Anton Heiller Memorial Organ in the Seventh-day Adventists Church on the campus of Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, TN.

Sounds of Today

…Leonard Raver plays premieres of prize-winning works from the Southern College International Composition Competition, celebrating the inauguration of the new 70-stop Anton Heiller Memorial Organ, built by John Brombaugh on the campus in Collegedale, Tennessee.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of November 24, 1986

Links and Resources:

• Printable program listings

Interview Audio:

• Leonard Raver talks about new music.

Music played in the program

Part I

LOUIS MARCHAND: Grand Dialogue in C

HAROLD STOVER: Triptych on the Name of Bach (Dance: Let the floods clap their hands; Blues: By the waters of Babylon; Hymn: There is a river…)

Part II

DAVID LOEB: Heavensgate (A Meditation for Solo Organ)

Part III

NAJI HAKIM: The Embrace of Fire

 

This broadcast includes interviews with Harold Stover, Leonard Raver and Naji Hakim, as well as on-stage commentary by Mr. Raver (whose irrepressible smile is audible when he speaks!)