1980 Sipe organ at Hennepin Avenue UMC, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1996 Wolff organ at the Bales Recital Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Wurlitzer organ at Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa, Arizona

1997 C.B. Fisk organ, Opus 110, at Minata Mirai Concert Hall, Yokohama, Japan

1979 Sandtner organ at the Cathedral of Saint Martin, Rottenburg-am-Neckar, Germany

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:

•June 30, 2008 as Show #0826

•June 28, 2010 as Show #1026

Links and Resources:

• Printable program listings

Music played in the program

Hour 1

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

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

WILLIAM ALBRIGHT: Fanfare/Echo and Scherzo, Chimera, from Organ Book III, Volume 1 –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 Records CD-2001

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 UMC, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive recorded April 22, 2007

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

Hour 2

MEL BROOKS: The Producers Suite –David Peckham (1928 Wurlitzer/Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY) Veteran Hill Productions 2003

TRADITIONAL: Americana Medley –Charlie Balogh (Wurlitzer/Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa, AZ) ERB Enterprises 115

DALE WOOD: Shall we gather at the river? –James Welch (1987 Schoenstein/Sts. Peter & Paul RCC, San Francisco, CA) WelchOrganist 522

COLE PORTER: Easy to love, from Born to Dance; Love for sale, from The New Yorkers –George Wright (Hollywood Philharmonic Organ/George Wright Residence, Hollywood, CA) 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/St. Elizabeth RCC, San Francisco, CA) Arkay AR6169