From the City of Angels #1021
…select performances from a national convention in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Los Angeles chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
Hour 1
ROBERT HEBBLE: Heraldings. CÉSAR FRANCK: Choral Number 2 in b –Frederick Swann (1962 Aeolian-Skinner; 1977 Ruffatti/Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove, CA) Pipedreams Archive recorded July 8, 2004
DAVID CONTE: Prelude & Fugue, premiere –Ken Cowan (2002 C.B. Fisk/Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College, Claremont, CA) Pipedreams Archive recorded July 5, 2004
WILLIMETTA SPENCER: Anthem, O come, let us sing, premiere. JEAN LANGLAIS: Song of Peace. CAROLYN JENNINGS: Hymn, Voices raised to you –Choirs of All Saints Episcopal Pasadena and Presbyterian Churches, Gregory Norton, conductor; James Walker, Timothy Howard and Daniel Kerr, organists (1926 Kimball; 1965 Simpson/First Baptist, Los Angeles, CA) Pipedreams Archive recorded July 6, 2004
Filler –PAUL HALLEY: Jesus, the very thought of Thee, First Baptist Church, July 6, 2004 (see above)
Hour 2
JOHN WEAVER: Fantasy on Sine Nomine –Russell J. Weismann. EDWIN H. LEMARE: Londonderry Air. ALEXANDRE GUILMENT: Finale, from Sonata in d, Opus 42 –Jim Clouser (1924 Skinner; 1955 Aeolian-Skinner; 1974 Rosales/FUMC, Los Angeles, CA) Pipedreams Archive recorded July 4, 2004
GEORGE C. BAKER: Tuba Tune Ragtime –George C. Baker (1998 Rosales/St. Cyril of Jerusalem RCC, Encino, CA) Pipedreaams Arcive, recorded July 6, 2004
MARY BETH BENNETT: Prelude to the Apocalypse, premiere –Millennia Consort, Alison Luedecke (1968 Aeolian-Skinner/St. Paul Cathedral, San Diego, CA) Pipedreams Archive recorded July 3, 2004
CÉSAR FRANCK: Choral Number 1 in E –Lynne Davis (1932 Skinner; 1969 Schlicker/First Congregational, Los Angeles, CA) Pipedreams Archive recorded July 6, 2004
Filler –MARY BETH BENNETT (see above)
The next AGO national convention takes place in Washington, D.C., July 3-8, 2010.
