Wonder Woman Wilma #1408
…a celebration, on the occasion of her 85th birthday, of the art, the music, and the indomitable spirit of one of Nashville’s great performers and classy ladies, Wilma Jensen.
Hour 1
JEAN LANGLAIS: Hymne d’Actions de graces (Te Deum), fr Trois paraphrases gregoriennes. HERBERT HOWELLS: Rhapsody No. 1 in D-flat, Op. 17. MARILYN BIERY: Prelude on Come down o love divine –Wilma Jensen (1963 Aeolian-Skinner/Cathedral of Saint Paul, MN) Pipedreams Archive (r. 9/29/09)
ALEXANDER RUSSELL: The Citadel at Quebec, fr St. Lawrence Sketches –Wilma Jensen (1986 Casavant/St. George’s Episcopal Church, Nashville, TN) Pro Organo 7186
AARON DAVID MILLLER: Organ Preludes on Folk Songs (Afton Water; Kelvingrove). OLIVIER MESSIAEN: The Word, the Light of Humanity (No. 6), fr Meditations on the Mysteries of the Holy Trinity (Cathdral of Saint Paul, MN)
Filler – ANDREW CARTER: Aria (from 9/29/09)
Hour 2
STEPHEN PAULUS: Carol of the Hill. JEAN-JULES ROGER-DUCASSE: Crux fidelis –Choir of St. George’s Church, Nashville/Wilma Jensen, organist and director (1986 Casavant) Pro Organo 7065
PAUL de MALEINGREAU: Le Tumulte au Prétoire , fr Symphonie de la Passion–Wilma Jensen (St. George’s, Nashville) Arkay 6117
CHARLES TOURNEMIRE: Fantasie-Improvisation, Victimae Paschali --Wilma Jensen (1986 Casavant/St. George’s Episcopal Church, Nashville, TN) Pro Organo 7186
GERALD FINZI (arr, Ridout): Prelude. PIERRE CAMONIN: Panis angelicus. CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Allegro, fr Organ Symphony No. 6, Op. 42, no. 2, ENNIO MORRICONE: Gabriel’s Oboe, fr The Mission –Wilma Jensen (Cathedral of Saint Paul, MN) Pipedreams Archive (r. 9/29/09)
Filler - MESSIAEN (see above)
A student of the legendary Catharine Crozier and Harold Gleason, Wilma Jensen (b. 3/8/1929) herself has become a legend, teaching at Oklahoma City University, Indiana University, Scarritt Graduate School and Vanderbilt University, and serving at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Nashville, and continues to preach the Gospel of Music. In observance of her 85th birthday, she will be feted with a gala event (“Wilma Jensen and Friends”) at St. George’s on March 2, 2014.
Listen to Wilma Jensen present a complete performance of Paul de Maleingreau’s : – – – (from Arkay AR6117, nla)
