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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments

[1845 Cavaillé-Coll at La Madeleine, Paris, France]
1845 Cavaillé-Coll organ at the Église de la Madeleine, Paris, France

[1993 C.B. Fisk at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX]
1993 C.B. Fisk organ in the Caruth Auditorium at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

[1963 Aeolian-Skinner at the Cathedral of Saint Paul, Saint Paul, MN]
1927 E.M. Skinner & 1963 Aeolian-Skinner organs at the Cathedral of Saint Paul, Saint Paul, MN

[1965 Flentrop at Saint Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, WA]
1965 Flentrop organ at Saint Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, WA

Notes on Distaff

Or Woman Composers for the Organ, a survey of some interesting works by some interesting people.

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Music played in the program

JEANNE DEMESSIEUX: Te Deum –Jeanne Demessieux (1845 Cavaillé-Coll/Église de la Madeleine, Paris, France) Festivo FECD-132

JEANNE DEMESSIEUX: Domine Jesu, from 12 Chorale-preludes on Gregorian Themes, Opus 8. LILI WIERUSZOWSKI: Chorale-preludes: Lobe den Herren; Herr Jesu Christ; Vater unserChrista Rakich (1932 Kilgen/Church of St. Justin, Hartford, CT) AFKA SK-527

ELLEN TAAFFE ZWILICH: Praeludium [1987] –Robert Anderson (1993 C.B. Fisk/Caruth Auditorium, SMU, Dallas, TX) RCM Classics SMUCD-101, private issue

MARY DOWNEY: 2 Pieces for Organ; Musette [1921] & Bertonelli Sonata [1927] –Curtis Oliver, Robert Vickery (1927 E.M. Skinner; 1963 Aeolian-Skinner/Cathedral of St. Paul, Saint Paul, MN) Pipedreams Archive

PAMELA DECKER: Nightsong [1992] –Pamela Decker (1970 Austin/Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Atlanta, GA) Pipedreams Archive recording

PAMELA DECKER: Ostinato Dances [1992] –Pamela Decker (1965 Flentrop/Episcopal Cathedral of St. Mark, Seattle, WA) Albany TROY140

KATHLEEN SCHEIDE: Gnostic Incantation –Kathleen Scheide (1897 Hutchings/Basilica of our Lady of Perpetual Help “Mission Church”, Boston, MA) Pipedreams Archive

AMY CHENY BEACH: Prelude on an Old Folk Tune. EMMA LOU DIEMER: Fantasie [1958] –Christa Rakich (1932 Kilgen/Church of St. Justin, Hartford, CT) AFKA SK-527

 

This program was originally issued as #9509 in February 1995.

 

 

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