A Thousand Voices #1143
…familiar songs take on a new life in the hands of imaginative composers and agile performers playing upon an organ’s many pipes.
Hour 1
PAUL MANZ: 2 settings of O that I had a thousand voices. TIM ZIMMERMAN (arranged): All hail the power –The King’s Brass; J. Marty Cope (1990 Möller/Calvary Church, Charlotte, NC) Psallant Music 815
DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE: Fantasy on Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223 –Focaliber Youth Choir, Edwin Velvis, conductor; Sietze de Vries (2001 Kögler/Stadtpfarrkirche - St. Michael, Haag, Austria) JSB Records 10115
KARL HÖLLER: Choral Variations, Jesu, meine Freude, Opus 22 –Klemens Schnorr (4 organs, by Rieger, Marcussen, Spáth and Fischer & Kraemer/Münster Unserer Lieben Frau, Germany) Motette CD MOT 13236
HANS LEO HASSLER (arranged by Reiersrud & Kleive): Herzlich tut mich verlangen –Kunt Reiersrud, electric guitar; Iver Kleive (1965 Marcussen/Odense Domkirke, Denmark) Kirkelig Kulturverksted FXCD106
CHARLES MANNING (arranged): Introduction & Fugue on A mighty fortress –Charles Manning (1999 Goulding & Wood/St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, Indianapolis, IN) ChaZam 71917
NORAH LONG & BILL CHOUINARD(arranged): A mighty fortress –Norah Long, soprano; Bill Chouinard (1927 Casavant Frères; 2001 Schantz/St. Andrew Lutheran, Mahtomedi, MN) Violet Hill 2009
Filler –PAUL MANZ (see above)
Hour 2
JOHANN GOTTFRIED WALTHER: 2 Chorale-preludes: In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr; Lobe den Herren –Craig Cramer (1767 Volckland/St. Bonifacius, Tröchtelborn, Germany) Naxos 8.554316
JOHANN PACHELBEL: Partita, Ach, was soll lich Sünder machen –Joseph Payne (1770 König/Schloßkirche, Schleiden, Germany) Centaur CD-2480
TIMOTHY ALBRECHT: 5 Grace Notes: All glory, laud and honor; Go tell it on the mountain; Joyful, joyful; Let all things now living; Immortal, invisible –Timothy Albrecht (1982 Casavant Frères/Glenn Memorial Auditorium, Emory University, Atlanta, GA) ACA Digital 20058
SETH BINGHAM: Hymn Fantasy on Riverton (1957) –Christopher Marks (1997 Schoenstein/First Plymouth Congregational, Lincoln, NE) Raven OAR-991
ALEXANDRE GUILMANT: Variations on Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan –Frank Dittmer (1831 Buchholz; 1988 Jehmlich/Dom St. Nikolai, Greifswald, Germany) Motette CD MOT 13281
FREDERICK HOHMAN: Eventide, from Strophic Events for Organ –Frederick Hohman (2004 Wicks/First Congregational, Kalamazoo, MI) Pro Organo CD 6419
SIGFRID KARG-ELERT: Symphonic Chorale, Ach bleib mit Deiner Gnade, Opus 87, number 1 –Naji Hakim (1912 Stahlhuth; 2002 Jann/Église Saint-Martin, Dudelange, Luxembourg) Aeolus AE10291
Filler –TIM ZIMMERMAN (see above)
