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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments |
1962 Beckerath organ at Saint Paul’s Cathedral, Pittsburgh, PA
Organa Americana
This week’s show is a convenient collector’s guide to remarkable recordings featuring American performers and instruments.
Program Broadcast dates:
- January 03, 2005
Links and Resources:
Music played in the program
CRAIG PHILLIPS: Toccata on Antioch; Preluyde on Kremser –Tom Trenney (2003 Schantz/St. Peter Episcopal, Savannah, GA) Pro Organo CD 7196
EMMA LOU DIEMER: Scherzo –Linda Marianiello, flute; Keith Reas (1985 Reuter/Augustana Lutheran, Denver, CO) Musicians Showcase 1069
CALVIN HAMPTON: Those Americans, Number 3, from Five Dances –Jay Peterson (1952 Aeolian-Skinner/Merner Chapel, MacMurray College, Jacksonville, IL) MacMurray CD-2002
CALVIN TAYLOR: Spiritual Prelude, This little light of mine –Calvin Taylor (1994 Casavant Frères/First Baptist, Bowling Green, KY) MasterDisc CD-8428
EDWIN H. LEMARE: Scherzo, from Symphony in g, Opus 35 –Frederick Hohman (1912 Austin/Merrill Auditorium, Portland, ME) Pro Organo CD 7117
HENRI MULET: Tu es Petra, from Byzantine Sketches –Virgil Fox (1911 Wanamaker/Grand Court, Macy’s Center City, Philadelphia, PA) SeeMusic CD-042
VICTOR HERBERT: Panamericana –Ron Rhode (1927 Wurlitzer/Place de la Musique, Sanfilippo Residence, Barrington, IL) Roxy Productions CD-115
GEORGE GERSHWIN: I loves you Porgy, from Porgy and Bess –Lyn Larsen (1927 Wurlitzer/Place de la Musique, Sanfilippo Residence, Barrington, IL) Musical Contrasts CD-212
FURIO FRANCESCHINI: Meditaçao –Julia Brown, Barbara Baird (1999 Hochhalter/FUMC, Eugene, OR) Hochhalter CD-2004
GEORG BÖHM: Partita on Gelobet seist du, Herr Jesu Christ –Thomas Dressler (1847 Davis & Ferris/Round Lake Auditorium, Round Lake, NY) Round Lake CD-2003
J.S. BACH: Kyrie I, S. 669, from Clavierübung III –Robert Clark (1999 Richards, Fowkes/Westminster Presbyterian, Knoxville, TN) Calcante CD-042
J.S. BACH: Contrapunctus Number 4, from Art of Fugue –Michael Ferguson (1985 Schantz/Lumen Christi Catholic Community [St. Leo the Great], Saint Paul, MN) Birolius CD-1001/2
RICHARD GOODE: Fanfare on FCCLA –David Goode (1932 Skinner; 1969 Schlicker/First Congregational, Los Angeles, CA) Gothic G49223
CHARLES TOURNEMIRE: Cantilene improvisée –J. Melvin Butler (2001 C.B. Fisk/Finney Memorial Chapel, Oberlin Conservatory, Oberlin, OH) Loft LRCD-1063-64
LOUIS VIERNE: Allegro vivace IV, from Organ Symphony Number 1 in d, Opus 14 –Martin Jean (1929 Skinner/Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT) Loft LRCD-1071-74
J.S. BACH: Fugue in g, S. 542 –Paul Jacobs (1962 Beckerath/Cathedral of St. Paul, Pittsburgh, PA) JAV CD-145
DAN MILLER: Count your blessings –Tom Trenney (2003 Schantz/St. Peter Episcopal, Savannah, GA) Pro Organo CD 7196