2007 Holtkamp in Boe Chapel at Saint Olaf College, Northfield, MN

A Minnesota Organ Book

…in celebration of the 150th anniversary of Minnesota Statehood (May 11, 1858), we share varied works by Minnesota composers of today.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of May 05, 2008

Links and Resources:

• Printable program listings

Audio Interviews

Minnesota Organ Book composers reveal all…

• Carol Barnett is a happy pragmatist:
• David Evan Thomas talks about his recent organ compositions:
• Monte Mason reflects on artistic process and imagination:
• Cary John Franklin tells about 'rare moments':
• Janika Vandervelde explores the Kabalistic roots of her new score, 'Hachazarah':
• Linda Tutas Haugen describes 'Invocation and Remembrance,' written following the I-35 Bridge disaster:

Music played in the program

Part I

DAVID EVAN THOMAS: Preludes on Welsh Hymns (Cwm Rhondda; Aberystwyth; Llanfair) –Marilyn Biery (1963 Aeolian-Skinner/Cathedral of Saint Paul, Saint Paul, MN) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 7/25/03)

DAVID EVAN THOMAS: Of things hoped for… –James Biery (1927 Skinner & 1963 Aeolian-Skinner/Cathedral of Saint Paul, Saint Paul, MN) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 5/20/01)

Part II

*CAROL BARNETT: Praise (for organ and steel drum) –Jay Johnson, percussion; Jonathan Gregoire, organ.

*CARY JOHN FRANKLIN: Morning Light –Dale Newton, cello; Sarah Koehler, organ

ANNE KILSTOFTE: Tomorrow’s Light –Tiit Kiik (Saint Nicholas Church, Tallinn, Estonia) Kilstofte CD-2005

STEPHEN PAULUS: Romp! –Timothy Albrecht (2005 Jaeckel/Emerson Concert Hall, Emory University, Atlanta, GA) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 1/22/06)

Part III

*MONTE MASON: The Dances of Our Lady –Clark Duhrkopf, saxophone; Christopher Stroh, organ

*DAVID EVAN THOMAS: Psalm and Dance –Michele Frisch, flute; Lily Ardalan, organ

*JANIKA VANDERVELDE: Hachazarah (The Arousal of the Return) –Roger Frisch, violin; Andrew Hackett, organ

*LINDA TUTAS HAUGEN: Invocation and Remembrance –Martin Hodel, trumpet; Kraig Windschitl, organ

Filler–THOMAS: Prelude on Cwm Rhondda (see above)

 

The six items marked (*) were recorded on the 2007 Holtkamp organ in Boe Chapel at Saint Olaf College in Northfield, MN. These selections make up a new A.G.O. 2008 Minnesota Organ Book, compositions for ‘organ-plus’ issued by Augsburg Fortress Publishers, commissioned by the Twin Cities Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. They will be given public premiere performances during the national A.G.O. convention in Minneapolis-Saint Paul (June 21-19, 2008) www.ago2008.org, but you get to sample them here first!