1974 Phelps organ at Hexham Abbey, Northumberland, England, UK

1968 Harrison & Harrison organ at King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, England, UK

2000 Reuter at First Presbyterian CHurch, Philadelphia, PA

Hindemith, Howells and Hanson

Three contemporaries, a German, an Englishman and an American, embraced the pipe organ in divergent yet harmonious ways.

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Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of 11/13/2006

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Music played in the program

PAUL HINDEMITH (1895-1963): Kammermusik Concerto No. 7 for Organ and Orchestra, Op. 46, no. 2 (1927) –Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra/Werner Albert, conductor; Rosalinde Haas (1957 Förster & Nicolaus/Great Hall, Hessian Radio, Frankfurt, Germany) cpo CD-999.261

HINDEMITH: Organ Sonata No. 2 (1937) –Gillian Weir (1974 Phelps/Hexham Abbey, Northumberland, England, UK) Priory CD-752

HOWELLS: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in b (1955) –Portsmouth Cathedral Choir, Adrian Lucas, conductor; David Thorne (1994 Nicholson/Portsmouth Cathedral, England, UK) Priory CD-527

HERBERT HOWELLS (1892-1983): Scherzo and Epilogue, from Partita (1971) –Christopher Stokes (1957 Harrison & Harrison/Manchester Cathedral, England, UK) Lammas CD-192 (Lammas Recordings)

HOWELLS: Rhapsody No. 4 (1958) –Stephen Cleobury (1968 Harrison & Harrison/King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, England, UK) Priory CD-480

HOWARD HANSON (1896-1981): Chorale and Alleluia (1954) –Marion and David Craighead (1956 Austin/Asbury First United Methodist Church, Rochester, NY) Pro Organo CD-7046 (Pro Organo)

HANSON: Concerto for Organ, Harp and Strings, Op. 22, no. 3 (1926) –Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Spalding, conductor; Joseph Jackson (2000 Reuter/First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA) Naxos CD-8.559251 (Naxos Recordings)