1692 Arp Schnitger organ [plus additions] at the Martinikerk, Groningen, The Netherlands

1766 Riepp organ at Ottobeuren Monastery, Germany

1985 C.B. Fisk organ at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

1994 Casavant at Saint Anne’s Episcopal Church, Tifton, GA

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

1880 Cavaillé-Coll organ at Saint Francois-de-Sales, Lyon, France

1862 Walcker + 1947 Aeolian-Skinner at Methuen Music Hall, Methuen, MA

1859 Cavaillé-Coll organ at the Basilique Sainte Clotilde, Paris, France

Follow the Star

These brilliant denizens of heaven evoke their rolls as travelers’ guide, focus of prayers and wishes, and symbol of nations, while providing us with a star-studded musical celebration.

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Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of July 3, 2006

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Music played in the program

MICHAEL BURKHARDT: Variations on How brightly shines the morningstar –Michael Burkhardt (1988 Casavant/Christ College Chapel, Irvine, CA) MorningStar CD-11MB

DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE: Fantasy on Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern –Marie-Claire Alain (1692 Arp Schnitger [plus additions]/Martinikerk, Groningen, The Netherlands) Erato 2CD-12979

GEORG LEIDING: Chorale-prelude, Wie schön leuchtet —Jan Overduin (1766 Riepp/Ottobeuren Monastery, Germany) ebs CD-6010

JAMES WOODMAN: Little Partita for Epiphany —Peter Sykes (1989 Roche/Old North Church, Nantucket Island, MA) Raven OAR-320

JOHANN PACHELBEL: Chorale-prelude, Wie schön leuchtet —Marilyn Mason (1985 C.B. Fisk/University of Michigan School of Music, Ann Arbor, MI) Musical Heritage Society CD-513276 (Musical Heritage Society)

RICHARD PURVIS: Caravan of the Three Kings —Keith Shafer (1994 Casavant/Saint Anne’s Episcopal Church, Tifton, GA) Saint Anne’s CD-1001

THEODORE DUBOIS: March of the Magi —Francois-Henri Houbart (1845 Cavaillé-Coll/L'église de la Madeleine, Paris, France) BNL CD-112724

LOUIS VIERNE: Etoile du soir, from Fantasy Pieces, Op. 54, no. 3 —Wolfgang Rübsam (1880 Cavaillé-Coll/Church of Saint François-de-Sales, Lyon, France) Bayer 2CD-100015/6

HOAGY CARMICHAEL: Stardust —George Wright (Hollywood Philharmonic Organ) Banda CD-109454

JIMMY VanHEUSEN: Swinging on a Star —David Peckham (1925 Marr & Colton/Clemens Center, Elmira, NY) Veteran Hill CD-1961

J. P. SOUSA: Stars and Stripes Forever —Simon Preston (1862 Walcker + 1947 Aeolian-Skinner/Methuen Music Hall, Methuen, MA) Argo 421 731-2 (nla)

CHARLES TOURNEMIRE: Communion for Epiphany, from L’Orgue Mystique –Pierre Cogen (1859 Cavaillé-Coll/Basilique Sainte Clotilde, Paris, France) Cybella CD-883

TOURNEMIRE: Offertoire and Fantasie-Chorale for the Sunday after Epiphany, from L’Orgue Mystique —Adrian Gunning (1962 Harrison & Harrison/Coventry Cathedral, England, UK) Libra CD-155

 

This program was originally issued as #9701 in January 1997.