An American Organist’s Christmas #0450
Join us for a merry mingling of composer and performers, celebrating the holiday season.
PAUL MANZ: A Christmas Suite in G: Hark! the herald angels sing; ’Twas the moon of wintertime; Let the earth now praise the Lord; Gentle Mary laid her child; Go tell it on the mountain; In thee is gladness –Paul Manz (1965 Schlicker/Mount Olive Lutheran, Minneapolis, MN) Manz Music CD-933
GERRE HANCOCK: Angels we have heard on high –Gerre Hancock (1996 Taylor & Boody/St. Thomas Episcopal, New York, NY) Gothic G49109
DAVID N. JOHNSON: 2 Christmas Carols: Lift up your heads; Good Christian folk, rejoice; Lo, how a rose e’er bloomith. GIACOMO GASTOLDI: In thee is joy –Robert Scoggin (1958 Möller+Sipe rebuild/Christ UMC, Rochester, MN) Pipedreams Archive recorded May 5, 1992
MARCEL DUPRÉ: Magnificat I, Opus 18. LOUIS-CLAUDE DAQUIN: Noel sur les Grands Jeux, Number 10. SIMON PRESTON: The Christmas Light. RICHARD PURVIS: Greensleeves; Christmas Rhapsody –Stephen Tharp (1992 Ruffatti/Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA) Pipedreams Archive recorded December 7, 2002
JERRY HERMAN: We need a little Christmas. MEL TORME: The Christmas Song. LEROY ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride –Steven Ball, Wade Bray & Henry Aldridge (1927 Barton/Michigan Theatre, Ann Arbor, MI) Michigan Theatre CD-2002
CONRAD SUSA: A Christmas Garland –Philovox Ensemble of Boston, Jennifer Lester, conductor; Mark Dwyer (1936 Aeolian-Skinner/Church of the Advent, Boston, MA) Arsis CD-130
