AGO 1982 XI #8438
…a festive Evensong service from the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, the last of eleven programs devoted to performances recorded during the 1982 National Biennial Convention of the American Guild of Organists held in Washington, DC.
Part 1
LEO SOWERBY: Introit, Eternal light, shine into our hearts
BERNARD ROSE: Preces
IVOR ATKINS: Psalm 108, O God, my heart is ready
RICHARD REDHEAD: Hymn, Laus Deo
EDWARD NAYLOR: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in A
BERNARD ROSE: Responses
GERALD NEAR: Motet, Sing alleluia forth, premiere
Part 2
RICHARD WAYNE DIRKSEN: Three Songs of Isaiah
GEORGE TALBOT: Psalm 150, O praise God in his holiness
GERRE HANCOCK: Festival Improvisation on Laus Deo
Performers include the Choir of Saint Thomas Church in New York City led by Gerre Hancock and joined in several places by the capacity congregation of more than 2000 church musicians. Gerre Hancock, with the postlude and Judith Hancock served as organists; PD Archive (07/07/1982)
The pipe organ heard here was made for this Cathedral by Ernest M. Skinner & Son. Inaugurated in 1937 when the building was much smaller, the instrument since has been revised and enlarged through the work of the Aeolian-Skinner, Newcomer, and Wicks organ companies. At the time of this performance, the organ comprised 184 ranks.
On-location recordings were engineered by Curt Wittig.
