1755 Trost organ at the Stadtkirche [Town Church] in Waltershausen, Germany

1739 Trost organ at the Castle Church in Altenburg, Germany

1981 Ahrend organ at the Augustinian Museum, Toulouse, France

1985 Ahrend organ at the Jesuit Church of Porrentruy, Switzerland

1880 Cavaillé-Coll at the Cathédrale Sainte-Croix, France at the

Advent Anticipation

Composers old and new create music of awe and expectation that preludes the Christmas festival.

1 hr 28 min

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Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of December 4, 2006

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Music played in the program

JOHANN LUDWIG KREBS: Chorale-prelude, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme –Mathias Schmutzler, trumpet; Felix Friedrich (1755 Trost/Stadtkirche [Town Church], Waltershausen, Germany) Querstand CD-9809

JOHANN LUDWIG KREBS: Fantasia Number 1, Wachet auf –Michael Laird, trumpet; Peter Hurford (1898 Henry Willis; 1971 Hill, Norman & Beard; 1999 Nicholson/Gloucester Cathedral, England, UK) Argo 430 208

JOHANN LUDWIG KREBS: Fantasia Number 2, Wachet auf –Mathias Schmutzler, trumpet; Felix Friedrich (1739 Trost/Altenburg Castle Chapel, Germany) Motette CD MOT 20261

JENNIFER BATE: Variations on a Gregorian Theme, Conditor alme siderum –Jennifer Bate (1919 Henry Willis & Sons/Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Wales, UK) Guild GMCD 7209

MARIE RUBIS BAUER: People look east! –Choir of Christ Presbyterian, David Kienzle, conductor (1996 Schantz/Christ Presbyterian, Canton, OH) Pro Organo CD 2922

ROBERT EDWARD SMITH: Hymn-prelude, People look east! –Robert Gallagher (1995 Lively-Fulcher/Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Washington, DC) World Library CD-3027

FRANK SPELLER: Advent Song –Ginny Clark, soprano; Frank Speller (1981 Visser-Rowland/Bates Recital Hall, University of Texas, Austin, TX) Pro Organo CD 7092

NICOLAUS BRUHNS: Chorale Fantasy, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland –Jan Willem Jansen (1981 Ahrend/Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France) Temperaments CD-316011

J.S. BACH: 3 Advent Chorale-preludes: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland S. 659a-661a –Olivier Vernet (1985 Ahrend/Jesuit Church, Porrentruy, Switzerland) Ligia Digital 0104046-97

JOSEPH AHRENS: Prelude, Conditor alme siderum –Joseph Ahrens (1955 Schuke/Hochschule für Musik, Berlin, Germany) Christophorus CHR 77124

DAVID CHERWIEN: Chorale-fantasy, Of the Father’s Love Begotten –National Lutheran Choir, David Cherwien (2003 Reuter/St. Michael Lutheran Church, Bloomington, MN) National Lutheran Choir CD-1922

CHARLES TOURNEMIRE: Toccata on Conditor alme siderum, from Suite for the 3rd Sunday in Advent, Opus 55. Number 1, L’Orgue Mystique –Georges Delvallée (1880 Cavaillé-Coll/Cathédrale Sainte-Croix, Orleans, France) Accord CD-4761059