1959 Aeolian-Skinner Community of Christ Auditorium, Independence

1953 Aeolian-Skinner Riverside Church, New York City

2007 Holtkamp Boe Memorial Chapel, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN

1732 Garrels Nieuwe Kerk, Maassluis, The Netherlands

1986 Marcussen Wiedemann Hall, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS

(Not Your Average) Sunday Music

…several select and sonorous scores explore the notion of ‘sacred’ from a different point of view.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of August 06, 2012

Links and Resources:

• Printable program listings

Music played in the program

Hour 1

VIRGIL THOMSON: Variations on a Sunday School Tune, Shall we gather at the river –John Obetz (1959 Aeolian-Skinner/Community of Christ Auditorium, Independence, MO) RBW 010

HENDRIK ANDRIESSEN: Sonata da Chiesa –Charles Page (1873 Stevens/First Congregational Church, East Cambridge, MA) OHS CD-92

PETR EBEN: Sunday Music, Fantasia I; Fantasia II, Moto ostinato; Finale –Marvin Mills (1953 Aeolian-Skinner/Riverside, New York, NY) Pipedreams Archive recorded July 19, 2011

Filler – EBEN: Moto ostinato (see above)

Hour 2

ARCANGELO CORELLI: Sonata da Chiesa in D, Op. 5, no. 1 –Elisabeth Schneider, violin; Viggo Mangor, lute; Ulrik Spang-Hanssen, organ (2002 Klop trunk organ) Bridge 9371

FRANZ LISZT (trans. Saint-Saens): St. Francis of Assisi Preaches to the Birds –Winfried Bönig (1998 & 2002 Klais/Cologne Cathedral, Germany) Motette CD MOT 13254

DANIEL PINKHAM: Sonata da Chiesa –Carol Rodland, viola; Catherine Rodland (2007 Holtkamp/Boe Memorial Chapel, Saint Olaf College, Northfield, MN) Crystal 839

ALEC ROWLEY: Benedictus –Jaap Kroonenburg (1732 Garrels/Grote Kerk, Maassluis, The Netherlands) Garrels 1732.06.24

NED ROREM: Sunday Night,from Views from the Oldest House –Catharine Crozier (1986 Marcussen/Wiedemann Hall, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS) Delos 3076

Filler – CORELLI (see above)

Note that you can listen to Dr. John Obetz play the premiere performance of Ned Rorem's "Views from the Oldest House" (r. 7/1/1982) on PIPEDREAMS Program No. 8602.

Several excellent commercial recordings of Petr Eben's "Sunday Music" are available:

Judith Hancock at St. Thomas Church, NYC (Gothic 49100)
Gunther Rost at the Neubaukirche in Wurzburg (Motette 12934)
Dan Zerfass at the Einhard-Basilica St. Marcellinus & Petrus in Seligenstadt (IFO 097)
Halgeir Schlager at the Hedvig Eleonora Church, Stockholm (Hyperion 67197)