Episode 225 – October 1, 2023
The Curtis Institute of Music turns 99 years old this week. We celebrate by hearing music performed and composed by some of it’s most famous graduates. We also explore the history of concert hall organ in American and abroad.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson
Playlist
Title: Toccata Rhumba
Composer: Matthew Glandorf
Organist: Matthew Glandorf
Album: Preludes, Hymns, and Dances – Raven OAR 780B
Organ: 2000 II/28 Murphy St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania USA
Title: Solemn Melody
Composer: Henry Walford Davies
Organist: Joan Lippincott
Album: Music for a Cathedral – Gothic
Organ: 1954 IV/139 Aeolian-Skinner Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York City, New York USA
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Title: Paean on Divinum Mysterium
Composer: John Cook
Organist: Michael Stairs
Album: A Longwood Gardens Christmas, Vol 3 – DTR 9102
Organ: 1929 IV/146 Aeolian Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania USA
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Title: Arabesque no. 1
Composer: Claude Debussy
Organist: Keith Chapman
Album: The Complete Chapman – Wanamaker Recordings – Vantage V2CD-694-001
Organ: 1904 VI/457 Los Angeles Art Organ Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
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Title: Adagio for Strings, op. 11
Composer: Samuel Barber
Organist: Carlo Curley
Album: Brightly Shining – Argo 430 837-2
Organ: 1933 IV/106 EM Skinner Girard College Chapel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
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Title: Largo from Xerxes
Composer: GF Handel
Organist: Frederick Hohman
Album: Lemare Affair III – Pro Organo CD 7117
Organ: 1927 V/102 Austin, The City Hall Auditorium, Portland, Maine USA
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Title: O Divine Redeemer!
Composer: Charles Gounod
Organist: Paul Jacobs
Album: Divine Redeemer – Naxos 8.573524
Organ: 2010 IV/116 Schantz Church of the Gesu, Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA
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Title: Roulade
Composer: Seth Bingham
Organist: John Weaver
Album: John Weaver Performs – Gothic CD49060
Organ: 1992 IV/102 Schantz East 91st Street Christian Church, Indianapolis, Indiana USA
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Title: Cantilene
Composer: Théodore César Salomé
Organist: Gordon Turk
Album: French Spectaculars on the Ocean Grove Auditorium Organ – Dorian xCD90267
Organ: 1908 V/165 Hope-Jones Ocean Grove Auditorium, Ocean Grove, New Jersey USA
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Te Deum, Op. 11
Composer: Jeanne Demessieux
Organist: Alan Morrison
Album: Saint Philip Cathedral, Atlanta, Georgia – Gothic G49083
Organ: 1961 IV/96 Aeolian-Skinner Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, Georgia USA
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