1965 Schlicker organ at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota

An American Organist’s Christmas

…from Ann Arbor to Atlanta, whether on campus or at home, in church or theater, organ music for the season resounds with glad tidings!

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of December 17, 2007

Links and Resources:

• Printable program listings

Music played in the program

Part I

PAUL MANZ: Variations on Vom Himmel hoch –Paul Manz (1965 Schlicker/Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN) Manz Management CD-933

ROBERT EDWARD SMITH: Three Christmas Hymn-preludes (Puer nobis; O come, little children; Joy to the world) –Robert Edward Smith (1995 Lively-Fulcher/Cathedral of Saint Matthew, Washington, DC) World Library Publications CD-3027

LARRY VISSER: Verses on Silent Night –James Kibbie (2000 Letourneau/Kibbie-Christensen Residence, Ann Arbor, MI) Private issue

PAUL LINDSLEY THOMAS: Christmas Prelude, Unto us a boy is born –Elizabeth & Raymond Chenault (1992 Ruffatti/Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA) Gothic CD-49084

Part II

SAM CAHN & JULE STYNE: The Christmas Waltz. FELIX BERNARD: Winter Wonderland –David Harris, piano; Jelani Eddington (Van der Molen Studio/Wheaton, IL) RJE Productions CD-2003

RICHARD PURVIS: Greensleeves –Tom Hazleton (1928 Kimball/Dickinson High School Auditorium, Wilmington, DE) DTOS CD-302

JOHNNY MARKS: Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer. JAY LIVINGSTON & RAY EVANS: Silver Bells. WALTER ROLLINS & STEVE NELSON: Frosty the Snowman –Larry Kass (Wurlitzer/Kass Residence, Hinckley, OH) Razzmatazz Productions CD-1998

DANIEL GAWTHROP: Christmas Cantata, This Child, This King (selections) –Utah State University Chamber Singers, Will Kesling, conductor; Tamara Bischoff-Oswald, harp; Rebecca Parkinson (1977 Holtkamp/Chase Fine Arts Center, Logan, UT) Integra Music Group CD-951

Part III

ROBERT J. POWELL: He is born. R. BENJAMIN DOBEY: Meditation on Silent Night. RICHARD LEIBERT: Under the Christmas Mistletoe –Robert Benjamin Dobey (2003 Schoenstein/Grace Episcopal Church, Sheboygan, WI) Pro Organo CD-7175

GERRE HANCOCK: Improvisations on ‘In dulci jubilo’, I saw three ships come sailing in’, and ‘Divinum mysterium’ –Gerre Hancock (1956 Aeolian-Skinner+/Saint Thomas Church, New York, NY) and 1956 Aeolian-Skinner+ organ at Saint Thomas Church, New York, NY) Gothic CD-49109

Filler– PAUL MANZ (see above)