The King of Instruments
Sundays at 7:00 AM
Classic 107.3 FM

brentmj

  • Episode 107 – February 18, 2018

    [koiraf]
    This week we go Baroque with music from the 17th and 18th centuries on organs both new and old.
    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
    [schedule on=”2018-02-18″ at=”18:00″ expon=”2018-02-25″ expat=”18:00″]
    Listen here:

    [/schedule]
    Playlist:
    opening music
    Title: Menuett from Flötenuhr
    Composer: Franz Josef Haydn
    Organist: Michael Dudman
    Album: Sydney Opera House Organ Extravaganza – ABC 465 649-2
    Organ: 1979 V/200 Sharp, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia
    Title: 4 piezas para la Misa – I. Cantabile para organo al alzar en la Misa
    Composer: José Lidón
    Organist: Cherry Rhodes
    Album: Cherry Rhodes at the Kimmel Center – Delos DE 3381
    Organ: 2007 IV/124 Dobson, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Title: Prelude, Largo and Fugue in C (BWV 545)
    Composer: JS Bach
    Organist: James Johnstone
    Album: JS Bach Fantasias, Preludes and Fugues – Metronome MET CD 1095
    Organ: 1555 III/44 Raphaëlis/Marcussen and Son, Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde, Denmark
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic
    Title: Sonata VII del Colonna (da Sonate per organo di caeji autorii)
    Composer: Giulio Cesare Arresti
    Organist: Walter Gatti
    Album: L’influenza del profano nella musica organistica rinascimentale e barocca –
    Organ: 1750 I/10 Bonati/Marzi, Church of St. John the Baptist, Luserna San Giovanni, Italy
    Title: Präludium C-dur (BuxWV 137)
    Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude
    Organist: Diane Meredith Belcher
    Album: The Missouri Jewel – JAV 183
    Organ: 2002 III/55 Quimby, William Jewel College, Gano Chapel, Liberty, Missouri, USA
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic
    Title: Gelobet Seystu Jesu Christ (I)
    Composer: Matthias Weckmann
    Organist: Wolfgang Zerer
    Album: Weckmann Organ Works, Vol 2 – Naxos 8.553850
    Organ: 1693 IV/98 Schnitger/Kemper, St. Jacobi, Hamburg, Germany
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic
    calendar
    Title: Toccata prima
    Composer: Sebastian Anton Scherer
    Organist: Robert Parkins
    Album: Iberian and South German Organ Music – Calcante CD036
    Organ: 1997 II/21 Brombaugh, Duke University, Memorial Chapel, Durham, North Carolina, USA
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic
    Title: Andante in B minor (BWV 528)
    Composer: JS Bach
    Organist: Marcus Sterk
    Album: Helden-Music – Organum Classics OGM 281010
    Organ: 2011 III/49 Metzler, Parsih Church of St. Jacob, Friedberg, Germany
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic
    Title: Prelude and Fugue in D (BWV 532)
    Composer: JS Bach
    Organist: Graham Barber
    Album: Great European Organs No 3 – Priory PRCD 221
    Organ: 1986 IV/61 JW Walker, Albert Hall, Bolton, England
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

  • Episode 106 – February 11, 2018

    [koiraf]
    This week we listen to music on English organs built by Harrison and Harrison.
    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
    [schedule on=”2018-02-11″ at=”18:00″ expon=”2018-02-18″ expat=”18:00″]
    Listen here:

    [/schedule]
    Playlist:
    Title: Imperial March
    Composer: Edward Elgar
    Organist: Simon Preston
    Album: Organ Favourites from Westminster Abbey – London 430 145-2
    Organ: 1937 IV/84 Harrison and Harrison, Westminster Abbey, London, England
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Organ Sonata in G major, op.28 – Presto (comodo)
    Composer: Edward Elgar
    Organist: Keith John
    Album: Elgar: Enigma Variations and Organ Sonata – Hyperion CDA67363
    Organ: 1954 IV/70 Harrison and Harrison, The Temple Church, London, England
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Praeludium et Fuga in C (BWV 547)
    Composer: JS Bach
    Organist: Gillian Weir
    Album: On Stage at The Royal Festival Hall, London – Priory PRCD 866
    Organ: 1950 IV/124 Harrison and Harrison, Royal Festival Hall, London, England
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Sonata no. 6 in D minor, op. 6
    Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
    Organist: Stephen Cleobury
    Album: Liszt Reubke Mendelssohn Organ Works – Kings College KGS0010
    Organ: 1934 IV/75 Harrison and Harrison, University of Cambridge, King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, England
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

    Calendar
    Title: Solemn Melody
    Composer: Henry Walford Davies
    Organist: Christopher Herrick
    Album: Organ Dreams – Hyperion CDA67060
    Organ: 1954 IV/70 Harrison and Harrison, The Temple Church, London, England
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Troisieme Symphonie, op. 28 – IV. Adagio
    Composer: Louis Vierne
    Organist: Jeremy Filsell
    Album: Vierne, Widor and Tournemire at Ely Cathedral – Herald HAVPCD145
    Organ: 2001 IV/95 Harrison and Harrison, Ely Cathedral, Ely, England
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

    Break
    Title: Heut triumphiret Gottes Sohn (BWV 630)
    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
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Trois Preludes Hambourgeois – Hamburg
    Composer: Guy Bovet
    Organist: Gillian Weir
    Album: On Stage at The Royal Festival Hall, London – Priory PRCD 866
    Organ: 1950 IV/124 Harrison and Harrison, Royal Festival Hall, London, England
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

  • Episode 105 – February 4, 2018

    [koiraf]
    We start off our second year of The King of Instruments and the month of February with Music from long ago in England.
    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
    [schedule on=”2018-02-04″ at=”18:00″ expon=”2018-02-11″ expat=”18:00″]
    Listen here:

    [/schedule]
    Playlist:
    Intro
    Title: Dr. Blow’s Voluntary
    Composer: John Blow
    Organist: Calvert Johnson
    Album: Olde English – Calcante CD035
    Organ: 1766 I/6 Byfield, Finchcocks Museum of Music, Kent, England
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Ricercar no. 3 a 1 toni in D minor
    Composer: Alessandro Poglietti
    Organist: Gustav Leonhardt
    Album: Historic Organs of Austria – Sony Classical SK 68262
    Organ: 1636 III/56 Freundt, Basilica of Chorherrenstift, Klosterneuburg, Austria

    Title: Voluntary in C, op. 5/1
    Composer: John Stanley
    Organist: Calvert Johnson
    Album: Olde English – Calcante CD035
    Organ: 1765 III/30 Byfield/Mander, St. Mary’s Rotherhithe, London, England
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Fancy in Gamut Flatt
    Composer: Orlando Gibbons
    Organist: Paul Plummer
    Album: The Organs of Eton College, Vol 1 – OxRecs OXCD-65
    Organ: 1760 I/7 Snetzler/Harrison and Harrison, Snetzler Chamber Organ, Eton College, Windsor, England
    Sheetmusic: PDF

    Title: The Ways Of Sion Do Mourn Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
    Composer: Michael Wise
    Organist: Thomas Hewitt Jones
    Album: Michael Wise: Sacred Choral Music – Delphian DCD 34041
    Organ: 1980 II/32 Mander, University of Cambridge, Pembroke College Chapel, Cambridge, England
    Sheetmusic: PDF

    Title: Trumpet Voluntary in D, no. 1
    Composer: William Boyce
    Organist: Thomas Trotter
    Album: A Shropshire Idyll – Regent REGDVD002
    Organ: 1764 IV/52 Snetzler/JW Walker, St. Laurence’s Church, Ludlow, England
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Concerto no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 7 – V. Organo ad libitum – Adagio, VI. Bourrée – Allegro (HWV 306)
    Composer: GF Handel
    Organist: Simon Preston
    Album: Handel Complete Organ Concertos – Arkiv 289 469 358-2
    Organ: 1789 III/29 Green/Bird, St.John the Baptist, Armitage, England

    Title: Largo, Allegro, Aria, and Two Variations arr. Thalben-Ball
    Composer: Michael Christian Festing
    Organist: Douglas Guest
    Album: EMI Great Cathedral Organ Series, Vol 4 – Amphion PHI CD 163
    Organ: 1937 IV/84 Harrison and Harrison, Westminster Abbey, London, England
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Calendar
    Title: Three settings of Clarifica Me Pater – III
    Composer: William Byrd
    Organist: Jonathan Ryan
    Album: A Cathedral’s Voice – Raven OAR-941
    Organ: 2011 III/55 Parkey, Cathedral of St. John Berchmans, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

    Title: Voluntary in A minor Introduction, Fugue – Allegro
    Composer: James Nares
    Organist: Robert Woolley
    Album: Handel And His English Contemporaries – Regent REGCD382
    Organ: 1766 II/20 Parker/Goetz and Gwynne, Church of St. Mary and St. Nicholas, Leatherhead, England

  • Episode 104 – January 28, 2018

    [koiraf]
    This week we finish our theme of the letter A with music from three record labels, Arkay, Amphion, and Albany.
    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
    [schedule on=”2018-01-28″ at=”18:00″ expon=”2018-02-04″ expat=”18:00″]
    Listen here:

    [/schedule]
    Playlist:
    Title: Aus tiefer Not schrei’ ich zu dir (BWV 687)
    Composer: JS Bach
    Organist: Jonathan Dimmock
    Album: Bach: Complete Organ Works as published by the composer – Arkay AR6161
    Organ: 1736 III/40 Bielfeldt, St. Wilhadi, Stade, Germany
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Impromptu, op. 78, No 1
    Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
    Organist: James Welch
    Album: Around the World in Under Eighty Minutes – Arkay AR6169
    Organ: 1986 II/21 Schoenstein, St. Elizabeth Church, San Francisco, California, USA

    Title: Méditation Sheryyl Staples, Violin, John Novacek, Piano
    Composer: Charles Gounod
    Organist: Kurt Lueders
    Album: Romances et Méditations – Arkay AR6097
    Organ: II/7 Schoenstein, Payne Residence, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Title: Excerpts from Vingt-quatre pièces – Allegretto (no. 19, A-flat major)
    Composer: André Fleury
    Organist: Kurt Lueders
    Album: Romances et Méditations – Arkay AR6097
    Organ: 1990 II/9 Schoenstein, Carmelite Monastery of Cristo Rey, San Francisco, California, USA

    Title: Capriol Suite
    Composer: Peter Warlock
    Organist: Paul Derrett
    Album: The Hill Organ Eton College Chapel – Amphion PHI CD 174
    Organ: 1885 IV/63 Hill/Mander, Eton College Chapel, Windsor, England
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Calendar
    Title: Preludes on Lobe den Herren – Canon
    Composer: Herbert Bielawa
    Organist: Sandra Soderlund
    Album: Pipe Organ Adventures – Albany TROY374
    Organ: 1964 IV/100 Aeolian-Skinner, Alice Millar Chapel, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Title: Suite for Organ – Fantasy for Flute Stops
    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
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: When Dusk Gathers Deep
    Composer: Charles Albert Stebbins
    Organist: Harold Stover
    Album: An American Album – Albany TROY765
    Organ: 1928 III/40 EM Skinner, Cathedral of St. Luke, Portland, Maine, USA
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Fantasy on O Zion Haste and How Firm a Foundation
    Composer: William Bolcom
    Organist: Marilyn Mason
    Album: Paul Freeman Introduces Marilyn Mason – Albany TROY706
    Organ: 1964 V/204 Aeolian-Skinner, Riverside Church, New York City, New York, USA
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

  • Episode 103 – January 21, 2018

    [koiraf]
    This week we continue with the letter A with Allemandes and Arabesques. We also hear from January Jubilee Director Dawn Riske.
    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
    [schedule on=”2018-01-21″ at=”18:00″ expon=”2018-01-28″ expat=”18:00″]
    Listen here:

    [/schedule]
    Playlist
    Title: Allemande d’amor
    Composer: Anonymous
    Organist: Gustav Leonhardt
    Album: North German Organ Music – Sony Classical SK 53371
    Organ: 1555 III/44 Raphaëlis/Marcussen and Son, Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde, Denmark

    Title: French Suite no. 5 In G (BWV 816) – I. Allemande
    Composer: JS Bach
    Organist: Cameron Carpenter
    Album: All You Need Is Bach – Sony 88875178262
    Organ: 2014 V/0 Marshall and Ogletree, International Touring Organ
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Sonata en mi menor (BWV 1023) – II. Allemande Horacio Franco, recorder
    Composer: JS Bach
    Organist: José Suárez
    Album: Órganos Históricos de Oaxaca, México, Vol 2 –
    Organ: 1717 I/16 Chávez/Tattershall, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Oaxaca, Mexico

    Title: Allemande
    Composer: Henri du Mont
    Organist: Michel Chapuis
    Album: L’Orgue de la Chapelle royale de Versailles – Plenum Vox PV004
    Organ: 1711 IV/58 Clicquot/Cattiaux, Chapelle Royale, Versailles, France
    Sheetmusic: PDF

    Title: Sonate en sol mineur pour Violoncelle et Basse Continue (RV 42) – II. Allemanda, Andante Benoît Loiselle, Cello
    Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
    Organist: Vincent Boucher
    Album: Vivaldi Sonate e Concerti – ATMA Classique ACD2 2568
    Organ: 1973 III/45 Wilhelm, St. Matthias Church, Westmount, Quebec, Canada

    Title: Allemande, op. 166 no. 3 César Velev, Violin
    Composer: Josef Gabriel Rheinberger
    Organist: Domenico Severin
    Album: Romantica – Syrius SYR 141441
    Organ: 1928 III/44 Rickenbach/Gaillard, St. Etienne, Cernay, France
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Deuxième Arabesque
    Composer: Claude Debussy
    Organist: Christopher Allsop
    Album: The English Cathedral Series, Vol XVIII – Regent REGCD449
    Organ: 2008 IV/66 Tickell, Worchester Cathedral (Quire Organ), Worcester, England
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Ave Maris Stella (Arabesque for organ solo)
    Composer: Ian de Massini
    Organist: Anne Page
    Album: Ave Maris Stella – Regent REGCD436
    Organ: 2007 II/31 Tickell, Little St. Mary’s, Cambridge, England

    Title: Arabesque from 24 Pieces in Free Style
    Composer: Louis Vierne
    Organist: Brenda Lynne Leach
    Album: Windswept – Pro Organo CD 7237
    Organ: 2002 IV/89 Berghaus, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

    calendar
    Title: Symphonies d’Alcione – Chaconne Transcribed by Henk Verhoef
    Composer: Marin Marais
    Organist: Mark Pacoe
    Album: Crossroads – Acis APL21653
    Organ: 1935 III/43 Aeolian-Skinner/Peragallo, St. Malachy’s, New York, New York, USA

    Title: Arabesque sur les Flutes
    Composer: Jean Langlais
    Organist: Robert Noehren
    Album: A Temple of Tone – Pro Organo CD 7019
    Organ: 1962 III/55 Reuter, Denver University Whatley Chapel, Denver, Colorado, USA
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Arabesque
    Composer: Olivier Latry
    Organist: Stephen Tharp
    Album: Stephen Tharp Plays The Anderson Organ – JAV JAV 160
    Organ: 2005 IV/118 Casavant, Brick Presbyterian Church, New York, New York, USA

    Title: Grand Plein jeu avec Anches en Taille (sur le Magnificat Allemand)
    Composer: Bedos de Celles
    Organist: Michel Chapuis
    Album: A L’Orgue de la Cathedrale de St Pons de Thomieres – XCP Montpelier XCP 5018
    Organ: 1771 III/46 Micot, Cathedral of Saint-Pons de Thomières, Saint-Pons de Thomières, France

  • Episode 102 – January 14, 2018

    [koiraf]
    This week we continue with the letter A by listening to music of Austria.
    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
    [schedule on=”2018-01-14″ at=”18:00″ expon=”2018-01-21″ expat=”18:00″]
    Listen here:

    [/schedule]
    Playlist
    Title: Fantasia in F minor (K 608)
    Composer: WA Mozart
    Organist: John Scott
    Album: On A Sunday Afternoon vol 7 – JAV JAV 167
    Organ: 1963 IV/186 EM Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner, National Cathedral, Washington, DC, USA
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Prelude and Fugue in C minor, op. post 7, no 1 and 2
    Composer: Johann Nepomuk Hummel
    Organist: Iain Quinn
    Album: The Enlightenment Influence – Regent REGCD 476
    Organ: 1975 III/61 Metzler, Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge, England

    Title: Präludium C-Dur
    Composer: Anton Bruckner
    Organist: Robert Kovács
    Album: Die Symphonische Bruckner-Orgel Von St Florian – Spektral SRL4-08032
    Organ: 1774 IV/118 Krismann/Kogler, Monastery of St. Florian, St. Florian, Austria
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Poet and Peasant Overture Transcribed by Edwin H. Lemare
    Composer: Franz von Suppé
    Organist: Frederick Hohman
    Album: Lemare Affair IV – Pro Organo CD 7270
    Organ: 1924 IV/81 Austin, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

    Title: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, op. 214 transcribed by Thomas Heywood
    Composer: Johann Strauss
    Organist: Thomas Heywood
    Album: Krazy Bout Kotzschmar! – Pro Organo CD 7236
    Organ: 1927 V/102 Austin, The City Hall Auditorium, Portland, Maine, USA

    calendar
    Title: Adagio in C
    Composer: WA Mozart
    Organist: Charles Callahan
    Album: Charles Callahan plays the organ of Saint Mary Church, Urbana, Ohio –
    Organ: 2007 III/60 Jamestown, St. Mary’s Church, Urbana, Ohio, USA

    Title: Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich, Som lilliens hjerte kan holder I grøde
    Composer: Anton Heiller
    Organist: Mark Steinbach
    Album: Organ Works of Anton Heiller – Loft LRCD-1116
    Organ: 1962 IV/93 Beckerath/Taylor and Boody, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

    Title: Toccata Reloaded
    Composer: Peter Planyavsky
    Organist: Peter Planyavsky
    Album: Orgel Improvisation über die Toccata und Fugue d-moll – ORGANPromotion OP 8004
    Organ: 2003 II/35 Rieger, Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus, Lockenhaus, Austria

    Title: Toccata in C
    Composer: Franz Schmidt
    Organist: Marcus Sterk
    Album: Portrait of the Link Organ in Neuburg on the Danube – Organum Classics OGR 220019
    Organ: 1997 III/47 Link, Parish Church of the Holy Ghost, Neuburg an der Donau, Germany
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

  • Episode 101 – January 7, 2018

    [koiraf]
    This week we start the new year at the top of the alphabet with the letter A: Alleluia! We hear musical depictions of this expression of praise and joy.
    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
    [schedule on=”2018-01-07″ at=”18:00″ expon=”2018-01-14″ expat=”18:00″]
    Listen here:

    [/schedule]
    Playlist
    Composer: Victor Togni
    Organist: Maxine Thévenot
    Album: Without Boundaries – Raven OAR 890
    Organ: 2002 III/65 Reuter, Cathedral of St. John, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

    Title: Rubrics – I. …Hallelujah has been restored…
    Composer: Dan Locklair
    Organist: Philip Scriven
    Album: Sounds of Cranleigh – Regent REGCD398
    Organ: 2010 III/39 Mander, Cranleigh School, Cranleigh, England
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Epiphany Alleluias St John Episcopal Cathedral Choir
    Composer: John Weaver
    Organist: Eric Plutz
    Album: Sing We Merrily – Delos DE3125
    Organ: 1938 IV/96 Kimball, St. John’s Cathedral, Denver, Colorado, USA

    Title: Largo and Hallelujah for violin and organ, op. 76 Robert Murray, violin
    Composer: Stanley Weiner
    Organist: Ardyth Lohuis
    Album: Works for Violin and Organ, Vol 1 – Raven OAR 200
    Organ: 1950 IV/75 Aeolian-Skinner, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia, USA

    Title: Fantasy on Hallelujah! Gott zu loben
    Composer: Max Reger
    Organist: Ken Cowan
    Album: The Austin Organ – Austin Organs AO101-CD
    Organ: 1998 IV/50 Austin, St. Mary’s College Chapel, Moraga, California, USA
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

    calendar
    Title: In Festo Corporis Christi – Post Benedictionem (Lauda Sion)
    Composer: Anton Heiller
    Organist: Peter Sykes
    Album: Modern Organ Music – Raven OAR 640
    Organ: 1999 II/43 Noack, Neskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland

    Title: Allelujah! Laudamus Te, Dallas Wind Symphony
    Composer: Alfred Reed
    Organist: Paul Riedo
    Album: Pomp and Pipes! – Reference RR-58CD
    Organ: 1992 IV/82 CB Fisk, Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, Texas, USA