Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1118 at Riverside Church, New York, NY

From the Big Apple

…performances of American music recorded in New York City during a national convention of the American Guild of Organists.

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Program Broadcast dates:

Week of May 28, 2007

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Printable program listings

Music played in the program

JOHN WEAVER: Prelude and Hymn, O that I had a thousand tongues –Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Choir, John Weaver (1962 Casavant) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 7/8/96)

JOHN KNOWLES PAINE: Concert Variations on the Austrian Hymn, Op. 3 –Jane Parker-Smith (1958 Möller/Saint George’s Episcopal Church, New York, NY) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 7/8/96)

DAVID CONTE: Pastorale & Toccata (1991) –Marvin Mills (1977 Klais/Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 7/11/96)

SETH BINGHAM: Bells of Riverside. CLARENCE DICKINSON: The Joy of the Redeemed –Frederick Swann (Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1118/Riverside Church, New York, NY) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 7/10/96)

MEREDITH MONK: Quarry Weave and Tower –Monk Ensemble; Cynthia Powell (1980 Holtkamp/Union Theological Seminary Chapel) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 7/9/96)

DAN LOCKLAIR: Er long we shall see (Concerto for Organ and Orchestra) –Slovak Radio Symphony, Kirk Trevor, conductor; Gregory D’Agostino (1979 Rieger-Kloss/Radio Hall, Bratislava, Slovakia) Albany CD-517

McNEIL ROBINSON: Kyrie & Sanctus, from Missa Brevis –Choir of Church of the Holy Family, Christopher Babcock (1996 Turner/Church of the Holy Family, New York, NY) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 7/9/96)

LEO SOWERBY: I will lift up mine eyes (2 versions) –Gwendolyn Jones, mezzo-soprano; Lorenz Maycher (1903 Hutchings/First Church of Christ Scientist) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 7/8/96)

JOHN KARL HIRTEN: Hymn, As newborn stars were stirred to song –Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Schola, John-Michael Caprio, conductor; Stephen Tharp (1930 Kilgen/Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, New York, NY)) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 7/7/96)

This music was all performed at (or written for) the A.G.O.’s Centennial Celebration in 1996, and belatedly is making its PIPEDREAMS debut (!). Check online for information about the A.G.O. and the schedule of its eight upcoming regional conventions in June and July 2007.