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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments

Going On Record

A spring survey of recent releases of organ music on compact disc.

Program Broadcast dates:

Music played in the program

TOON HAGEN: Prelude on Psalm 150 –Joop van der Louw, trumpet; Toon Hagen (1639 Bader; 1813 Timpe/Sint Walburgiskerk, Zutphen, The Netherlands) VLS Records 1097

G.F. HANDEL: Concerto Number 5 in F, Opus 4, movements 1 &2 –The Brandenburg Consort; Paul Nicholson (1994 Goetze & Gwynn/St. Lawrence, Whitchurch, Edgware, England, UK) Hyperion CDA67291/2

GIUSEPPE GHERARDESCHI: Rondo –Margaret Irwin-Branson (1852 Hook/United Church of Westville, New Haven, CT) SIR EDWARD ELGAR: Carillon –Thomas Murray (1929 Skinner/Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT) OHS CD-94

J.S. BACH: Prelude in D, S. 532 –Michael Murray (1721 Schnitger/St. Michael Church, Zwolle, The Netherlands) Telarc CD-80385

REICHE: Fanfare. JEREMIAH CLARKE: Trumpet Voluntary. ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER: Pie Jesu, from Requiem. GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN: Rejoicing, from Heroic MusicGerald Webster, trumpet; Paul Klemme (1995 Reuter/Heinz Memorial Chapel, University of Pittsburgh, PA) Pro Organo CD 7057

FIRMIN SWINNEN: ChinoiseriePeter Richard Conte (1930 Aeolian/Longwood Gardens, Dupont Estate, Kennett Square, PA) DTR CD-9703

NEWELL CHASE: Midnight in MayfairCarol Williams (1927 Wurlitzer/Brentford Musical Museum, Middlesex, England, UK) Melcot Music CD-014

FLORENCE PRICE: 2 Pieces: Little Melody; AllegrettoCalvert Johnson (1972 Harrison/Christ Church, Savannah, GA) Calcante CD-014

CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Intermezzo, from Symphony Number 6 –Peter Baicchi (1962 Aeolian-Skinner; 1977 Ruffatti/Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove, CA) PBCD-1001

MARCEL DUPRÉ: 2 Versets: Et exultavit; Speciosa es from Les Vepres de la Vierge, Opus 18 –Keith Toth (1996 Guilbault-Therien/Chapel of the Reformed Faith, Brick Presbyterian, New York, NY) Ethereal CD-103

CÉSAR FRANCK: Allegro non troppo, from Grand Piece Symphonique, Opus 17 –Janet Hunt (1992 Jaeckel/Pilgrim Congregational, Duluth, MN) CHARLES CALLAHAN: Magnificat, from The Harvard ServiceHarvard University Choir; Murray Forbes Somerville (1932 Aeolian-Skinner/All Saint’s Episcopal, Worcester, MA) Pro Organo CD 7085

LOUIS VIERNE: Scherzo, from Symphony Number 2, Opus 20 –Frederick Hohman (1996 Austin/St. John Episcopal, West Hartford, CT) Pro Organo CD 7070

EUGÈNE GIGOUT: Grand Choeur Dialogue –Cathedral Brass; Dorothy Papadakos (1954 Aeolian-Skinner; 2008 Quimby/Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York, NY) Pro Organo CD 7098

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