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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments

[1950 Hill, Norman & Beard/Norwich Cathedral, England][decorative stamp]
1950 Hill, Norman & Beard at Norwich Cathedral, England

[1998 Glätter-Götz-Rosales/United  Congregational Church, Claremont, CA][decorative stamp]
1998 Glätter-Götz-Rosales at United Congregational Church, Claremont, CA

[2003 Berghaus/St. Stephen’s Episcopal Pro-Cathedral, Wilkes-Barre, PA][decorative stamp]
2003 Berghaus at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Pro-Cathedral, Wilkes-Barre, PA

[1919 Hill, Norman & Beard/Town Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand][decorative stamp]
1919 Hill, Norman & Beard at Town Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand

[1996 Wolff/Bales Recital Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS][decorative stamp]
1996 Wolff at Bales Recital Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Telling Tales

…some stories, with and without words, prove that music’s universal language is completely comprehensible.

Audio 1 hr 58 Min

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Hour 1

JOHANN KUHNAU:  Sonata No. 1 (David and Goliath) --Johannes Geffert (1650 van Haeghen/Saint Paul’s Church, Antwerp) LCS 003

EDOUARD BATISTEThe Storm --Adrian Lucas (1950 Hill, Norman & Beard/Norwich Cathedral, England) Priory 918

GEORGE AKERLEYA Sweet for Mother Goose (premiere performance) --Kathie Freeman, narrator; Mary Preston (1998 Glätter-Götz-Rosales/United  Congregational Church, Claremont, CA) Pipedreams Archive (r. 7/5/04)

JOSEPH BONNETConsolation, Op. 10, no. 5 --Frédéric Ledroit (1965 Beuchet-Debierre/St. Peter’s Cathedral, Angouleme, France) Skarbo 2038

FRANZ LISZTFunérailles (No. 7), fr Harmonies poétiques et religieuses --Kalevi Kiviniemi (1905-1987 Seifert/St. Mary’s Church, Kevelaer, Germany) Fuga 9214

Hour 2

RICHARD PURVIS:  Capriccio (On the Notes of the Cuckoo).  SIGFRID KARG-ELERTHarmonies du Soir, Op. 72, no. 1 --Lorenz Maycher (1931-1962 Aeolian-Skinner/St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Beumont, TX) Vermont Organ Academy 004

SIETZE de VRIESJesus walking upon the water --Sietze de Vries (1999 Edskes/Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Mittenwald, Germany) JSB Records 10114

JOSEPH BONNETIn Memoriam Titanic, Op. 10, no. 1 --Mark Laubach (2003 Berghaus/St. Stephen’s Episcopal Pro-Cathedral, Wilkes-Barre, PA) Pro Organo 7210

ALBERT KETELBYIn the Mystic Land of Egypt --Hans Uwe Hielscher (1919 Hill, Norman & Beard/Town Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand) Organ 7211

DANIEL GAWTHROPNoble Gases (Argon-Krypton-Xenon) --David Pickering (1996 Wolff/Bales Recital Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS) Grace Notes Media 0701

This is an Encore broadcast of a program initially released in January 2010 as PIPEDREAMS #1002. 

 

 

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