American Aspirations #1526
…imaginative composers and performers explore the varied opportunities of the King of Instruments.
Hour 1
CRAIG PHILLIPS: Fanfare –Paul Skevington (1998 Steiner-Reck/St. Luke RCC, McLean, VA) Summit 436
PAUL CRESTON: Prelude, from Suite for Organ –Donald Dumler (1930 Kilgen/St. Patrick Cathedral, New York, NY) Gothic G49081
SEARLE WRIGHT: 2 Hymn Preludes: Greensleeves; Brother James’ Air –Thomas Murray (1990 Austin/National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, Doylestown, PA) Arkay AR6143
VIRGIL THOMSON: 3 Voluntaries –Leonard Raver (1938 Aeolian-Skinner/St. Paul Chapel, Columbia University, New York, NY) Classic Masters CD-1008
MYRON ROBERTS: Pastorale & Aviary –Samuel Baker (1970 Aeolian-Skinner/National Presbyterian, Washington, DC) NPC 1990
BERNARD WAYNE SANDERS: Ecolgue & Fugue in F –Jan Ernst (1994 Mönch/St. Peter & Paul Church, Spaichingen, Germany) Ambitus CD-97987
JACKSON HILL: Anthem, A sweet and triune harmony –Rooke Chapel Choir, William Payn, conductor; David Cover (1964 Reuter/Rooke Chapel, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA) Albany TROY098
BRUCE NESWICK: Anthem, I will set his dominion in the sea –Gloria Dei Cantores, Elizabeth Patterson, conductor; David Chalmers (E.M. Skinner; Barden/Church of the Transfiguration, Orleans, MA) Paraclete Press CD-030
Hour 2
CHRISTOPHER PARDINI: Toccata on Amazing Grace –Christopher Pardini (1951 Aeolian-Skinner/Crystal Cathedral Arboretum, Garden Grove, CA) Crystal Cathedral CD-2003
LEO SOWERBY: Chorale & Fugue, from Suite for Organ –Faythe Freese (1910 Skinner; 1969 Muller/Trinity Episcopal, Toledo, OH) Albany TROY368
RICHARD WAYNE DIRKSEN: Magnificat & Nunc dimittis [1991] –Washington National Cathedral Girl Choristers, Bruce Neswick, conductor; Erik William Suter (1938 Ernest M. Skinner & Son; 1975 Aeolian-Skinner/National Cathedral, Washington, DC) Pro Organo CD 7128
DAN LOCKLAIR: Constellations, A Concerto for Organ and Percussion –Albert Rometo, percussion; George Ritchie (1972 Reuter/Kimball Hall, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE) Albany TROY701/02
DAVID CARLSON: Resurrection –Joyce Jones (1993 Petty-Madden/Jones Concert Hall, Baylor University, Waco, TX) Rosenhaus 015
This ‘encore’ program was first broadcast in November 2009 (#0946).
