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  • Episode 167 – April 14, 2019

    [koiraf]This week’s episode focuses on the music of Georg Fredrich Handel
    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
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    Playlist:
    Title: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
    Composer: GF Handel
    Organist: Robert Ampt and Amy Johansen
    Album: Organ At The Opera – Move MD 3170
    Organ: 1979 V/200 Sharp, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia

    Title: Concerto for Organ and Strings in B-flat major, op. 4 no. 2

  • I. A tempo ordinario
  • II. Adagio
  • III. Allegro, ma non presto

    • Strings: The Ciompi Quartet
    Composer: GF Handel
    Organist: Marilyn Keiser
    Album: Studies in Relief – Pro Organo CD 7143
    Organ: 1997 II/15 Casavant, First Baptist Church, Mount Gilead, North Carolina, USA
    Sheetmusic: PDF

    Title: Dead March from Saul
    Composer: GF Handel
    Organist: Simon Preston
    Album: Organ Favourites from Westminster Abbey – London 430 145-2
    Organ: 1937 IV/84 Harrison and Harrison, Westminster Abbey, London, England

    Title: Pieces for a Musical Clock
    Composer: GF Handel
    Organist: Olivier Latry
    Album: Musique Pour Orgue Mecanique – BNL 112792
    Organ: 1745 III/60 Stumm/Oberlinger, St. Peter and Paul’s Church, Kirchheimbolanden, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

    Title: Voluntary in D
    Composer: GF Handel
    Organist: Sarah Hawbecker
    Album: Let The Pealing Organ Blow –
    Organ: 2002 III/73 Letourneau, Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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    Title: Air in F major from The Water Music (HWV 348)
    Composer: GF Handel
    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
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    Title: Overture and March from Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day
    Composer: GF Handel
    Organist: John Kitchen
    Album: Gaudeamus Igitur – Delphian DCD 34163
    Organ: 1897 IV/62 Hope-Jones/Forth, McEwan Hall, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland

    Title: Concerto op. 4 no. 1 en sol mineur (HWV 289)

  • I. Larghetto e staccato
  • II. Allegro
  • III. Adagio
  • IV. Andante

    • Composer: GF Handel
    Organist: Michel Chapuis
    Album: Georg Friedrich Handel Concertos pour orgue et orchestre, op 4 – Quantum dQM 6986
    Organ: II/11 Jean David, L’eglise Mont-Dore, Mont-Dore, France
    Sheetmusic: PDF

  • Episode 165 – March 31, 2019

    [koiraf]Tonight’s episode is the first portion of the Member’s Recital as performed on Monday, March 25 at Third Baptist Church!
    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
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    Organ: 1947 III/72 Kilgen/Moller/Reuter, Third Baptist Church, St. Louis, Missouri
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    Organist: William Sullivan
    Title: Improvised Introduction
    Title: Easter Morn (Op. 121)
    Composer: Edwin Lemare
    Title: Prelude and Fugue on Victimae paschali laudes
    Composer: Dom Paul Benoit

    A native of St. Louis, William Sullivan holds Bachelor and Master Degrees from Washington University and received his doctorate from Indiana University School of Music, where he studied with Robert Rayfield and Oswald Ragatz. Over the years Sullivan has worked as a church musician, recitalist, conductor, and editor. He also has worked extensively in musical theater on and off-stage, taught at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary. He continues to serve as organist at Laclede Groves Chapel, perform for American Theater Organ Society events, and has been a regular on the Third Baptist Friday Pipes series since its inception.

    Organist: Sarah Bereza
    Title: Voluntaries for Organ on Gregorian Themes

  • Let Us Sing to the Lord
  • The Lord is my Strength
  • You are the Honor of our People
  • Alleluia

    • Composer: Sr. Teresine Fonder

    Sarah Bereza is the Minister of Music at the First Congregational Church of St. Louis. Her writing and podcasting includes Music and the Church, a monthly show featuring interviews with musicians and scholars of Christian congregational music. Her doctoral research (PhD, Duke University) focused on music and theology in conservative evangelical churches. Previously, she earned master’s degrees from Duke University and the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, and an undergraduate degree in organ performance from Bob Jones University. You can find Sarah’s resources for church musicians and other creatives at sarah-bereza.com.

    Organist: Matthew Palisch
    Title: Prelude on Rockingham
    Composer: Christopher Tambling
    Title: Meditation on Love Unknown
    Composer: Francis Jackson
    Title: No. 3 of Six Occasional Preludes, Op. 182 – At Easter-tide
    Composer: Charles Villiers Stanford

    Matthew Palisch has served as the Director of Music and Organist for St. Paul Lutheran Church and School in Jackson, Missouri since 2008. He directs an expansive music ministry in both the church and school comprised of five children’s choirs, Kantorei, the Joyful Sound Ringers and a concert series which showcases local talent as well as professional musicians from around the country. Palisch has also served as Professor of Organ at Southeast Missouri State University’s Holland School for the Visual and Performing Arts since 2011. He holds bachelor degrees in music education and organ performance from Southeast Missouri State University and a masters degree in organ and church music from the University of Iowa. His organ teachers have included Gary L. Miller, Delbert Disselhorst, and Brett Wolgast. Mr. Palisch is active in the American Guild of Organists, the Royal School of Church Music in America, the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, and the Organ Historical Society.

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    Organist: Dawn Riske
    Title: From Depths of Woe I Cry to Thee
    Composer: Flor Peeters

    Organist: Matthew Gerhardt
    Title: Christe, aller Welt Trost (BWV 670)
    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
    Title: Mors et resurrection
    Composer: Jean Langlais

    Matthew Gerhardt serves as Assistant Minister of Music at St. Paul’s Lutheran in Des Peres, Missouri. Previously, Matt was Assistant Organist and Choir Director at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Indianapolis, Indiana. He received his Master of Music degree in Organ Performance from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he was in the studio of Dr. Janette Fishell. During his time at IU, he studied improvisation with Robert Nicholls and Bruce Neswick. Matt received his Bachelor’s degree in Parish (Sacred) Music from Concordia University Wisconsin, where he studied organ with Dr. John Behnke. Following his time at Concordia, Matt spent a year enrolled as a guest student at the Hochschule für Kirchenmusik in Herford, Germany. While in Germany, he studied organ and improvisation with Stefan Kagl and received the top score of 1,0 (excellent) on the MA-level organ performance exam.

  • Episode 164 – March 24, 2019

    [koiraf]For our last H-episode of this month we explore music based on b-a-c-H
    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
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    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

    Title: Fuge über B-A-C-H (LV A 1/I)
    Composer: Johann Ludwig Krebs
    Organist: Felix Friedrich
    Album: Die Trost-Orgel der Schloßkirche zu Altenburg – Ars Vivendi 2100179
    Organ: 1735 II/63 Trost/Bautzen, Schloßkirche, Altenburg, Germany

    Title: Fughetta On B-A-C-H, Monologue, op. 162 no. 1
    Composer: Josef Gabriel Rheinberger
    Organist: Jane Edge
    Album: Historic Organs of Louisville – OHS OHS-93
    Organ: 1900 II/14 Felgemaker, First Baptist Church, Madison, Indiana, USA

    Title: Fugues On B-A-C-H – I Langsam
    Composer: Robert Schumann
    Organist: Catharine Crozier
    Album: Catharine Crozier at Grace Cathedral – Delos DE3090
    Organ: 1934 V/125 Aeolian-Skinner, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California, USA
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Phantasie on B-A-C-H
    Composer: Max Reger
    Organist: Peter Sykes
    Album: Maximum Reger – Raven OAR 430
    Organ: 1931 IV/85 Steinmeyer, Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA
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    Title: Meditation on Love Unknown
    Composer: Francis Jackson
    Organist: Matt Palisch
    Organ: 1947 IV/72 Moller/Reuter, Third Baptist Church, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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    Title: Präludium und Fuge über den Namen BACH (S 260)
    Composer: Franz Liszt
    Organist: Daryl Robinson
    Album: Sempre Organo – Pro Organo CD 7261
    Organ: 1997 III/83 Fisk-Rosales, Rice University, Bates Concert Hall, Houston, Texas, USA
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    Title: Passacaglia quasi Toccata na tema B-A-C-H
    Composer: Milos Sokola
    Organist: Carla Edwards
    Album: Homage – Raven OAR-918
    Organ: 2003 III/56 Wolff, Kresge Auditorium, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, USA

  • Episode 163 – March 17, 2019

    [koiraf]Continuing our H theme this month, we listen to works based on Hymntunes.
    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
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    Playlist:
    Title: Be thou my vision
    Composer: Zsolt Gárdonyi
    Organist: Philip Scriven
    Album: Piping Blues – Regent REGCD304
    Organ: 1861 IV/96 Holdich/Hill, Norman and Beard, Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Chad, Lichfield, England

    Title: Choral Prelude Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten (BWV 647)
    Composer: JS Bach
    Organist: Todd Wilson
    Album: In a Quiet Cathedral – Delos DE3145
    Organ: 1961 IV/96 Aeolian-Skinner, Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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    Title: Three American Hymn Preludes – Many and Great, O God, Are Thy Things (Native American Melody)
    Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
    Organist: Frances Nobert
    Album: Music, She Wrote: Organ Compositions by Women – Raven OAR 550
    Organ: 1998 III/81 Glatter-Gotz/Rosales, United Church of Christ, Congregational, Claremont, California, USA

    Title: Jesus, Thou Lead On
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    Title: God of Grace
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    Composer: Paul Manz
    Organist: Charles Callahan
    Album: Charles Callahan plays American Music at Sacred Heart, Tampa Florida – Pro Organo CD 2223
    Organ: 1993 IV/54 Moller/Wicks, Sacred heart Catholic Church, Tampa, Florida, USA

    Title: Chorale Prelude on Irish
    Composer: Craig Sellar Lang
    Organist: Mario Duella
    Album: Storici Organi della Valsesia – Scopello – Il Milenio CDC 0135
    Organ: 1925 II/17 Mascioni/Krengli, Chiesa della Beata Vergine Maria Assunta, Scopello, Italy

    Title: Now Thank We All Our God
    Composer: JS Bach
    Organist: Virgil Fox
    Album: Virgil Fox Encores – BMG Classics 09026-61251-2
    Organ: 1964 V/204 Aeolian-Skinner, Riverside Church, New York City, New York, USA

    Title: Hyfrydol from Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes
    Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Organist: Robert Joyce
    Album: EMI Great Cathedral Organ Series, Vol 3 – Amphion PHI CD 162
    Organ: 1898 IV/64 Hope-Jones/Norman and Beard, Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Wales
    Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Gospel Preludes, Book IV – I. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
    Composer: William Bolcom
    Organist: Marilyn Mason
    Album: Pipedreams Premieres – Pipedreams PD1001
    Organ: 1964 V/204 Aeolian-Skinner, Riverside Church, New York City, New York, USA
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    Title: Wer Nur Den Lieben Gott Läßt Walten, op. 65/63 (Invenzione Ed Interludio, Tranquillo, Man Non Troppo)
    Composer: Sigfrid Karg-Elert
    Organist: Wolfgang Stockmeier
    Album: Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Organ Works Vol 2 – CPO cp 999 019-2
    Organ: 1981 III/62 Lobback, Church of Herz-Jesu, Bremerhaven, Bremen, Germany
    Sheetmusic: PDF

    Title: For All The Saints Choir of First Congregational Church, Los Angeles
    Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Organist: Frederick Swann
    Album: Hymns of Vaughan Williams – Gothic G49121
    Organ: 1969 IV/346 EM Skinner/Schlicker, First Congregational Church, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Title: Two Hymn Preludes in Jazz Style – Aurelia
    Composer: Kiyo Watanabe
    Organist: Kiyo Watanabe
    Album: Organ Duet –
    Organ: 2003 IV/74 Garland, First United Methodist Church, Wichita Falls, Texas, USA

    Title: Two Hymn Encores, Meditation on Amazing Grace, Festival Toccata on St. Anne
    Composer: Frederick Swann
    Organist: Frederick Swann
    Album: Frederick Swann in Hawaii, Vol 2 – Gothic G 49100
    Organ: 1964 IV/66 Aeolian-Skinner, Central Union Church, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

    Title: Sonata Celtica, no. 4 in C, op. 153 – III. Allegro maestoso, St. Patrick’s Breastplate
    Composer: Charles Villiers Stanford
    Organist: Charles Callahan
    Album: The Stanford Sonatas – Pro Organo CD 7010
    Organ: 1911 IV/71 Harrison and Harrison, St. Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol, England
    Sheetmusic: PDF

  • Episode 162 – March 10, 2019

    [koiraf]Continuing our H theme this month, we listen to works in honor of other musicians. Today’s episode is titled Harmonious Homage.
    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
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    Playlist:
    Title: Three Preludes and Fugues, Homage a Marcel Dupré

  • I. Prelude and Fugue in D major
  • II. Prelude and Fugue in F minor
  • III. Prelude and Fugue in E major


    • Composer: David Briggs
    Organist: Jeremy Filsell
    Album: Americana – Raven OAR-942
    Organ: 1963 IV/186 EM Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner, National Cathedral, Washington, DC, USA
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic

    Title: Eclectic Suite for Violin and Organ – III. Homage to Charles Ives Robert Murray, violin
    Composer: Lewis E Whikehart
    Organist: Ardyth Lohuis
    Album: All American, Works for Violin and Organ, Vol 5 – Raven OAR 650
    Organ: 1950 IV/75 Aeolian-Skinner, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia, USA

    Title: Homage To Handel, op 75b
    Composer: Sigfrid Karg-Elert
    Organist: Joseph Adam
    Album: Melodia – Loft LRCD1027
    Organ: 1907 IV/46 Hutchings-Votey/Rosales, St. James Cathedral, Seattle, Washington, USA
    Sheetmusic: PDF

    Title: Homage to Fritz Kreisler (Londonderry Air)
    Composer: Robert Hebble
    Organist: Peter Richard Conte
    Album: Virgil Fox Remembered – Raven OAR-976
    Organ: 1904 VI/457 Los Angeles Art Organ, Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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  • Episode 161 – March 3, 2019

    [koiraf]We kick off March with a series of episodes based around the letter H. Today’s it’s Hooks, Holtkamps, and Hills (and other builders that start with H).
    Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
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    Playlist:
    Title: Candide Overture arr. Philip Scriven
    Composer: Leonard Bernstein
    Organist: Philip Scriven
    Album: Piping Blues – Regent REGCD304
    Organ: 1861 IV/96 Holdich/Hill, Norman and Beard, Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Chad, Lichfield, England

    Title: Prelude on Hyfrydol
    Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Organist: Stephen Schnurr
    Album: Historic Organs of Louisville – OHS OHS-93
    Organ: 1912 II/7 Hinners, St. Anthony Medical Center, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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    Title: Prelude and Fugue in C major (BWV 545)
    Composer: JS Bach
    Organist: Robert Clark
    Album: Bach At Naumburg – Calcante CD041
    Organ: 1746 III/75 Hildebrant/Eule, St. Wenzels Kirche, Naumburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
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    Title: Andante with Variations
    Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
    Organist: Ray Cornils
    Album: Historic Organs of Maine – Organ Historical Society OHS-92
    Organ: 1893 II/29 Hook and Hastings, St. Patrick RC Church, Lewiston, Maine, USA

    Title: Rondo-Caprice, op. 35
    Composer: Dudley Buck
    Organist: James Hammann
    Album: Dudley Buck Organ Music – Raven OAR-916
    Organ: 1863 IV/31 E and GG Hook/Quimby, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Quincy, Illinois, USA
    Sheetmusic: PDF

    Title: Thème et Variations from Hommage à Frescobaldi
    Composer: Jean Langlais
    Organist: Todd Wilson
    Album: Great French Virtuosic Organ Music – Delos DE 3123
    Organ: 1988 IV/86 Holtkamp, University of Alabama Frank Moody Music Building Concert Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
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    Title: Rondo Capriccio (A Study in Accents)
    Composer: Edwin H Lemare
    Organist: Thomas Trotter
    Album: Restored To Glory – Regent REGCD265
    Organ: 1837 V/112 Hill/Mander, Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham, England
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    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
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    Title: Concert Variations on The Star Spangled Banner
    Composer: John Knowles Paine
    Organist: Bruce Stevens
    Album: Historic Organs Of Connecticut – Organ Historical Society OHS-94
    Organ: 1871 III/55 E and GG Hook, St. Mary’s Church, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    Sheetmusic: Purchase sheetmusic