Organ Console at The Riverside Church in New York, NY

A Musical Menagerie

…birds and bees, squirrels and wolves bring smile as we listen to the sounds of this fanciful bestiary.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of February 25, 2008

Links and Resources:

• Printable program listings

Music played in the program

Part I

HUBERT PARRY (arranged Alcock): March, from The Birds (after Aristophanes) –Andrew Lumsden (1984 Harrison/Westminster Abbey, London) Guild CD-7025

NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the Bumble-bee –Thomas Heywood (1927 Casavant-rebuilt 2003 by Schantz/St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Mahtomedi, MN) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 9/15/03)

POWELL WEAVER: The Squirrel –Robert Elmore (1929 Kimball/Convention Hall Ballroom, Atlantic City, NJ) ACCHOS CD-02

ROBERT ELMORE: Donkey Dance. JOHN BRATTON: Teddy bear’s Picnic –Gabriel Dessauer (1985 Mayer/St. Bonifatius Church, Wiesbaden, Germany) Dessauer CD-1999

FRANZ SCHUBERT (arranged Richardson): The Bee –Todd Wilson (1930 Skinner/Holy Rosary Cathedral, Toledo, OH) JAV Recordings CD-127

RICHARD PEARSON THOMAS: Anthem, With wings like eagles –Riverside Choir/Helen Cha-Pyo, cond.; Timothy Smith (Aeolian-Skinner/Riverside Church, NYC) JAV CD-134

Part II

SERGE PROKOFIEV: Peter and the Wolf –George Woods, narrator; Jelani Eddington (1929 Wurlitzer/High School Auditorium, Fullerton, CA) RJE Productions CD-2103

Part III

CLIFF FRIEND: Hello Bluebird –Ron Rhode (1928 Wurlitzer/Byrd Theatre, Richmond, VA) VTOS CD-1001

RUDOLF FRIML: Donkey Serenade, from Firefly –Walt Strony (Wurlitzer/Krughoff Residence, Downers Grove, IL) DSP CD-52290

FRANK BJORN: Alley Cat –Charlie Balogh (Wurlitzer/Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa, AZ) ERB CD-106 EDWARD CONFREY: Kitten on the Keys –George Wright (Hollywood ‘Philharmonic’ Organ) Banda CD-438

ETHYL SMITH: Black Cat Rag –Tom Hazleton (Wurlitzer/Richard Wilcox Studio/Gig Harbor, WA) Pro Arte CD-445 (nla)

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER: Memory, from Cats –Lyn Larsen (Wurlitzer/Century 2 Convention Center, Wichita, KS) Pro Arte CD-339

Filler – PARRY (see above)