1840 anonymous organ at the Hitchcock Museum in Riverton, Connecticut

Connecticut History

A glimpse into America’s organbuilding past, exemplified by the work of a dozen builders found in and around New Haven.

Listen to the program

Program Broadcast dates:

• August 15, 2005

Featured Organs:

• 1868 Steer & Turner in Saint Thomas Aquinas Chapel, University of CT, Storrs, CT
• 1871 Hook at Saint Mary’s Church, New Haven, CT
• 1840 anonymous organ at the Hitchcock Museum in Riverton, Connecticut
• 1873 Johnson at Sacred Heart Church, Waterbury, CT
• 1928 Skinner organ in Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT
• 1951 Holtkamp organ in Battell Chapel, Yale University, New Haven, CT
• 1935 Aeolian-Skinner at Trinity Episcopal Church on the Green, New Haven, CT

Links and Resources:

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Music played in the program

WILLIAM WALOND: Voluntary, Op. 1, no. 5 –Lynn Edwards (1823 Hall/Trinity Episcopal, Litchfield, CT).

HERBERT HOWELLS: 4 Miniatures –Stephen Long (1833 Whiting/Saint Paul’s Episcopal, Otis, CT)

JOHN STANLEY: Voluntary No. 8 –Victoria Wagner (1836 Smith/Hampton Congregational UCC, Hampton, CT)

HARRY ROWE SHELLEY: Berceuse –Richard Hill (1868 Steer & Turner/Saint Thomas Aquinas Chapel, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT)

LEE MITCHELL:Â Toccata on Weinbergli –Laraine Olson Waters (1868 Odell/Derby Methodist, Derby, CT)

JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH:Â Allegro, from Duetto in F, Op. 18, no. 6 –Dana Robinson, Paul Tegels (1840 Anonymous/Hitchock Museum, Riverton, CT)

LEO SOWERBY: In dulci jubilo –William Aylesworth (1873 Johnson/Thompson Congregational Church, CT)

HUBERT PARRY:Â Toccata & Fugue (Wanderer) –Bruce Stevens (1871 Hook/Saint Mary’s RC, New Haven, CT)

JOHN WILLCOX: Hymn, Praise the Lord, ye heavens adore him –John Cummins (1876 Jardine/Saint Paul’s Episcopal, New Haven, CT)

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: 2 Preludes on Welsh Folk Songs (Romanza; Saint David’s Day) –Thomas Murray (1929 Skinner/Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT) JAV CD-124 (JAV Recordings)

JOSEPH AHRENS: Partita, Lobe den Herren –Will Headlee (1951 Holtkamp/Battell Chapel, Yale University, New Haven, CT)

HUBERT PARRY:Â Hymn, Jerusalem –R. Walden Moore (1935 Aeolian-Skinner/Trinity Episcopal Church on the Green, New Haven, CT)

The majority of these performances were recording during a national convention of the Organ Historical Society (OHS CD-94).