A Portrait of Paul Manz #0114
Part 1
PAUL MANZ: Hymn Improvisation Suite in G: All Praise to Thee, Eternal God; Praise the Almighty; All glory be to God on high; If thou but suffer God to guide; Praise God, from whom all blessings flow –Paul Manz (1965 Schlicker/Mount Olive Lutheran, Minneapolis, MN) Manz Music CD-921
PAUL MANZ: Hymn Improvisation Suite in C: Jesus Christ, my sure defense; I will sing my maker’s praises; O Lord, how shall I meet thee –Paul Manz (1965 Schlicker/Mount Olive) Manz Music CD-921
Part 2
PAUL MANZ: Hymn Improvisation Suite in F: Now thank we all our God; O god, though faithful God; What God ordains; Now sing we, now rejoice; All praise to God, who reigns above –Paul Manz (1965 Schlicker/Mount Olive) Manz Music CD-921
PAUL MANZ: Blessed Jesus, at thy word. FLOR PEETERS: Aria –Paul Manz (1965 Schlicker/Mount Olive) Manz Music CD-2021
FLOR PEETERS: Hymn to the Sun, from Lied Symphony, Opus 66 –Paul Manz [recorded January 20, 1963] (1963 Schlicker/Lutheran Church of St. Luke, Chicago, IL) Archive LP
PAUL MANZ: Anthem, E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come –Valparaiso University Chorale, Christopher Cock, conductor; ALCM CD-04
Part 3
PAUL MANZ: Aria –Timothy Smith (1953 Aeolian-Skinner/Riverside, New York, NY) JAV CD-107
PAUL MANZ: Hymn Festival Improvisation, O that I had a thousand tongues –Valparaiso University Chorale, Christopher Cock, conductor; Paul Manz (1963 Schlicker/Lutheran Church of St. Luke, Chicago, IL) ALCM CD-04
PAUL MANZ: Hymn Improvisation Suite Number 2 in F: Dear Christians, one and all; All depends on our possessing; Lor Jesus Christ, be present now; Oh, that I had a thousand voices –Paul Manz (1965 Schlicker/Mount Olive) Manz Music CD-921
PAUL MANZ: Hymn Festival Improvisation, Praise God, Praise Him –Congregation of the LCA Minnesota Synod; Paul Manz (1961 Hilgreen-Lane/Christ Chapel, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN) Pipedreams Archive recorded June 6, 1986
J.S. BACH: Chorale, Lord, Thee I love with all my heart –Valparaiso University Chorale, Christopher Cock, conductor; Paul Manz (1963 Schlicker/Lutheran Church of St. Luke, Chicago, IL) ALCM CD-04
PAUL MANZ: Hymn-improvisation, How brightly shines the morning star –Paul Manz (1965 Schlicker/Mount Olive) Manz Music CD-921
Filler –PAUL MANZ: O, that I had a thousand voices (see above)
Now in his 82nd year [born 1919], Dr. Manz continues with his enthusiastic love of music as prayer and the best sort of re-creation.
