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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments

1969 Noack
1969 Noack/Trinity Lutheran Church

Brass Tracks III

…the brilliant collaboration of brass ensemble and the King of Instruments is featured in mostly American music.

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Music played in the program

Hour 1

AARON COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man —Washington Symphonic Brass; Christopher Betts (Aeolian-Skinner/National Cathedral, Washington, DC) Pipedreams Archive (r. 7/4/13)

CARLYLE SHARPE: FlourishesChicago Gargoyle Brass & Organ Ensemble; Jared Stellmacher (St. Michael the Archangel Church, Wheaton, IL) MSR Classics 1598

JESSICA HUNT: 3 Impromptus for Organ and Brass (2010)Gaudete Brass; Robert Benjamin Dobey (2003 Schoenstein/Grace Episcopal Church, Sheboygan, WI) Pro Organo 7242

LOUIE WHITE: Introduction & Chorale —St. Ignatius Brass/Kent Tritle, director; Nancianne Parrella (1992 Mander/St. Ignatius Loyola Church, New York, NY) St. Ignatius 004

RICHARD WADDELL (arr.): Sir Patrick SpensBoston Brass; J. Melvin Butler (1965 Flentrop/ St. Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, WA) Loft 1022

DANIEL GAWTHROP: Sinfonia FestivaWashington Symphonic Brass; Paul Skevington (1998 Steiner-Reck/St. Luke Catholic Church, McLean, VA) Summit 436

PETER WILHOUSKY (arr.): The Battle Hymn of the RepublicU.S. Navy Sea Chanters; Washington Symphonic Brass; Christopher Betts (Aeolian-Skinner/National Cathedral, Washington, DC) Pipedreams Archive (r. 7/4/13)

Filler — WHITE (see above)

Hour 2

JAROMIR WEINBERGER: Polka & Fugue, fr Schwanda –Chicago Gargoyle Brass & Organ Ensemble; Jared Stellmacher (St. Michael the Archangel Church, Wheaton, IL) MSR Classics 1598

OTTORINO RESPIGHI: The Pines of the Appian Way, fr Pines of Rome –Old South Brass/Lawrence Isaacson; Gregory Peterson (1921 Skinner/Old South Church, Boston, MA) Denouement 1002

MARTIN ELLERBY: NatalisDenver Brass; Lowell Graham, conductor; Joseph Galema (2002 Karl Schuke/Newman Center for the Arts, Denver, CO) Klavier 11165

ROBERT POWELL: Sonata for Tb. & Organ – Scott Winger, trombone; Elizabeth Melcher (1998 Schantz/Presbyterian Church, Vienna, VA) Melcher 2001

DANIEL PINKHAM: Morning Music (1995) – Huntington Brass Quintet; Abbey Hallberg Siegfried (1969 Noack/Trinity Lutheran Church, Worcester, MA) Arsis 143

ARTHUR SULLIVAN: The Lost ChordLake Wobegon Brass Band/Michael Halstenson; Charlie Boone, narrator; Bill Chouinard (1927 Casavant-2001 Schantz/St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Mahtomedi, MN) LWBB 2014

Filler — ELLERBY (see above)

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APOBAPIPEDREAMS is supported by the generosity of Mr. & Mrs. Wesley C. Dudley, by grants from Walter McCarthy, Clara Ueland, and the Greystone Foundation, the Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund of the HRK Foundation, and Jan Kirchner on behalf of her family foundation. Additional support comes from Pasi Organ Builders of Roy, WA, and Peterson Electro-Musical Products of Alsip, IL, members of APOBA, the Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America, a collaborative of designers, creators, and maintainers of pipe organs found in religious and educational institutions, concert halls, and residences throughout the United States and beyond. An APOBA resource guide and member prospectus is available at APOBA.COM.

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