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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments

Out of Africa

an innovative collection of unusual music inspired by the African continent and the African experience, as created by composers both white and black, African and African-American.

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SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Impromptu Number 3 –James Abbington (1953 Aeolian-Skinner/Riverside, New York, NY) JAV CD-112

FLORENCE PRICE: Suite Number 1 Fantasy; Fughetta; Air; ToccatoMelanie Ninnemann (1981 Möller/Westminster Presbyterian, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive recorded May 5, 1996

JOE UTTERBACK: Balm in Gilead –Andrew Shenton (1992 Mander/Princeton University Chapel, Princeton, NJ) Ethereal CD-119

HENK TEMMINGH: 3 Pieces for Organ: Intrada; Cantilene; Toccata –Henning Wagner (1995 Rieger/ZK Mathews Hall [Old Mutual] at UNISA, Pretoria, South Africa) Priory PRCD609

STEFANS GROVÉ: Song of an old woman in her hut at dawn, Number 2, from Afrika Hymnus –Eddie Davey (1995 Rieger/ZK Mathews Hall [Old Mutual] at UNISA, Pretoria, South Africa) Querstand CD09707
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STEFANS GROVÉ: Night Ritual, Number 3, from Afrika Hymnus –Liesbeth Kurpershoek (1929 Rushworth & Dreaper/St. Mary Anglican Cathedral, Johannesburg, South Africa) Priory PRCD610

TRADITIONAL: Spiritual, He Rose –Joe Carter, b. THOMAS KERR: Anguished American Easter –Melanie Ninnemann (1981 Möller/Westminster Presbyterian, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive recorded May 5, 1996

FELA SOWANDE: Nigerian Prayer –James Kibbie (1995 Letourneau/St. Francis of Assisi RCC, Ann Arbor, MI) OHS CD-95

DEZSÖ ANTALFFY-ZSIROSS: Sketches on Negro Spiritual Songs –Herman van Vliet (1845 Naber/Sint Joriskerk, Amersfoort, The Netherlands) Festivo FECD-128

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