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Heather Hinton
Ann Smoot
Playing for the Prize
Ingenuity, subtlety, virtuosity, even heroism are traits necessary in becoming a world-class musician. Hear them applied by Heather Hinton, Peter Krasinski, John Schwandt, Justin Bischof, and Ann Elise Smoot, all winners of American Guild of Organists national competitions. I captured them ‘on the spot’ in Denver, showing us the way through music of many moods: fast and sinister, prayerful, and heroic. It’s amazing what the youngsters are up to these days and there’s no stopping them. Tune in and hear them Playing for the Prize, this week on Pipedreams.
Program Broadcast dates:
- September 18, 2000
Music played in the program
SOWERBY: Fast and Sinister, from Symphony in G –Ann Elise Smoot (1957 Reuter/Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church, Denver, CO) (American Public Media/AGO recording 6/30/98)
BISCHOF: Fantasy-Toccata (Improvisation) –Justin Bischof, organ KRASINSKI: Scherzo (Improvisation) –Peter Krasinski, organ (1912 Kimball-1996 Morel/Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Denver, CO) (American Public Media/AGO recording 6/29/98)
FRANCK: Priere, Op. 20 –Ann Elise Smoot (1957 Reuter/Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church, Denver, CO) (American Public Media/AGO recording 6/30/98)
JONGEN: Sonata Eroica, Op. 94 –Heather Hinton (1979 Casavant/Wellshire Presbyterian Church, Denver, CO) (American Public Media/AGO recording 7/2/98)
SCHWANDT: Scherzo and Variations (Improvisations) –John Schwandt (1912 Kimball-1996 Morel/Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Denver, CO) (American Public Media/AGO recording 6/29/98)
All performers were recorded during the 1998 National Convention of the American Guild of Organists in Denver. Schwandt, Krasinski and Bischof were finalists in an Improvisation Competition; Smoot (in 1998) and Hinton (in 1996) were AGO National Young Artist Competition winners. Compact discs by Justin Bischof are released by Ethereal Recordings; a new album by Ann Elise Smoot is available from JAV Recordings