1999 Dobson-Rosales organ at West Market Street UMC, Greensboro, North Carolina

1998 Fritts organ at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington

1990 Möller organ at Calvary Church, Charlotte, North Carolina

1957 Aeolian-Skinner organ, Opus 1306, at Georgetown Presbyterian, Washington DC

1997 Ott organ at Trinity Lutheran Church, Lansdale, Pennsylvania

1958 Flentrop organ at Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

1921 Skinner organ at Saint Luke’s Church, Evanston, Illinois

1997 Klais organ at the Abbey, Bath, England, UK

An Easter Awakening

…music to commemorate the Christian Resurrection Festival and celebrate the earth’s joyful rebirth in springtime.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of April 18, 2011

Links and Resources:

• Printable program listings

Music played in the program

Hour 1

RICHARD WEBSTER (arranged): Christ the Lord is risen today - Festival Choir & Brass, Richard Webster, conductor; Thomas Whittemore (1921 Skinner/St. Luke Episcopal, Evanston, IL) Advent Press 2000

CHARLES MANNING: Improvisation-Fantasy, Christ the Lod is risen today –Charles Manning (1999 Goulding & Wood/St. Luke UMC, Indianapolis, IN) ChaZam 71917

SAMUEL SCHEIDT: Variations, Christ lag in Todesbanden –Frances Conover Fitch (1958 Flentrop/Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) OHS 2000

J.S. BACH: 3 Easter Chorale-preludes, from Orgelbüchlein: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 625; Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 626; Christ ist erstanden, BWV 627 –George Ritchie (1998 Fritts/Lagerquist Hall, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA) Raven OAR-580
Hymn settings were sung by the Fynske Chamber Choir of Denmark, Alice Joensen, conductor; Nimbus NI 5457/8

LANCE HULME: Toccata, Christ the Lord is risen today –Susan Bates (1999 Dobson-Rosales/West Market Street UMC, Greensboro, NC) Pipedreams Archive recorded April 19, 2009

SIR HENRY WALFORD DAVIES: O sons and daughters –Choir of Bath Abbey, Peter King, conductor; Marcus Sealy (1997 Klais/Bath Abbey, England, UK) Priory PRCD851

HERMANN SCHROEDER: Christ ist erstanden –William Watkins (1957 Aeolian-Skinner/Georgetown Presbyterian, Washington, DC) Vermont Organ Academy 02

CALVIN HAMPTON: Prayer and Alleluias, from Three Pieces –Michael Messina (1983 Schantz/Trinity Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, IN) Trinity 2009

Filler –RICHARD WEBSTER (see above)

 

Hour 2

TIMOTHY MOKE (arranged): 2 Easter Hymns: The Day of Resurrection; Christ the Lord is risen today –Timothy Moke, trumpet; Georg Masanz (1993 Hauser/Church of Saints Peter & Paul, Kirchdorf, Switzerland) Moke Recordings CD-2005

JOHN FERGUSON: Meditation on an Easter Hymn –J. Marty Cope (1990 Möller/Calvary Church, Charlotte, NC) Psallant Music 815

JIŘÍ ROPEK: Variations on Victimas paschali laudes –Cherry Rhodes (1999 Ott/Trinity Lutheran, Lansdale, PA) Pipedreams Archive recorded July 5, 2002

ANTON HEILLER: Fantasy, Victimae paschali laudes –Klemens Schnorr (4 organs, by Rieger, Marcussen, Spáth and Fischer & Kraemer/Münster Unserer Lieben Frau, Germany) Motette CD MOT 13231

MATTHIAS MÜCK: Chorale-prelude, O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden –Matthias Mück (2005 Eule/Cathedral of Saint Sebastian, Magdeburg, Germany) Unda Maris UM-20391

OTTO MARIA KRÄMER: Fantasy, Victimas paschali laudes –Otto Maria Krämer (2005 Eule/Cathedral of Saint Sebastian, Magdeburg, Germany) Unda Maris UM-20391

CARLOS XAVIER SANTIAGO: Iberian Feast of the Resurrection –Frederick Hohman (2004 Wicks/First Congregational, Kalamazoo, MI) Pro Organo CD 2006

TRADITIONAL: This joyful Eastertide –Choir of Church of the Advent, Boston, Mark Dwyer, conductor; H. Ross Wood (1936 Aeolian-Skinner/Church of the Advent, Boston, MA) JAV OLRC Special

Filler –OTTO MARIA KRÄMER (see above)