fishell
    Album: Dupré Complete Works Vol 4 – Naxos 8.553919
    Organ: 1986 III/85 Casavant, St. George’s Episcopal Church, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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    Title: Easter Victory
    Composer: Charles Callahan
    Organist: Charles Callahan
    Album: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

    Title: Variations on Victimae Paschali Laudes
    Composer: Jiří Ropek
    Organist: Iain Quinn
    Album: Iain Quinn plays Czech music – Chandos CHAN 10463
    Organ: 1991 IV/104 Hill/Norman and Beard, Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, England
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    Title: Paschal Suite for Trumpet and Organ

  • Passacaglia
  • Pastorale on a theme of Palestrina
  • Paean to the Risen Christ

  • Composer: Richard Webster
    Organist: Richard Webster
    Album: Great Organbuilders of America: A Retrospective, Vol 12 – JAV JAV 125
    Organ: 1921 IV/59 EM Skinner/Thompson-Allen, St. Luke Episcopal Church, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Title: St. Paul’s Service – Magnificat Hereford Cathedral Choir, Geraint Bowen, director
    Composer: Herbert Howells
    Organist: Peter Dyke
    Album: Easter Day at Hereford – Regent REGCD 478
    Organ: 1892 IV/76 Willis/Harrison and harrison, Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, England
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    Title: Praeludium E-moll
    Composer: Nicolas Bruhns
    Organist: Katelyn Emerson
    Album: Evocations – Pro Organo CD 7277
    Organ: 1936 III/77 Aeolian-Skinner, Church of the Advent, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Title: Improvisation on the Te Deum
    Composer: Charles Tournemire
    Organist: David Erwin
    Recorded live in Concert, March 16, 2018
    Organ: 1947 IV/72 Kilgen/Möller, Third Baptist Church, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

  • Episode 112 – March 25, 2018

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    This week we continue our B-themed shows with Ballads, Bereceuse, and Bagatelles.
    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Mary Beth Wittry, Brent Johnson
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    Playlist:
    Title: Ballade en mode phrygien (JA 9)
    Composer: Jehan Alain
    Organist: Jean-Baptiste Robin
    Album: Alain – Complete Organ Works – Brilliant Classics 94233
    Organ: 2004 III/79 Aubertin, Saint-Louis-en-l’Ile, Paris, France

    Title: Ballade for Piano and Organ, op. 30, Alessio Bax, Piano
    Composer: Marcel Dupré
    Organist: Stefan Engels
    Album: Dupré Complete Works Vol 6 – Naxos 8.554210
    Organ: 1993 III/31 CB Fisk, Caruth Auditorium, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA

    Title: Ballade
    Composer: Johannes Matthias Michel
    Organist: Johannes Matthias Michel
    Album: Colors of Pipe Organ Jazz – Ambiente ACD2015
    Organ: 1911 IV/92 Steinmeyer/Lenter, Christ Church, Mannheim, Germany

    Title: Ballade
    Composer: Leo Sowerby
    Organist: Faythe Freese
    Album: Sowerby at Trinity – Albany TROY368
    Organ: 1910 IV/92 EM Skinner/Schantz, Trinity Episcopal Church, Toledo, Ohio, USA
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    Title: Berceuse, op. 31 no. 19 From 24 pièces en style libre
    Composer: Louis Vierne
    Organist: Scott Dettra
    Album: Tongues of Fire – Pro Organo CD 7063
    Organ: 1911 IV/325 Moller/Gress-Miles, Cadet’s Chapel, West Point, New York, USA
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    Title: Berceuse à la Mémoire de Louis Vierne trans. Frédéric Blanc
    Composer: Pierre Cochereau
    Organist: Raymond Chenault
    Album: Concert Favorites – Gothic G-49305-06
    Organ: 2003 IV/87 Buzard, All Saints Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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    Title: Batalha de 6th tom
    Composer: Pedro de Araujo
    Organist: Volodymyr Samokhvalov
    Album: Iberian Organ Music
    Organ: 1814 I/17 Machado e Ceveira, Matriz Church, Horta, Azores, Portugal

    Title: Twelve Short Pieces, Volume 2(Trois Bagatelles, op. 54, no. 1)

  • Perpetuum Mobile
  • Meditation
  • Dance and Variations
  • Composer: Rachel Laurin
    Organist: Rachel Laurin
    Album: Music by Rachel Laurin – Raven OAR-943
    Organ: 1914 III/58 Casavant, Ste-Anne Church, Ottawa, Canada
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  • Episode 111 – March 18, 2018

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    For Today is the day our clocks spring forward, and while it’s not officially spring, yet, we’re bursting forth today with music for the season.
    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Mary Beth Wittry, Brent Johnson
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    Playlist:
    Title: Fantasia and Fugue in G minor (BWV 542)
    Composer: JS Bach
    Organist: Christopher Houlihan
    Album: Christopher Houlihan Plays Bach – Azica ACD-71314
    Organ: 1971 III/79 Austin, Mather Chapel, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
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    Title: O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß (BWV 622)
    Composer: JS Bach
    Organist: Stephen Cleobury
    Album: The King of Instruments – A Voice Reborn – Kings College KGS0020
    Organ: 1934 IV/75 Harrison and Harrison, University of Cambridge, King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, England
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    Title: Prelude and Fugue in F minor (BWV 534)
    Composer: JS Bach
    Organist: Frederick Hohman
    Album: Pageantry and Poetry – Pro Organo CD 7280
    Organ: 2014 IV/59 Reuter, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Springfield, Illinois, USA
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    Title: Pastorale (BWV 590)
    Composer: JS Bach
    Organist: David Enlow
    Album: Bach on Park Avenue – Pro Organo CD 7274
    Organ: 1993 IV/91 Mander, St. Ignatius Loyola, New York City, New York, USA
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    Title: Come sweetest death, come blessed rest arr. Virgil Fox
    Composer: JS Bach
    Organist: Scott Farrell
    Album: Orgue Héroïque – Regent REGCD 507
    Organ: 1905 IV/71 JW Walker/Mander, Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Rochester, England
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    Title: Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 1 – I. Prelude (BWV 825)
    Composer: JS Bach
    Organist: Thomas Heywood
    Album: Spectacularly Bach! – Pro Organo CD 7246
    Organ: 1928 III/38 Nicholson/Tipple, St. Martin’s Church, Worchester, England

    Title: Prelude and Fugue in C (BWV 545)
    Composer: JS Bach
    Organist: Florence Rousseau
    Album: Bach à Glauchau
    Organ: 1735 II/34 Gottfried Silbermann, St. George’s Church, Glauchau, Germany
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