Aeolian-Skinner organ at the Riverside Church, New York, NY

1992 Mander organ at Princeton University Chapel, Princeton, NJ

1897 Hutchings organ at the Mission Church, Boston, MA

American Blessings

The rich resource of our nation's own compositional talent store gives our ears and hearts much for which to be thankful.

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Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of June 26, 2006

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Music played in the program

LEO SOWERBY: Comes Autumn Time —Lorenz Maycher (1949 Aeolian-Skinner/1st Presbyterian Church, Kilgore, TX) Raven CD-310 (Organ Historical Society)

HORATIO PARKER: Romanza, Op., 17, no. 3; Canon, Op. 68, no. 2; Risoluto, Op. 68, no. 5 —Albert Ahlstrom (1895 Müller & Abel/St. Joseph's Church, NYC) Raven CD-340 (Organ Historical Society)

EDWARD MacDOWELL: To a wild rose, fr Woodland Sketches —Virgil Fox (Aeolian- Skinner/Riverside Church, NYC) EMI Classics CD-65426

FELIX ARNDT: Nola —George Wright (Hollywood Philharmonic Studio Organ) Banda CD-109555 (Organ Historical Society)

DANIEL PINKHAM: Gloria —Philadelphia Brass; Joan Lippincott (1992 Mander/Princeton University) Gothic CD-49072 (Gothic Records)

ROBERT ELMORE: Fantasy on Nursery Tunes —Jonas Nordwall, Tom Hazleton, organ LEW POLLACK: At the Codfish Ball —Donna Parker (1928 Kimball/Dickinson High School, Wilmington, DE) Triple Play CD-33302 (Organ Historical Society)

KATHLEEN SCHEIDE: Amazing Grace —Kathleen Scheide (1897 Hutchings/Mission Church, Boston) Raven CD-350 (Organ Historical Society)

SCOTT JOPLIN: Magnetic Rag —Ansgar Aylward, violin; Keith Hooper, ob; Jürgen Schwab (1994 Mühleisen/Owenstadt Parish, Germany) Fireworks Music CD-0028 (Fireworks Music; 312-666-4676)

AARON COPLAND: Symphony for Organ and Orchestra (1924) —Saint Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Simon Preston (1965 Aeolian-Skinner/Christ Church Cathedral, Saint Louis, MO) RCA CD-68292

 

This program was originally issued as #9648 in November 1996.