1927 Wurlitzer organ in the Music Salon of the Sanfilippo residence, Barrington, IL.

American Blessings

…the rich resource of our nation's own compositional talent store gives our ears and hearts much for which to be thankful.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of June 29, 2009

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Music played in the program

Hour 1

LEO SOWERBY: Comes Autumn Time –Lorenz Maycher (1949 Aeolian-Skinner/First Presbyterian Church, Kilgore, TX) Raven OAR-310

HORATIO PARKER: Romanza, Op., 17, no. 3; Canon, Op. 68, no. 2; Risoluto, Op. 68, no. 5 –Albert Ahlstrom (1895 Müller & Abel/Saint Joseph’s Church, New York, NY) Raven OAR-340

EDWARD MacDOWELL: To a wild rose, from Woodland Sketches –Virgil Fox (Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1118/Riverside Church, New York, NY) EMI Classics 65426

FELIX ARNDT: Nola –George Wright (Hollywood Philharmonic Studio Organ) Banda109555

JIMMY VAN HEUSEN: Here’s that rainy day, from Carnival in Flanders –Jelani Eddington (1929 Wurlitzer/Plummer Auditorium, Fullerton, CA) RJE 2103

DANIEL PINKHAM: Gloria –Philadelphia Brass; Joan Lippincott (1992 Mander/Princeton University Chapel, NJ) Gothic 49072

ROBERT ELMORE: Fantasy on Nursery Tunes –Jonas Nordwall, Tom Hazleton, o. LEW POLLACK: At the Codfish Ball –Donna Parker (1928 Kimball/Dickinson High School Auditorium, Wilmington, DE) Triple Play 33302

KATHLEEN SCHEIDE: Amazing Grace –Kathleen Scheide (1897 Hutchings/Mission Church, Boston, MA) Raven 350

Filler - JIMMY VAN HEUSEN (see above)

Hour 2

ALFRED HOLLINS: A Song of Sunshine –Tom Hazleton (1928 Wurlitzer/private studio) Historical Recording Company 101

RICHARD RODGERS: Victory at Sea Symphonic Scenario –Walt Strony (1927 Wurlitzer/Sanfilippo Residence, Barrington, IL) WSCO 4.

SCOTT JOPLIN: Magnetic Rag –Ansgar Aylward, violin; Keith Hooper, oboe; Jürgen Schwab (1994 Mühleisen/Owenstadt Parish, Germany) Fireworks Music 0028

AARON COPLAND: Symphony for Organ and Orchestra (1924) –Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Andrew Risinger (2007 Schoenstein/Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 12/6/08)

Filler - FELIX ARNDT (see above)

 

Much of the content of this program was originally broadcast as #0626 in June 2006.