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This week we head down under to Australia for music by Australian composers and some Australian organs.

Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein

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December, 8 2024

Going down under

Title: Grand March
Composer: Philip Charles Plaisted
Organist: Thomas Heywood
Album: The Living Tradition – Pro Organo CD 7257
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Organ: 1929 V/111 Hill, Norman and Beard, Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia

Title: Three Portraits from Cabena’s Homage – Victor’s Variations, Mr. Titterington’s Toccata, Hugh’s Hornpipe
Composer: Barrie Cabena
Organist: David Titterington
Album: Pembroke College, Oxford The Letourneau Organ Damon Wells Chapel – Classical Recording Company CRC 901-2
Organ: 1995 II/25 Letourneau, Damon Wells Chapel, Pembroke College, Oxford University, Oxford, England

Title: Fantasy of Moods
Composer: Charles Edgar Ford
Organist: Timothy Edward Smith
Album: Two Organ Landmarks in Columbus – Raven OAR-900
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Organ: 1931 IV/80 Kimball, First Congregational Church, Columbus, Ohio USA

Title: Tuba Tune
Composer: Christoper Luke
Organist: Stuart Forster
Album: Symphonic Quest – Pro Organo CD 7228
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Organ: 1998 IV/95 Schoenstein, First-Plymouth Congregational Church, Lincoln, Nebraska USA

Title: Romance in B-flat
Composer: William N McKie
Organist: Daniel Cook
Album: Great European Organs no 85 – Priory PRCD 1083
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Organ: 1885 II/29 TC Lewis/Harrison and Harrison, St. George’s Church, Cullercoats, England

Title: Colonial Song
Composer: Percy Grainger
Organist: Thomas Heywood
Album: Melbourne Sounds Grand – Move MD 3120
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Organ: 1929 V/111 Hill, Norman and Beard, Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia
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Title: Mass of a Medieval Saint – Gradual
Composer: Malcolm Williamson
Organist: Paul Derrett
Album: Benchmarks Vol 4 Wisbech and Kings Lynn – Benchmarks Records 806804CD
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Organ: 1951 III/50 Harrison and Harrison/Bower and Co, St. Peter and St. Paul, Wisbech, England

Title: Shepherd’s Hey
Composer: Percy Grainger
Organist: Peter Richard Conte
Album: My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice – Gothic G-49294
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Organ: 1904 VI/457 Los Angeles Art Organ, Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA

Title: Waltzing Matilda, Duet for Four Feet
Composer: Robert Ampt
Organist: Robert Ampt and Amy Johansen
Album: Organ At The Opera – Move MD 3170
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Organ: 1979 V/200 Sharp, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia

This week we listen to recordings by organists affiliated with the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, Ohio.

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Title: Triumphal March
Composer: Horatio Parker
Organist: Brian Jones
Album: The Sounds of Trinity – Arkay AR6116
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Organ: 1962 III/117 EM Skinner, Trinity Church, Boston, Massachusetts USA

Title: Canzon II, Canzon VX
Composer: Paolo Quagliati
Organist: William Porter
Album: The Eastman Italian Baroque Organ – Loft LRCD 1077
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Organ: 1770 I/12 Anonymous, Italy/Woehl, Memorial Art Gallery, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York USA

Title: Malle Sijmen
Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Organist: James David Christie
Album: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Organ Works – Naxos 8.550904
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Organ: 1981 III/41 CB Fisk, Wellesley College, Houghten Chapel, Wellesley, Massachusetts USA
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Title: Prélude, Fugue et Variation, op. 18
Composer: César Franck
Organist: Haskell Thomson
Album: Franck – Pro Organo CD 7152
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Organ: 2001 III/78 CB Fisk, Oberlin College, Finney Chapel, Oberlin, Ohio USA
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Title: Elegy
Composer: William Grant Still
Organist: Ken Cowan
Album: Great Organ Builders of America A Retrospective, Vol 9 – JAV JAV-118
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Organ: 1925 IV/68 EM Skinner, Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church, Detroit, Michigan USA

Title: Elegiac Romance in C minor
Composer: John Ireland
Organist: Damin Spritzer
Album: Rhapsodies and Elegies – Raven OAR-156
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Organ: 1892 IV/76 Willis/Harrison and harrison, Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, England
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Title: Te Deum Laudamus – IV. Introduction, Fugue and Chaconne – The Opening of Heaven
Composer: David Hurd
Organist: Bruce Neswick
Album: The Opening Of Heaven – Pro Organo CD 7251
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Organ: 1954 IV/139 Aeolian-Skinner, Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York City, New York USA
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Title: Canon no. 2 in A minor, op. 56
Composer: Robert Schumann
Organist: Jack Mitchener
Album: Romantic to Modern – Raven OAR-958
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Organ: 2001 III/78 CB Fisk, Oberlin College, Finney Chapel, Oberlin, Ohio USA
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Title: Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 565)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Wolfgang Rübsam
Album: Johann Sebastian Bach – The Great Organ Works – Naxos 8.553859
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Organ: 1974 III/72 Flentrop, Oberlin College, Warner Concert Hall, Oberlin, Ohio USA
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On what would have been her 97th birthday we remember the composer and organist Emma Lou Diemer, who died earlier this year.

Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein

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November, 24 2024

Emma Lou

Title: Beneath the Cross
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Judy Congdon
Album: Love So Amazing –
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Organ: 1953 III/61 Holtkamp, Wesley Chapel, Houghton College, Houghton, New York USA

Title: All Things Bright And Beautiful
Title: Sweet Story
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Christa Rakich
Album: Historic Organs Of Connecticut – Organ Historical Society OHS-94
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Organ: 1933 III/68 Kilgen, St. Justin’s Church, Hartford, Connecticut USA

Title: O Welt, ich muss dich lassen
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: John Ayer
Album: The Art of the Chorale – Pro Organo CD 7064
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Organ: 1990 III/64 Nichols and Simpson, Christ Episcopal Church, Little Rock, Arkansas USA

Title: I Have Decided to Follow Jesus
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Joan DeVee Dixon
Album: Raise the Roof! –
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Organ: 2003 III/48 Reuter, St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, Bloomington, Minnesota USA

Title: From Folk Hymn Sketches for Organ – Our Lord Ascended Up to Heaven
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Andrew Peters
Album: American Variations – Regent REGCD 508
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Organ: 1965 IV/60 Schantz, Second Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, Missouri USA
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Title: Puer Nobis (What Star is This with Beams so Bright) from Seasonal Psalms
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Margaret Martin Kvamme
Album: Sevenfold Gifts – Troy TROY940
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Organ: 1889 II/23 Felgemaker/Goodwin, Holy Cross Church, Santa Cruz, California USA

Title: Go Tell It On the Mountain
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Marian Ruhl Metson
Album: Christmas Rhapsody – Raven OAR 260
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Organ: 1967 IV/76 CB Fisk, Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts USA
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Title: The Lord is Mindful
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Leslie Wills
Album: My Spirit Sang All Day –
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Organ: 1927 IV/110 EM Skinner/Mander, Christ Church Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan USA

Title: Rescue the Perishing
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Jeannine Cansler
Album: Thine is the Glory – Celebration celeb cd 007
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Organ: 1958 III/42 Austin, First Baptist Church, Portland, Oregon USA

Title: Concerto in One Movement – Alaska
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Marilyn Mason
Album: Paul Freeman Introduces Marilyn Mason – Albany TROY706
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Organ: 1975 IV/63 Rieger-Kloss, Rudolfinum – Dvorak Hall, Prague, Czech Republic

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Title: O Beautiful for Spacious Skies
Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Organist: Stanley H Cox
Album: Organ Masterpieces from The Cathedral of St Patrick, New York City – JAV JAV 136
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Organ: 1930 V/150 Kilgen, Cathedral of St. Patrick, New York City, New York USA

This week we listen to some recent releases from the Raven label.

Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein

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Title: Grand Choeur en Ré, op. 18 no. 1
Composer: Felix-Alexandre Guilmant
Organist: Russell Jackson
Album: L’orgue Francaise a San Antonio – Raven OAR-178
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Organ: 2021 III/50 Reuter, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, San Antonio, Texas USA
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Title: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist (BWV 614)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Mark Steinbach
Album: Resonance and Resilience – Dresden – Raven OAR-183
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Organ: 1755 V/67 Silbermann, Trinity Cathedral, Dresden, Germany
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Title: Early Fragments Suite
Composer: Daniel Sáñez
Organist: Daniel Sáñez
Album: What I Do on Sundays – Raven OAR-188
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Organ: 2022 II/28 Juget-Sinclair, Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Richmond, Virginia USA

Title: Sortie fugueé, Les Prièes de L’Orgue – Improvisation
Composer: Pierre Kunc
Organist: Damin Spritzer
Album: Organ Music of Pierre Kunc – Raven OAR-184
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Organ: 1849 III/68 John Abbey, Cathédrale Saint-Etienne, Châlons-en-Champagne, France
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Title: Twentieth Sonata – IV. Allegro con brio
Composer: Rayner Brown
Organist: Nicole Keller
Album: Those Americans – Raven OAR-182
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Organ: IV/64 Nichols and Simpson, First Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, Michigan USA

Title: Fantasie on Ubi Caritas
Composer: Angela Kraft Cross
Organist: Angela Kraft Cross
Album: Passages on the Journey – Raven OAR-179
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Organ: 1947 IV/112 Aeolian-Skinner, Methuen Music Hall, Methuen, Massachusetts USA
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Title: Ten Compositions for Organ – Ostinato, Toccatina
Composer: Harvey Grace
Organist: Damin Spritzer
Album: Organ Music of Harvey Grace – Raven OAR-177
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Organ: 1895 IV/46 TC Lewis, Albion Church, Ashton-Under-Lyne, England
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Title: Sept Chorales-Poèmes pour les Sept Paroles du Xrist, op. 67 – Consummatum est
Composer: Charles Tournemire
Organist: Timothy Tikker
Album: Tournemire: Organ Chorales – Raven OAR-186
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Organ: 1886 III/82 Merklin/Kuhn, Church of Saint-Bonaventure, Lyon, France
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Title: Symphonie – I. Allegro marcato
Composer: Michel Boulnois
Organist: Jeremy Filsell
Album: Michel Boulnois Organ Music – Raven OAR-175
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Organ: 2014 IV/126 Dobson, St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue (Chancel), New York, New York USA
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This week we remember the American organist Frederick Swann, who passed away in 2019. We hear some of his recorded performances and improvisations, as well as some of his own compositions.

Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein

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Title: Now Thank We All Our God
Title: Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
Organist: Frederick Swann
Album: Hymns on the Crystal Cathedral Organ – Gothic G58519
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Organ: 1977 V/200 Ruffatti, Garden Grove Community Church (Crystal Cathedral), Garden Grove, California USA

Title: Improvisation on Londonderry Air
Composer: Frederick Swann
Organist: Frederick Swann
Album: Frederick Swann Plays the William J Gillespie Concert Organ – Gothic G 49268
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Organ: 2008 IV/73 CB Fisk, Orange County Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa, California USA

Title: Trumpet Tune
Composer: Frederick Swann
Organist: Brian Schoettler
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Organ: 1954 IV/78 Austin, First United Methodist Church, Evanston, Illinois USA

Title: Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue
Composer: Healey Willan
Organist: Frederick Swann
Album: Riverside Revisted – Gothic G 49086
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Organ: 1964 V/204 Aeolian-Skinner, Riverside Church, New York City, New York USA
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Title: Amazing Grace
Composer: Frederick Swann
Organist: Bradley Hunter Welch
Album: Bradley Welch plays at Broadway Baptist – Loft LRCD 1804
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Organ: 1996 V/191 Casavant, Broadway Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas USA

Title: Lyric Rhapsody
Composer: M Searle Wright
Organist: Frederick Swann
Album: Great Organs Of First Church Vol 1 – Gothic G 49118
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Organ: 1969 IV/346 EM Skinner/Schlicker, First Congregational Church, Los Angeles, California USA

Title: Our God, Our Help in Ages Past
Composer: Hymn
Organist: Frederick Swann
Album: Virgil Fox Memorial Concert – Gothic G49122
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Organ: 1964 V/204 Aeolian-Skinner, Riverside Church, New York City, New York USA

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Title: Fond d’Orgue
Composer: Louis Marchand
Organist: Frederick Swann
Album: Frederick Swann plays two organs by Reuter – Gothic G 49102
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Organ: 1997 III/61 Reuter, St. Mel Roman Catholic Church, Woodland Hills, California USA
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Title: Fanfare on the Agincourt Song
Composer: Frederick Swann
Organist: Frederick Swann
Album: Frederick Swann in Hawaii, Vol 2 – Gothic G 49100
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Organ: 1964 IV/66 Aeolian-Skinner, Central Union Church, Honolulu, Hawaii USA

This week we go to 19th century France for some favorite French Symphonic composers.

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Title: Moderato from Symphony VII
Composer: Charles-Marie Widor
Organist: Andrew Schaeffer
Album: Oklahoma, Hail! –
Organ: 1999 III/45 CB Fisk, University of Oklahoma Catlett Music Center, Norman, Oklahoma USA
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Title: Trois pieces – Cantilène
Composer: Gabriel Pierné
Organist: Ian Tracey
Album: Bombarde! French Organ Classics – Chandos CHAN 9716
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Organ: 1923 V/181 Willis, Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool, England
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Title: Prière
Composer: Charles-Valentin Alkan
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: 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
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Organ: 1890 IV/64 Cavaille-Coll, L’abbatiale Saint-Ouen, Rouen, France
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This Sunday is known as Reformation Sunday in many Protestant Churches. Today we celebrate the musical influence of Martin Luther.

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Title: Festival Piece on A Mighty Fortress is our God
Composer: Robert Hebble
Organist: Patrick A Scott
Album: Patrick A Scott, Organist – Raven OAR-969
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Organ: 1971 III/64 Aeolian-Skinner/Parkey, Providence United Methodist Church, Charlotte, North Carolina USA

Title: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland Partita (Savior of the Nations, Come)
Composer: J William Greene
Organist: J William Greene
Album: Christmas Ayres and Dances – Pro Organo CD 7281
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Organ: 1988 I/6 Klop, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (Continuo organ), Lynchburg, Virginia USA

Title: Von Himmel Hoch, da komm ich hir
Composer: Johann Pachelbel
Organist: Paul Manz
Album: Paul Manz at Mount Olive –
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Organ: 1965 III/62 Schlicker, Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
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Title: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, op. 67 no. 3
Composer: Max Reger
Organist: Christopher Anderson
Album: Max Reger at SMU –
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Organ: 2000 III/59 Aeolian-Skinner/JF Dupont, Perkins Chapel, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas USA
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Title: Christ lag in Todesbanden I
Composer: Georg Böhm
Organist: Simone Stella
Album: 500 Years of Organ Music, Disc 17 – Brilliant Classics 95310
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Organ: 2007 II/32 Zanin, Church of Sant’Antonio Abate, Padua, Italy
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Title: Drei Studien über den Choral Vater unser in Himmelreich
I. Pedal Solo
II. Basso Ostinato
III. Canon
Composer: Wilhelm Middelschulte
Organist: Brink Bush
Album: Brink Bush performs Organ Works of Wilhelm Middelschulte, Volume 1 –
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Organ: 1995 III/41 Konzelman, St. Anne Catholic Church, Rochester, New York USA

Title: Fantasia on Komm, Heiliger Geist (BWV 651)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: George Ritchie
Album: JS Bach Organ Works, Vol 2 – Raven OAR 300
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Organ: 1985 IV/84 Taylor and Boody, College of the Holy Cross, St. Joseph Chapel, Worcester, Massachusetts USA
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Title: Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott
Composer: Jan Janca
Organist: John Ayer
Album: The Art of the Chorale – Pro Organo CD 7064
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Organ: 1990 III/64 Nichols and Simpson, Christ Episcopal Church, Little Rock, Arkansas USA

Title: Kleine Partita – Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort (Mäßig – Ruhiger – Noch ruhiger – Im Tempo von II – Lebhaft)
Composer: Anton Heiller
Organist: Roman Summereder
Album: Anton Heiller Das Orgelwerke vol 3 – Ambiente Audio ACD-2029
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Organ: 1774 IV/118 Krismann/Kogler, Monastery of St. Florian, St. Florian, Austria
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Title: Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem wort (BuxWV 185)
Composer: Dietrich Buxtehude
Organist: Andrej Harinek
Album: Dieterich Buxtehude Selected Organ Works – Sosa BIEM 2804-007-2
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Organ: 2017 II/16 Ahrend, Mariä Himmelfahrt, Engelhartszell, Austria
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Title: Wir glauben all an einen Gott (II)
Composer: Johann Christoph Bach
Organist: Stefano Molardi
Album: 500 Years of Organ Music Volume 2, Disc 20 – Brilliant Classics 96139
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Organ: 1737 II/37 Volckland/Schuke, St. Crucis, Erfurt, Germany
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Title: Opening Movement From A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, (BWV 80)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: William Kuhlman
Album: Baroque Music for Brass and Organ – Telarc CD-80614
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Organ: 1978 III/65 Sipe, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa USA

This week we hear organ works and transcriptions of orchestral and piano works, all by Russian composers.

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Title: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila
Composer: Mikhail Glinka
Organist: Eric Plutz
Album: Carnival – Pro Organo CD 7227
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Organ: 1928 IV/135 EM Skinner/Mander, Princeton University Chapel, Princeton, New Jersey USA

Title: Prelude in A-flat major
Composer: César Cui
Organist: Gail Archer
Album: A Russian Journey – Meyer Media MM17035
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Organ: 1986 III/53 Schlicker, St. Joseph’s RC Church, Macon, Georgia USA
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Title: Prelude in G minor
Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
Organist: Thomas Murray
Album: The Transcriber’s Art – Gothic G49054
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Organ: 1928 IV/197 EM Skinner, Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut USA
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Title: Waltz 2
Composer: Dimitri Shostakovich
Organist: Dorothy Young Riess
Album: Music of Joy –
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Organ: 2006 IV/62 Petty-Madden, First Congregational Church, Berkeley, California USA

Title: Piano Concerto no 1 In F-sharp minor, op. 1 – II. Andante cantabile
Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
Organist: Peter Richard Conte
Album: Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos 1 and 2 – Raven OAR-155
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Organ: 1904 VI/457 Los Angeles Art Organ, Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA

Title: Russian Conversations for organ and folk instruments – II. Largo
Composer: Pavel Zacharov
Organist: Valeri Rubacha
Album: Russian and Ukrainian Organ Music – Olympia OCD 554
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Organ: 1891 III/65 Walcker/Rieger-Kloss, St. Petersburg Capella, St. Petersburg, Russia

Title: Three Pieces, op. 159 no. 1 & no. 2
Composer: Alexander Grechaninov
Organist: Iain Quinn
Album: The Tsar of Instruments – Chandos CHAN 10043
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Organ: 1851 IV/108 Willis/Harrison and Harrison, Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, England

Title: Pictures at an Exhibition – Baba Yaga and The Great Gate of Kiev
Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
Organist: Thomas Joyce
Album: Historic Organs of Seattle – OHS OHS-08
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Organ: 1965 IV/79 Flentrop, Cathedral of St. Mark, Seattle, Washington USA

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Title: March from Love of Three Oranges
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Organist: Keith John
Album: Great European Organs No 2 – Priory PRCD 174
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Organ: 1981 IV/75 Kleuker, Our Lady of Grace Church (Chant d’Oiseaux), Brussels, Belgium
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Title: Children’s Album – Old French Song
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Organist: Ekaterina Melnikova
Album: A Dance to the Music of Time – Bel Air Music BAM 2002
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Organ: 1975 IV/92 Boisseau/Thomas, Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Monaco-Ville, Monaco

This week we go north to Canada to hear organ works by Canadian composers.

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Title: Carillon sur le Ô Canada
Composer: Edith Beaulieu
Organist: Edith Beaulieu
Album: Carillion sur le Ô Canada –
Organ: 1942 IV/85 Casavant, Church of St. Roch, Quebec City, Quebec Canada

Title: Hesychia
Composer: Jeanne Landry
Organist: Maxine Thévenot
Album: L’Orgue Magnifique – Raven OAR 909
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Organ: 1933 IV/106 EM Skinner, Girard College Chapel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA

Title: O Sons and Daughters, Let Us Sing
Composer: Lynnwood Farnam
Organist: Gordon Turk
Album: Organ Echoes II –
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Organ: 1908 V/165 Hope-Jones, Ocean Grove Auditorium, Ocean Grove, New Jersey USA
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Title: Liturgical Suite – Prelude, Postlude
Composer: Peter Togni
Organist: Maxine Thévenot
Album: Missa Orbis Factor – Raven OAR 907
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Organ: 2002 III/65 Reuter, Cathedral of St. John, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA

Title: Prière
Composer: François Morel
Organist: David Baskeyfield
Album: David Baskeyfield – Oeuvres pour orgue – Atma Classique ACD2 2719
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Organ: 1955 IV/119 Casavant, St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Toronto, Canada

Title: Cortège Académique
Composer: Ernest MacMillan
Organist: Simon Nieminski
Album: Alfred Hollins And Friends – Regent REGCD 473
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Organ: 1947 IV/72 Moller/Reuter, Third Baptist Church, St. Louis, Missouri USA

Title: Homage a Maurice Ravel from Sonatine
Composer: Jean Le Buis
Organist: Jean Le Buis
Album: Historic Organs of Montréal – Organ Historical Society OHS-99
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Organ: 1898 II/22 Brodeur/Guilbault-Therien, Église Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges, Les Cèdres, Quebec Canada

Title: Epilogue
Composer: Healey Willan
Organist: Patrick Wedd
Album: Healey Willan Organ Works – Naxos 8.557375
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Organ: 1915 IV/92 Casavant, Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Montréal, Quebec Canada
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Title: Cats at Play
Composer: Denis Bédard
Organist: Martin Setchell
Album: Resounding Aftershocks – Pipeline Press PP2
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Organ: 1997 III/42 Rieger, Christchurch Town Hall, Christchurch, New Zealand

Title: Symphony no. 1, op. 36 – IV. Toccata
Composer: Rachel Laurin
Organist: Isabelle Demers
Album: Rachel Laurin Organ Works – Acis APL61256
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Organ: 1920 IV/71 Casavant, Eglise des Saints-Anges-Gardiens, Lachine, Quebec Canada
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Title: Three Short Pieces – Dance, Lord Of The Dance
Composer: Gerald Bales
Organist: Maxine Thévenot
Album: Fiesta! – Raven OAR 912
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Organ: 2002 III/65 Reuter, Cathedral of St. John, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA

This week we go back to 20th century Germany and explore some neo-classical and neo-baroque music by German composers of the era.

Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein

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Title: Four Spielstücke op. 18
Composer: Hugo Distler
Organist: Christopher Allsop
Album: The English Cathedral Series, Vol XVIII – Regent REGCD449
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Organ: 2008 IV/66 Tickell, Worchester Cathedral (Quire Organ), Worcester, England
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Title: Sonata for Flute and Piano – III. Animato
Composer: Ernst Pepping
Organist: George Bozeman
Album: Sounds Lost But Not Forgotten – Raven OAR-173
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Organ: 1973 III/84 Rieger, St. James’s Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia USA
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Title: Sonata III (uber Alte Volkslieder)
Composer: Paul Hindemith
Organist: James Lancelot
Album: The Archbishops Fanfare – Priory PRCD 346
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Organ: 1970 IV/98 Willis/Harrison and Harrison, Durham Cathedral, Durham, England
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Title: Orgelsonate über ein thema – III. Finale, Allegro con fuoco (Toccata fugata)
Composer: Heinz Wunderlich
Organist: Faythe Freese
Album: The Freese Collection – Raven OAR-948
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Organ: 2008 IV/117 Schuke, Magdeburg Cathedral, Magdeburg, Germany

Title: Chorale Prelude on Schönster Herr Jesu
Composer: Hermann Schroeder
Organist: Scott Bennett
Album: Alla Rumba! – Pro Organo CD 7172
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Organ: 1952 IV/68 Reuter, Grace Episcopal Church, Charleston, South Carolina USA

Title: Variations on Slane, op. 87
Composer: Jan Bender
Organist: Ardyth Lohuis
Album: Rondo, Works for Violin and Organ, Vol 2 – Raven OAR 230
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Organ: 1968 III/45 Aeolian-Skinner, First Presbyterian Church, Kinston, North Carolina USA

Title: Orgelpartita – Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme, op. 8 no. 2
Composer: Hugo Distler
Organist: Faythe Freese
Album: Roaring Ranks – Arkay AR6176
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Organ: 1998 III/81 Glatter-Gotz/Rosales, United Church of Christ, Congregational, Claremont, California USA
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