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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments

[1995 Marcussen at Tonbridge School, Kent, England, UK]
1995 Marcussen organ at Tonbridge School, Kent, England, UK

[1783 de Rijckere organ at the Oostkerk, Middelburg, The Netherlands]
1783 de Rijckere organ in the Oostkerk, Middelburg, The Netherlands

1998 Fisk at Minato Mirai Hall, Yokohama, Japan
1997 C.B. Fisk organ at Minato Mirai Hall, Yokohama, Japan

1994 Walker at Exeter College, Oxford, England
1994 Walker organ at Exeter College, Oxford, England, UK

1688 Schnitger at Saint Pankratius Church, Neuenfelde, Germany
1688 Schnitger organ at Saint Pankratius Church, Neuenfelde, Germany

Holiday International

Christmas music from many lands is transformed by the colors of the pipe organ

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Music played in the program

ARTHUR WILLS: Carillon on Orientis PartibusJeremy Filsell (1995 Marcussen/St. Augustine Chapel, Tonbridge School, Kent, England, UK) Guild GMCD 7225

BRAM BEEKMAN: 3 Christmas Preludes: Es kommt ein Schiff, geladen; Stille Nacht; Lobt Gott, ihr ChristenBram Beekman (1783 de Rijckere/Oostkerk, Middelburg, The Netherlands) Lindenberg LBCD-90

GUY BOVET: Noël de Moulins, from Suite pour SouvignyHatsumi Miura (1997 C.B. Fisk/Minato Mirai Hall, Yokohama, Japan) Loft LRCD-1058

FELIPE PEDRELL: A solis ortusCoro Cervantes, Carlos Aransay, conductor; Tansy Castledine (1994 Walker/Exeter College Chapel, Oxford, England, UK) Guild GMCD 7243

MIGUEL BERNAL-JIMENEZ: Sonata de NavidadHector Guzman Pipedreams Archive recorded July 9, 1994

DAVID TRYGESTAD, MARK SEDIO & MICHAEL BURKHARDT: How brightly shines the morning starTimothy Strand (1893 Dinse-Rutz/Christmas Lutheran Church, Bethlehem, Palestine) Rutz CD-2004

JOACHIM SCHREIBER: Improvisation on Singen wir mit fröhlichkeit –Joachim Schreiber (1763 Spiegel; 1982 Klais/St. Martin Archabbey, Beuron, Germany) Pipedreams Archive, CD-2309

HUGO DISTLER: Partita, Christ, der du bist der helle Tag, Opus 8, number 3. HANS FRIEDRICH MICHEELSEN: Fantasy, Erschienen ist der herrlich TagKarl-Bernhardin Kropf (1688 Schnitger/St. Pankratius Church, Neuenfelde, Germany) IFO 00 088

ORESTE RAVANELLO: Noël, Opus 133, number 1 –Andrea Macinanti (1909 Vegezzi-Bossi/Santa Maria Basilica, Minerva, Italy) Tactus CD-900001

ZSOLT GÁRDONYI: In dir ist FreudeZsolt Gárdonyi (1871 Åkerman; 1976 Thür/Uppsala Cathedral, Sweden) Collegium Cantorum CD-27264

FELIKS NOWOWIEJSKI: Christmas in the Ancient Virgin Mary Church in Cracow, Opus 31, number 3 –Jerzy Erdman (Saint Anna’s Church, Katawice-Janow, Poland) Polskie Nagrania CD-052

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