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In this Sunday’s show we prepare for our AGO program tomorrow evening with an hour of music based on chant.

Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
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Title: Toccata sur un theme gregorienne
Composer: Edward Shippen Barnes
Organist: Simon Nieminski
Album: The Organ Symphonies of Edward Shippen Barnes – Pro Organo CD 7131
Organ: 1937 III/57 Wicks, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Peoria, Illinois, USA

Title: Ave Maris Stella, Chant and 4 organ verses
Composer: Jehan Titelouze
Organist: Robert Benjamin Dobey
Album: Magnificat – Pro Organo CD 7151
Organ: 1996 II/23 Schoenstein, Grace Episcopal Church, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA

Title: Rorate Caeli РChorale Orn̩ from 12 Choral Preludes on Gregorian Chant Themes, op. 8
Composer: Jeanne Demessieux
Organist: Raymond Chenault
Album: Concert Favorites – Gothic G-49305-06
Organ: 2003 IV/87 Buzard, All Saints Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Title: Trois mélodies Grégoriennes

• I. Clemens rector
• II. Puer natus est
• Pascah nostrum

Composer: Guy de Lioncourt
Organist: Jacques Boucher
Saxophonist: Sophie Poulin de Courval
Album: Oeuvres pour Orgue et Saxophone – Société Métropolitaine du Disque SMD 227-1
Organ: 1918 III/36 Casavant, Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola, Cap-Saint-Ignace, Quebec, Canada

Title: Organ Improvisation and Gregorian chant (alternating) Magnificat on the 8th Tone
Composer: Improvisation
Organist: Wolfgang Seifen
Album: Papst-Benedikt-Orgel – Spektral SRL4-06002
Organ: 2006 II/40 Mathis, Collegiate Church, Regensburg, Germany

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Title: Prélude, Adagio et Choral varié sur le thème du Veni Creator, op. 4 – Prelude
Composer: Maurice Duruflé
Organist: Douglas Cleveland
Album: Celestial Fire – Gothic G49113
Organ: 1997 III/70 Goulding and Wood, St. Meinrad Archabbey, St. Meinrad, Indiana, USA

Title: Meditation on Communion Hymns, Pange Lingua
Composer: Leo Sowerby
Organist: Peter Stoltzfus Berton
Album: Great Organbuilders of America: A Retrospective, Vol 15 – JAV JAV126
Organ: 1921 IV/70 EM Skinner, United Congregational Church, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA

Title: Te Deum (Trois Paraphrases Gregoriennes)
Composer: Jean Langlais
Organist: Naji Hakim
Album: Canticum: French Organ Music – EMI Classics 5 72272 2 3
Organ: 1871 III/82 Cavaille-Coll/Glandaz, Ste. Trinite, Paris, France

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In this Sunday’s show we celebrate the 125th birthday of British composer Herbert Howells. .

Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
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Title: Sonata (no. 2) – I. Vivo, energico ed agitato
Composer: Herbert Howells
Organist: David Newsholme
Album: Howells from Salisbury – Regent REGCD407
Organ: 1877 IV/68 Willis, Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, England

Title: All my hope on God is founded (Michael – A Fanfare Setting), Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Composer: Herbert Howells
Organist: Stephen Cleobury
Album: Best Loved Hymns – EMI Classics CD-57026
Organ: 1934 IV/75 Harrison and Harrison, University of Cambridge, King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, England

Title: Psalm-Prelude, Set 2, No. 1
Composer: Herbert Howells
Organist: John Chappell Stowe
Album: The Wadsworth Organ – Ethereal ER-126
Organ: 1863 III/34 Wadsworth/Yaylor, St. James Catholic Church, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Title: Service in D – Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
Choir: Ely Cathedral Girls’ Choir
Composer: Herbert Howells
Organist: Alexander Berry
Album: To Be A Light – Regent REGCD 477
Organ: 2001 IV/95 Harrison and Harrison, Ely Cathedral, Ely, England

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Title: Six Pieces For Organ – Preludio Sine Nomine
Composer: Herbert Howells
Organist: Graham Barber
Album: The Organ Music of Herbert Howells – Priory PRCD524
Organ: 1892 IV/67 Willis, The Cathedral Church of St. Mary the Virgin and St. Ethelbert the King, Hereford, England

Title: Master Tallis’ Testament
Composer: Herbert Howells
Organist: Mark Scholtz
Organ: 1947 IV/72 Moller/Reuter, Third Baptist Church, St. Louis, Missouri
Recorded live in Concert, November 6, 2015

Title: Six Pieces For Organ – Saraband
Composer: Herbert Howells
Organist: Graham Barber
Album: The Organ Music of Herbert Howells – Priory PRCD524
Organ: 1892 IV/67 Willis, The Cathedral Church of St. Mary the Virgin and St. Ethelbert the King, Hereford, England

Title: Six Pieces for the Organ 6. Paean
Composer: Herbert Howells
Organist: Robert Benjamin Dobey
Album: Herbert Howells and the Organ: The 30s and 40s – Pro Organo CD 7005
Organ: 1892 III/48 Roosevelt/Schantz, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Syracuse, New York, USA

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This week we hear more live performances from the 2017 St. Louis AGO Member’s Recital held on Monday, September 25. This was the opening program for the 2017-2018 season.

Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
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All recital works performed on the Gress-Miles organ of Webster Groves Presbyterian, recently enlarged by R.A. Colby and Robert Walker

Title: O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig (BWV 656)
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Organist: Earl Naylor

Title: Praeludium in C (BuxWV 137)
Composer: Dietrich Buxtehude
Organist: Wesley Kassulke

Title: Toccata from Plymouth Suite
Composer: Percy Whitlock
Organist: Ted Cronbaugh

Title: La cathédral engloutie
Composer: Claude Debussy
Organist: William Sullivan
Organ: 1923 IV/56 Kimball, Scottish Rite Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri

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Title: Le Cloître De Saint-Trophime À Arles
Composer: Eugéne Reuchsel
Organist: Simon Nieminski
Album: Promenades En Provence And Selections From Bouquet De France – Pro Organo CD 7112
Organ: 1949 IV/121 Kilgen/Wicks, St. Louis Cathedral Basilica, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Title: Symphonie VI, op. 42 no. 2

• III. Intermezzo/Allegro
• IV. Cantabile
• V. Finale Vivace

Composer: Charles-Marie Widor
Organist: Timothy Jansen
Organ: 1947 IV/72 Moller/Reuter, Third Baptist Church, St. Louis, Missouri

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This week we take you live to Webster Groves Presbyterian Church for the 2017 St. Louis AGO Member’s Recital held on Monday, September 25. This was the opening program for the 2017-2018 season.

Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
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All works performed on the Gress-Miles organ of Webster Groves Presbyterian, recently enlarged by R.A. Colby and Robert Walker.

Title: Opening Improvisation
Organist: Ted Cronbaugh

Title: Finale, Première Symphony, op. 14 no. 1
Composer: Louis Vierne
Organist: Jennifer Spohr

Title: Psalm Prelude (paraphrase of Psalm 40:1-3)
Composer: Craig Philips
Organist: Shawn Portell

Title: Fanfare and Gothic March
Composer: Guy Weitz
Title: Psalm No. 1, Set 1
Composer: Herbert Howells
Organist: Ted Cronbaugh

Title: Toccata on A Mighty Fortress
Composer: Austin Lovelace
Organist: Wesley Kassulke

Title: 24 Pièces de fantasie: Troisième Suite, op. 53
II. Impromptu
Title: 24 Pièces de fantasie: Deuxième Suite, op. 54
V. Claire de lune
VI. Toccata
Composer: Louis Vierne
Organist: Nick Bideler

The entire uncut concert can be heard here:

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In this Sunday’s show we listen to organ music by Belgian composers.

Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
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Title: Fanfare
Composer: Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens
Organist: Michael Murray
Album: French Organ Encores – Telarc CD-80104
Organ: 1950 IV/80 Aeolian-Skinner/Foley-Baker, Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Title: Priere in E
Composer: Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens
Organist: Leo Abbott
Album: 1875 E and GG Hook and Hastings Opus 801 – AFKA SK519
Organ: 1875 III/101 Hook and Hastings, Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Title: Sonata in G minor, op. 29 – I. Allegro con moto
Composer: Edgar Tinel
Organist: Katharine Pardee
Album: Blending Voices: Organ Music from Belgium – Pro Organo CD 7140
Organ: 1907 IV/46 Hutchings-Votey/Rosales, St. James Cathedral, Seattle, Washington, USA

Title: Aria, op. 51
Composer: Flor Peeters
Organist: Andrew Lucas
Album: Organ Showpieces from Saint Paul Cathedral – Naxos 8.550955
Organ: 1977 V/132 Willis/Mander, St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England

Title: Toccata, Fugue et Hymne Sur Ave Maris Stella, op. 28
Composer: Flor Peeters
Organist: Mary Beth Bennett
Album: Chant Mosaic – World Library 2930
Organ: 1949 IV/121 Kilgen/Wicks, St. Louis Cathedral Basilica, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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Title: Prelude on Dies Irae
Composer: Gaston Marie Dethier
Organist: Charles Callahan
Album: Cathedral Echoes – Pro Organo CD 7232
Organ: 1949 IV/121 Kilgen/Wicks, St. Louis Cathedral Basilica, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Title: Sonata Eroica, op. 94
Composer: Joseph Jongen
Organist: Stephen Tharp
Album: Stephen Tharp Plays The Anderson Organ – JAV 160
Organ: 2005 IV/118 Casavant, Brick Presbyterian Church, New York, New York, USA

Title: Sonate no. 3 in A minor (Pascale) – III. Finale, Alleluia (Maestoso recitando-Allegro)
Composer: Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens
Organist: Ben van Oosten
Album: Lemmens – Sonatas and Selected Works – MDG 316 0975-2
Organ: 1871 III/67 Schyven/Van Bever, Notre-Dame de Laeken, Brussels, Belgium

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This week go to Japan and hear organs from that country.

Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
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Title: Prelude and Fugue in G major (BWV 541)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Masaaki Suzuki
Album: Masaaki Suzuki plays Bach Organ Works, Vol 2 – BIS 2241
Organ: 1983 IV/0 Marc Garnier, Shoin Women’s University Chapel, Kobe, Japan

Title: Symphonie no.7, op. 42 – II.Choral
Composer: Charles-Marie Widor
Organist: Michael Unger
Album: Michael Unger – Organ Recital – Naxos 8.572246
Organ: 1984 III/56 Marcussen and Son, Musashino Civic Cultural Hall, Tokyo, Japan

Title: IX.Dieu parmi nous (from La Nativié du Seigneur)
Composer: Olivier Messiaen
Organist: Michael Unger
Album: Michael Unger – Organ Recital – Naxos 8.572246
Organ: 1984 III/56 Marcussen and Son, Musashino Civic Cultural Hall, Tokyo, Japan

Title: Fer Heilige Franziskus von Paula auf den Wogen schreitend August 20, 2006, arr. Max Reger and Jens Korndörfer
Composer: Franz Liszt
Organist: Jens Korndörfer
Album: Jens Korndörfer Performs –
Organ: IV/90 Kern, Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara, Sapporo, Japan

Title: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 659)
Title: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 660)
Title: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 661)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Tomoko Miyamoto
Album: Great Organs of Japan Vol 1 – Bach at Ferris University – Loft LRCD1057
Organ: 1989 III/58 Taylor and Boody, Ferris University, Yokohama, Japan

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Title: Communion in F
Composer: Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens
Organist: Charles Callahan
Album: Cathedral Echoes – Pro Organo CD 7232
Organ: 1949 IV/121 Kilgen/Wicks, St. Louis Cathedral Basilica, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Title: Wass Gott thut das ist wohlgethan op. 93
Composer: Felix-Alexandre Guilmant
Organist: Hatsumi Miura
Album: Great Organs of Japan Vol 2 – Toccata! – Loft LRCD1058
Organ: 1998 III/87 CB Fisk, Minato Mirai Hall, Yokohama, Japan

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This week we celebrate a few birthdays on the calendar.

Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
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Title: Marsch-Suite – Minuet
Composer: Henry Purcell
Organist: Roland Muhr
Album: Orgel, marsch, marsch! – Motette MOT 13275
Organ: 1736 II/24 Fux, Klosterkirche (Marienkirche), Fürstenfeld, Germany

Title: Marche Moderne, op. 2
Composer: Edwin H Lemare
Organist: Thomas Heywood
Album: Krazy Bout Kotzschmar! – Pro Organo CD 7236
Organ: 1927 V/102 Austin, The City Hall Auditorium, Portland, Maine, USA

Title: Trumpet Tune
Composer: Henry Purcell
Organist: Michael Murray
Album: The Great Organ at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York City – Telarc CD80169
Organ: 1954 IV/139 Aeolian-Skinner, Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York City, New York, USA

Title: For The Double Organ (Voluntary in D minor)
Composer: Henry Purcell
Organist: George Edward Damp
Album: From Byrd To Britten: An English Organ Music Retrospective – Calcante CAL CD001
Organ: 1991 II/36 Buzard, Episcopal Chapel of St. John the Divine, Champaign, Illinois, USA

Title: Christ Is Made The Sure Foundation
Composer: Hymn
Organist: Scott Bennett
Album: O For a Thousand Tongues – Pro Organo CD 7148
Organ: 1952 IV/68 Reuter, Grace Episcopal Church, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Title: Concert Overture in C major
Composer: Alfred Hollins
Organist: Timothy Byram-Wigfield
Album: Alfred Hollins Organ Works – Delphian DCD34044
Organ: 1923 IV/50 Harrison and Harrison, Caird Hall, Dundee, Scotland

Title: A Song of Sunshine
Composer: Alfred Hollins
Organist: Gereon Krahforst
Recorded live in concert, August 2013
Organ: 1949 IV/121 Kilgen/Wicks, St. Louis Cathedral Basilica, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Title: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten Transcription by Jean-François Noël, François Saint-Jean, Percussion
Composer: Arvo Pärt
Organist: Jacques Boucher
Album: Arvo Part – Oeuvres pour orgue et transcriptions – Société Métropolitaine du Disque SMD 228-1
Organ: 1960 V/117 Beckerath/Juget-Sinclair, St. Joseph’s Oratory, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

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Title: Prelude and Fugue in G major (BWV 541)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Masaaki Suzuki
Album: Masaaki Suzuki plays Bach Organ Works, Vol 2 – BIS 2241
Organ: 1983 IV/0 Marc Garnier, Shoin Women’s University Chapel, Kobe, Japan

Title: Allegretto From Organ Sonata in E-flat minor
Composer: Horatio Parker
Organist: Gillian Weir
Album: Scherzo – Koss D KCI0I3
Organ: 1965 III/58 Aeolian-Skinner, Uihlein Hall, Marcus Center for Performing Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Title: Concert Piece no. 1, op. 17 no. 2
Composer: Horatio Parker
Organist: Albert Ahlstrom
Album: Horatio Parker, 21 Organ Works – Raven OAR 340
Organ: 1895 II/38 Muller and Abel/Randolph, St. Joseph’s Church, New York City, New York, USA

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This week we listen to pipe organs found in the home.

Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
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Title: The Marriage of Figaro Overture (Roll no. 718 – arr. Albert Snow)
Composer: WA Mozart
Organist: Organ Roll
Album: Great Organbuilders of America: A Retrospective, Vol 13 – JAV JAV 123
Organ: 1929 II/15 EM Skinner/Thompson-Allen, Elm Court, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA

Title: Calm as the Night
Composer: Carl Böhm
Organist: Ken Cowan
Album: Great Organbuilders of America: A Retrospective, Vol 13 – JAV JAV 123
Organ: 1929 II/15 EM Skinner/Thompson-Allen, Elm Court, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA

Title: Carnival Overture
Composer: Antonin Dvorak
Organist: Peter Richard Conte
Album: Orchestral Hors d’oeuvres on the Longwood Gardens Organ – DTR DTR9303CD
Organ: 1929 IV/146 Aeolian, Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA

Title: La Temptesta di Mare from Concerto op. 10 no. 1 in F major
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Organist: Paul Fejko
Album: Paul Fejko plays the Serge Tani Residence Organ – Sacem STCD01
Organ: 1999 II/20 Wood and Son, Serge Tani Residence Organ, Moutfort, Luxembourg

Title: Variations on Vater Unser Im Himmelreich
Composer: Samuel Scheidt
Organist: Jeannine Cansler
Album: Bravo! Baroque! –
Organ: 1993 II/11 Pasi, Cansler Residence, Portland, Oregon, USA

Title: Trumpet Voluntary, Philip Cansler, Trumpet
Composer: John Stanley
Organist: Jeannine Cansler
Album: Bravo! Baroque! –
Organ: 1993 II/11 Pasi, Cansler Residence, Portland, Oregon, USA

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Title: Annonciation, op. 56 no. 1
Composer: Marcel Dupré
Organist: Rolande Falcinelli
Album: Rolande Falcinelli plays Marcel Dupré – Haydn House
Organ: 1897 IV/37 Cavaillé-Coll/Beuchet, Marcel Dupré Residence, Meudon, France

Title: Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue
Composer: Healey Willan
Organist: Ken Cowan
Album: Historic Organs of Chicago – OHS OHS-02
Organ: V/80 Wurlitzer, Jasper and Marian Sanfilippo Residence, Barrington Hills, Illinois, USA

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This week we listen to organs on the smaller side.

Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
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Title: Prelude and Fugue in F (BWV 556)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Marvin Mills
Album: Historic Organs of Baltimore – OHS OHS-91
Organ: 1882 II/20 Johnson and Son/Andover, Westminster (Presbyterian) Preservation Trust, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Title: A Voluntary for the Trumpet Stop Slow, Vivace, Andate
Composer: John Stanley
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

Title: 8 of 24 Short Preludes
Composer: Carl Nielsen
Organist: Bruce Stevens
Album: Historic Organs of New Orleans – OHS
Organ: 1870 II/18 Jardine and Son, St. Theresa vila Church, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Title: Suite in C
Composer: John Blow
Organist: Joseph Payne
Album: Early English Organ Music, Vol 1 – Naxos 8.550718
Organ: 1989 II/15 Adams, St. Annisquam Village Church, Cape Ann, Massachusetts, USA

Title: Vision, op. 156, no. 6
Composer: Josef Gabriel Rheinberger
Title: Marcia Religiosa
Composer: Horatio Parker
Organist: Rosalind Mohnsen
Album: Historic Organs of New Orleans – OHS
Organ: 1910 II/13 George Kilgen and Son, Parker Memorial United Methodist Church, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Title: Variations on Vater Unser Im Himmelreich
Composer: Samuel Scheidt
Organist: Jeannine Cansler
Album: Bravo! Baroque! –
Organ: 1993 II/11 Pasi, Cansler Residence, Portland, Oregon, USA

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Title: Sana me Domine (Clemens)
Composer: Antonio de Cabezón
Organist: Claudio Astronio
Album: 500 Years of Organ Music, Disc 3 – Brilliant Classics 95310
Organ: 1565 I/12 Antegnati/Carli , Basilica of Santa Barbara, Mantua, Italy

Title: Toccata XIII
Composer: Gaetano Greco
Organist: Francesco Di Lernia
Album: Affetti e tastiature – Digressione Music DTT62
Organ: 1756 I/9 Simone/Canosa, Church of San Domenico, Molfetta, Italy

Title: 32 Pieces from the Flötenuhr collections