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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments

[2008 Bigelow organ, Opus 33, at Saint Paul Lutheran, Davenport, Iowa][decorative stamp]
2008 Bigelow organ, Opus 33, at Saint Paul Lutheran, Davenport, Iowa

[2005 Murphy organ at Saint Marks Lutheran Church, Baltimore, Maryland][decorative stamp]
2005 Murphy organ at Saint Marks Lutheran Church, Baltimore, Maryland

Build Them and They Will Play

…selected performances on some recently installed pipe organs in venues around the United States and beyond.

Audio 1 hr 58 Min

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Music played in the program

Hour 1

DAN LOCKLAIR: Phoenix Processional. SETH BINGHAM: Sarabande, from Baroques. ALEXANDRE GUILMANT: Final, from Sonata Number 1 in D, Opus 42 –Melanie Sigafoose (2008 Bigelow/St. Paul Lutheran, Davenport, IA) Pipedreams Archive recorded May 15, 2009

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (transcribed by William Thomas Best): Polonaise in A, Opus 40, number 1. SIR EDWARD ELGAR (transcribed by Heywood): Salut d’amour, Opus 2 –Thomas Heywood (2008 Pipe Organs W.A./Aikman Hall, Haileybury College, Keysborough, Australia) ConcertOrgan 8174

CONRAD SUSA: March for a Joyous Occasion. BILLY STRAYHORN (arranged by Wyton): Lotus Blossom. CHARLES CALLAHAN: Partita on HyfrodolMichael Shake (1983; 2010 Casavant Frères/Highland Park Presbyterian, Dallas, TX) Pipedreams Archive recorded May 2, 2010

Hour 2

J.S. BACH: Praeludium in G, BWV 550. JAMES DAVID CHRISTIE: Elegie. JOSEPH-GUY ROPARTZ: Sortie in B-flat –James David Christie (2005 Juget-Sinclair/St. Andrew Episcopal, Wellesley, MA) J-S Opus 24

SETH BINGHAM: Roulade, Opus 9, number 3 –Ken Cowan (2010 Murphy/Ascension Episcopal, Denver, CO) PJM Opus 52

HORATIO PARKER: Allegretto, from Sonata in e-flat. EDWIN H. LEMARE (arranger): Irish Air from County Derry. TOM TRENNY: Improvisation Suite on HyfrydolTom Trenny (2005 Murphy/St. Mark Lutheran, Baltimore, MD) Raven OAR-870

 

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