Emma Lou! #1004
…a celebration of the life and work of the industrious and indefatigable American composer Emma Lou Diemer, with comment, compact discs, and concert performances.
Hour 1
EMMA LOU DIEMER: Fantasie [1958] –Christa Rakich (1932 Kilgen/Church of St. Justin, Hartford, CT) AFKA SK-527
EMMA LOU DIEMER: Create in me a clean heart –John Anthony, trumpet; Joan DeVee Dixon (1991 Reuter/Munger Chapel, University of the Ozarks, Clarksville, AR) RBWCD-015
EMMA LOU DIEMER: Joy to the world –Philip Brunelle (1981 Holtkamp/Plymouth Congregational, Minneapolis, MN) Virgin Classics 91088
EMMA LOU DIEMER: 3 Psalm Interpretations; 95, 108 & 97 –Joan DeVee Dixon (1991 Reuter/Munger Chapel, University of the Ozarks, Clarksville, AR) RBWCD-018
EMMA LOU DIEMER: A Concert Collection: Hymn, All creatures of our God and King; Aria*; Anthem, I will give thanks; Fiesta*; Variations on Abide with me*; Anthem, Hallelujah!; Hymn, How firm a foundation –St. Michael’s Brass Ensemble; Festival Choir, Jerry Lanz & Michelle Edwards, conductors; Melanie Ohnstad, Lynn Trapp & (*) Emma Lou Diemer (2003 Reuter/St. Michael Lutheran Church, Bloomington, MN) Pipedreams Archive recorded February 5, 2006
Filler –Create in me (see above)
Hour 2
EMMA LOU DIEMER: O beautiful, for spacious skies –Stanley Cox (1930 Kilgen/St. Patrick Cathedral, New York, NY) JAV CD-136
EMMA LOU DIEMER: Psalm 151 for Organ Solo –Joan DeVee Dixon (1991 Reuter/Munger Chapel, University of the Ozarks, Clarksville, AR) RBWCD-014
EMMA LOU DIEMER: Aria & Scherzo for Flute and Organ –Linda Marianiello, flute; Keith Reas (1985 Reuter/Augustana Lutheran, Denver, CO) MSR Classics MS1069
EMMA LOU DIEMER: Dance, from Suite Sunday –Gregory Butler, piano; David Palmer (1994 Casavant Frères/Yorkminster Park Baptist, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) Palmer 2007
EMMA LOU DIEMER: 2 Hymn Preludes: All things bright and beautiful; Sweet Story –Christa Rakich (1932 Kilgen/Church of St. Justin, Hartford, CT) OHS CD-94
EMMA LOU DIEMER: Puer nobis –Margaret Martin Kvamme (1889 Felgemaker; 1988 Goodwin/Holy Cross RCC, Santa Cruz, CA) Albany TROY940
EMMA LOU DIEMER: Concerto in One Movement for Organ and Chamber Orchestra, Alaska –Czech National Symphony, Paul Freeman, conductor; Marilyn Mason (1975 Rieger-Kloss/Dvořák Hall in the Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic) Albany TROY706
Filler –Variations on Abide with me (see above)
