1845 Cavaillé-Coll organ at L'église de la Madeleine, Paris, France

1993 C.B. Fisk organ in the Caruth Auditorium at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

1963 Aeolian-Skinner organ at the Cathedral of Saint Paul, Saint Paul, MN

1965 Flentrop organ at Saint Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, WA

Notes on Distaff

Or Woman Composers for the Organ, a survey of some interesting works by some interesting people.

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JEANNE DEMESSIEUX: Te Deum –Jean Demessieux (1845 Cavaillé-Coll/L'église de la Madeleine, Paris, France) Festivo CD-132

DEMESSIEUX: Domine Jesu, from 12 Chorale-preludes on Gregorian Themes, Op. 8. LILI WIERUSZOWSKI: Chorale-preludes (Lobe den Herren; Herr Jesu Christ; Vater unser) –Christa Rakich (1932 Kilgen/St. Justin’s Catholic Church, Hartford, CT) AFKA CD-527

ELLEN TAAFFE ZWILICH: Praeludium (1987) –Robert Anderson (1993 C.B. Fisk/Caruth Auditorium, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX) RCM Classics SMUCD-101 (private issue)

MARY DOWNEY: 2 Pieces for Organ [Musette (1921); Bertonelli Sonata (1927)] –Curtis Oliver, Robert Vickery, organ (1927 Skinner & 1963 Aeolian-Skinner/Cathedral of Saint Paul, Saint Paul, MN) Pipedreams Archive

PAMELA DECKER: Nightsong & Ostinato Dances (1992) –Pamela Decker (1970 Austin/Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Atlanta, GA) (American Public Media recording), and (1965 Flentrop/St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, Seattle, WA) Albany CD-140

KATHLEEN SCHEIDE: Gnostic Incantation –Kathleen Scheide (1897 Hutchings/Mission Church, Boston, MA) Pipedreams Archive

AMY BEACH: Prelude on an Old Folk Tune. EMMA LOU DIEMER: Fantasie (1958) –Christa Rakich (1932 Kilgen/St. Justin’s Catholic Church, Hartford, CT) AFKA CD-527

 

This program was originally issued as #9509 in February 1995.