2018 Dobson/St. Thomas Church, New York, NY
2018 Dobson/St. Thomas Church, New York, NY
Dobson Pipe Organs

Host's Choice #2244

. . . the contents of this program are left to the whim of the fellow who is in charge.

Hour One

EDWARD BAIRSTOW:  Prelude in C –Callum Alger (1895 Walker/St. Matthew’s Church, Northampton, England) Regent 572

JOHN BERTALOT:  Variations for Pedals on Regent Square –John Robinson (1969 Walker-2002 Wood/Blackburn Cathedral, England) Regent 561

WILLIAM WALTON (trans. Winpenny):  March for A History of the English-Speaking Peoples –Benjamin Sheen (2018 Dobson/St. Thomas Church New York, NY) CRD 3541 

J. S. BACH:  Chorale Fantasy, Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott, BWV 651 –William Porter (1984 Fritts-Richards/St. Alphonsus Parish, Seattle, WA) PD Archive (r. 7/5/22)

JUAN CABANILLES:  Corrente italiana.  FRANCIS JACKSON:  Hymn and Prelude, East Ackham –Katelyn Emerson (2006 Fritts/Cathedral of St. Joseph, Columbus, OH) PD Archive (r. 8/4/22)

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (trans. Lemare-Gaynor-Horowitz):  Danse macabre –Thomas Gaynor (1932 Midmer-Losch/Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ) PD Archive (r. 7/14/22)

Filler – BAIRSTOW (see above)

Hour Two

CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN:  2 Preludes, fr Op. 66 (No. 10 in b; No. 9 in D-flat) –Helmut Deutsch (1881 Dalstein & Härpfer/St. Sebastian Church, Nancy, France) Organum Musik Produktion 131032

LEO SOWERBY:  Very slowly, fr Sonatine.  ROBERT ANDERSON:  Canticle of Praise –Robert Anderson (1961 Holtkamp/St. John’s Benedictine Abbey, Collegeville, MN) PD Archive (r. 12/2/75)

SAMUEL ADLER:  2 Pieces from Choral Trilogy (Why have you forsaken me?; Sing a new song to God) –Gloria Dei Cantores/Richard Pugsley; Clara Gerdes (Badern-Skinner/Church of the Transfiguration, Orleans, MA) GDC 066

FRED SWANN:  Trumpet Tune.  PAMELA DECKER:  Espueita (ii.), fr Flores del Desierto.  JEHAN ALAIN:  Litanies –Emma Whitten (1982 Aeolian-Skinner+Ruffatti/Christ Cathedral, Garden Grove, CA) Gothic 49338

Filler – BACH BWV 651 (see above)

PIPEDREAMS is supported in memory of Mr. & Mrs. Wesley C. Dudley by their family, by grants from Walter McCarthy, Clara Ueland, and the Greystone Foundation, the Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund of the HRK Foundation, by Jan and Steve Kirchner, and by listener-contributors to this public radio station.  Additional support comes from Pasi Organ Builders of Roy, WA, and Peterson Electro-Musical Products of Alsip, IL, members of APOBA, the Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America, a collaborative of designers, creators, and maintainers of pipe organs found in religious and educational institutions, concert halls, and residences throughout the United States and beyond.  A resource guide and member prospectus is available at APOBA.COM.

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Learn more about the tremendous support we receive from the Family of Lucinda and Wesley C. Dudley, from Walter McCarthy, Clara Ueland and the Greystone Foundation, from Ed and Wanda Eichler and from affiliate members of the Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America (APOBA), including Goulding and Wood of Indianapolis, IN.

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