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1996 Martin Pasi organ in the music room of the Lola Wolf residence, Kirkland, WA
2001 Lively-Fulcher organ at Saint Olaf Catholic Church, Minneapolis, MN
Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1118 at Riverside Church, New York, NY
Those Gospel Preludes
…composer William Bolcom provides glimpses into the creation of these beguiling re-imaginings of familiar American tunes.
Program Broadcast dates:
- Week of April 9, 2007
Links and Resources:
Music played in the program
WILLIAM BOLCOM: What a friend we have in Jesus! (Book I, #1) –Robert Anderson (1980 Sipe/Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 4/13/1980)
BOLCOM: Rock of Ages/La cathedrale engloutie (Book I, #2) –William Kuhlman (1978 Sipe/Luther College, Decorah, IA) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 11/16/1980)
BOLCOM: Just as I am, without one plea (Book I, #3) –Keith Weber (1993 C.B. Fisk/Caruth Auditorium, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 4/18/1994)
GARDNER READ: 2 American Hymn Preludes (Do not I love thee, O my lord; Hark, the jubilee is sounding) –Barbara Harbach (1983 C.B. Fisk/Downtown United Presbyterian Church, Rochester, NY) Gasparo CD-258
VIRGIL THOMSON: Shall we gather at the river –John Obetz (1959 Aeolian-Skinner/Community of Christ Auditorium, Independence, MO) RBW CD-010
BOLCOM: Shall we gather at the river (Book II, #3) –Douglas Cleveland (1994 Berghaus/Sacred Heart School of Theology, Hales Corners, WI) Pipedreams Archive
BOLCOM: Jesus loves me (Book II, #2) –Stephen Self (2001 Lively-Fulcher/Saint Olaf Catholic Church, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 11/10/2003)
BOLCOM: Amazing Grace (Book II, #1) –Stephen Self (2001 Lively-Fulcher/Saint Olaf Catholic Church, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 11/10/2003)
BOLCOM: 2 Preludes on Jewish Melodies (No. 1, Hinei mah tov; No. 3, Hal’luhu) –Thom Miles (1866 Koehnken/Plum Street Temple, Cincinnati, OH) Arsis CD-157
BOLCOM: Sometimes I feel like a motherless child (Book IV, #1) –Marilyn Mason (Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1118/Riverside Church, New York, NY) Pipedreams CD-1001
BOLCOM: Sweet hour of prayer (Book IV, #2) –Delbert Disselhorst (1996 Pasi/Wolf Residence, Kirkland, WA) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 4/4/1994)
BOLCOM: Free Fantasia on O Zion, haste and How firm a foundation (Book IV, #3) –David Higgs (Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1118/Riverside Church, New York, NY) Gothic G-49117
Filler–BOLCOM: Fantasia (Book IV, #3) –Marilyn Mason (Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1118/Riverside Church, New York, NY) Pipedreams CD-1001
David Higgs will present a concert (4/22/2007) devoted entirely to William Bolcom’s Gospel Preludes as part of a two-week festival, Illuminating Bolcom (April 21-May 5, 2007) in the Minnesota twin cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
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