1980 Sipe organ at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, Minneapolis, MN

Independence Thinkers

…an all-American program that explores the sonic and virtuosic freedoms and possibilities of pipe organs and those who play them.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of June 30, 2008

Links and Resources:

• Printable program listings

Music played in the program

Part I

DUDLEY BUCK: Concert Variations on The Star-spangled Banner, Op. 23 –Samuel John Swartz (1928 Skinner/Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, CA) Motette CD-10901

PAUL MANZ: Hail the day so rich in cheer. STANLEY REIFF: Festival Prelude –James Hicks (1960-1996 Austin/Presbyterian Church, Morristown, NJ) Pro Organo CD-7187

WILLIAM ALBRIGHT: Fanfare/Echo and Scherzo (Chimera), from Organ Book I –Douglas Reed (1997 C.B. Fisk/Minato Mirai Hall, Yokohama, Japan) Equilibrium CD-35

STEPHEN PAULUS: Impassioned, from Three Temperaments –James Higdon (1996 Wolff/Bales Recital Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS) DCD CD-2001

Part II

WILLIAM BOLCOM: Chorale-prelude, Abide with me –Marilyn Mason (1955 Aeolian-Skinner/Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI) Ethereal CD-135

WILLIAM BOLCOM: Gospel Preludes, Book III (Jesus calls us; Blessed assurance; Nearer my God to thee) –David Higgs (1980 Sipe/Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 4/22/07)

DANIEL PINKHAM: Sports, Reflection & March, from Morning Music –Huntington Brass Quintet; Abbey Hallberg Siegfried (1969 Noack/Trinity Lutheran Church, Worcester, MA) Arsis CD-143

Part III

COLE PORTER: Easy to love, from Born to Dance; Love for sale, from The New Yorkers –George Wright (Hollywood Philharmonic Organ/Wright Studio) Banda CD-2532

JOHN CAGE: Souvenir –Christoph Maria Moosmann (1979 Sandtner/Dom Sankt Martin, Rottenburg-am-Neckar, Germany) New Albion CD-74

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA: The Liberty Bell –James Welch (1986 Schoenstein/Saint Elizabeth’s Church, San Francisco, CA) Arkay CD-6169

>Filler–PAULUS (see above)