1783 Clicquot organ of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Souvigny, France

The Joke’s On Us

…share in humoresques, scherzos, fantasies and other compositions done up with a sense of fun and surprise. Who says the organ must always be so serious.

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Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of May 14, 2007

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Music played in the program

CHARLES IVES: Variations on America –Hans-Ola Ericsson (1987 Grönlund/Luleå Cathedral, Sweden) Bis CD-510

LOUIS VIERNE: Scherzo, from Symphony No. 6, Op. 59 –David Craighead (1987 Rosales/Trinity Episcopal Church, Portland, OR) Delos CD-3096

GUY BOVET: Noël de Moulins, from Suite pour Souvigny (1994) –Thilo Muster (1783 Clicquot/Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Souvigny, France) Gallo CD-863/4

NOEL RAWSTHORNE: Hornpipe Humoresque –Willibald Guggenmos (1890 Hill/Town Hall, Sydney, Australia) Motette CD-12591

ALEXANDRE GUILMANT: Fantasie, Op. 19 –Ursula Hauser (1897 Kühn/Church of St. Johann, Schaffhausen, Switzerland) Pan Classics CD-510049 (QI)

HENRY MANCINI: The Baby Elephant Walk –Charlie Balogh (Wurlitzer/Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa, AZ) ERB-106

CLARENCE MADER: Afternoon of a Toad –Cherry Rhodes (1992 Fisk/Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX) Pipedreams CD-1002

JEAN LANGLAIS: Scherzo-Cats -James Dale (1981 Möller/United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD) Pines CD-102

SIEVER/MORTON (arranged Torch): A Cuckoo in the Nest –Sidney Torch (1928 Christie/Regal Cinema, Marble Arch, London) Sterndale CD-1002; Jelani Eddington (1928 Kimball/Dickinson High School, Wilmington, DE) DTOS CD-7050

ANNIK CHARTREUX: Clowny, from Jazz a quatre -Alain Delcambre, Jean-Philippe Mesnier (1981 Mühleisen/Notre Dame Church, Douai) BF CD-940913

TED FIORITO: Laugh, clown, laugh –George Wright (1925 Wurlitzer/San Francisco Fox Theatre) Banda CD-9211

STEPHEN SONDHEIM: Send in the clowns, from A Little Night Music –Lyn Larsen (1924 Wurlitzer/Century II Convention Center, Wichita, KS) Pro Arte CD-339

MAX REGER: Scherzo, Op. 65, no. 10. JOSEPH JONGEN: Menuet-Scherzo, Op. 53, no. 2 –Gillian Weir (1969 Aeolian-Skinner/Performing Arts Center, Milwaukee, WI) Koss CD-1013

WILLIAM ALBRIGHT: The King of Instruments –Michael Barone, narrator; Douglas Reed (1997 Fisk/Minato Mirai Concert Hall, Yokohama, Japan) Equilibrium CD-35

Filler - CLARENCE MADER (see above)

This program was originally issued as #0142 in October 2001.