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1929 Skinner organ at Woolsey Hall, Yale University
We tug on the rope of opportunity during our next Pipedreams broadcast, and rejoice in the tintinabulation of bell music. Organ composers are not alone in finding the sounds of bells and chime themes irresistible. Our timeless collection embraces the French Baroque, the British Cathedral, and even the hills of Hollywood, where such diverse artists as George Wright, Simon Preston, George Thalben-Ball and Thomas Murray celebrate with clangorous abandon the creativity of Louis Vierne, Percy Faith, Frederick Delius, Edward Elgar, and many others, fourteen composers all told, who have written carillon compositions which will jangle your chimes. Church bells, tower bells, carillons, winter sleighrides and even a Brazilian vacation are conjured up this weeks music for the King of Instruments. “Ring Those Bells!” a clangorous collection, this week on Pipedreams.
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MURRILL: Carillon –Simon Preston (1984 Harrison/Westminster Abbey, London, England, UK). CORRETTE: Carillon in F –Jean-Louis Gil (Cavaillé-Coll/Saint Gregorire de Pithiviers) EMI CZS7-67291-2
ALBERTSEN: Carillon (Toccata) –Per Fridtjov Bonsaksen (Nidaros Cathedral, Norway) Pro Musica CD-09028
ELGAR: Carillon –Thomas Murray (1929 Skinner/Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT) Gothic CD-49076
DELIUS: Sleigh Ride –Ted Alan Worth (1933 E.M. Skinner/Girard College Chapel, Philadelphia, PA) DTR CD-9301 (DTR Recordings, 14 Station Avenue, Haddon Heights, NJ 08035-1456; )
MULET: Carillon Sortie –E. Davis Wortman (1992 Schoenstein/Wynne Chapel, Highland Park Presbyterian Church, Dallas, TX) Highland Park Presbyterian CD-1001
WESLEY: Holsworthy Church Bells –George Thalben Ball (1929 Willis/Alexandra Palace, London, England, UK) Beulah CD-1PD5 ; Margaret Phillips (1793 Davis/Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk, England, UK) York CD-111
LINCKE: Chimes of Spring –George Wright (Hollywood Philharmonic Studio Organ) Banda CD-8480
LEMARE: Carillon (a study in legato pedalling), Op. 74 –Thomas Murray (1912 Austin/Portland City Hall, Portland, ME) AFKA CD-515
DUPRÉ: Carillon, Op. 27, no. 4 –Graham Barber (1977 Klais/Ingolstadt Münster, Germany) Priory CD-260
FAITH: Brazilian Sleighbells –George Wright (Hollywood Philharmonic Studio Organ) Boston Skyline CD-122
TOURNEMIRE: Carillon-Paraphrase –Susan Landale (1988 Oberthür/Cathedral of Saint Stephen, Auxerre) REM CD-311202
SOWERBY: Carillon –John Gouwens (1951 Moeller organ/Culver Academy, Culver, IN) Culver CD-1001
VIERNE: Carillon de Westminster, Op. 54, no. 6 –Marsha Long (1954 Aeolian-Skinner/Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York, NY) Koch CD-7008
This program was originally issued as #9546 in November 1995.