Tribute To Ned Rorem

A celebration of the numerous instrumental and vocal works which this Pulitzer Prize-winning musician has created for the organ’s repertoire, with comments from the composer.

Program Broadcast dates:

• July 15, 1996

Music played in the program

NED ROREM: Sunrise on Sunset Hill, from Views from the Oldest House [1982] –Catharine Crozier (1986 Marcussen/Wiedemann Hall, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS) Delos DE 3076

NED ROREM: Anthem, Arise, shine! –Harvard University Choir, Murray Forbes Somerville, conductor; Nancy Granert (Methuen Music Hall/Methuan, MA) Northeastern NRCD-247

NED ROREM: Organbook I, Number 1, Fantasy; Number 3, Song; Number 5, Reveille –Delbert Disselhorst (1991 Noack/Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Davenport, IA) Arkay AR6123

NED ROREM: Anthems, Praise the Lord, O my soul; Sing, my soul, His wondrous love –Choir of Saint Thomas Church, Gerre Hancock, conductor; Judith Hancock (1956 Aeolian-Skinner/St. Thomas Episcopal, New York, NY) Argo 425 800

NED ROREM: There’s a spirit that delights to do no evil, from A Quaker Reader –Catharine Crozier (1986 Marcussen/Wiedemann Hall, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS) Delos DE 3076

NED ROREM: Organbook II, Number 2, Magnificat; Number 3, Pie Jesu –Delbert Disselhorst (1991 Noack/Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Davenport, IA) Arkay AR6123

NED ROREM: Motet, Thee, God –Choir of Saint Thomas Church, Gerre Hancock, conductor; Judith Hancock (1956 Aeolian-Skinner/St. Thomas Episcopal, New York, NY) Argo 425 800

NED ROREM: Organ Concerto [1984] –Orchestra New England, James Sinclair, conductor; Eileen Hunt (1951 Holtkamp/Battell Chapel, Yale University, New Haven, CT) Pipedreams Archive recorded June 18, 1989

 

 

This program was originally issued as #9342 in October 1993.