A Scandinavian Sojourn #2446
. . . another exploration of Nordic repertoire with the irrepressible James D. Hicks.
Hour 1
VIDAS PINKEVICIUS: March & Scherzo, fr Lithuanian Folk Suite, Op. 150. MALLE MALTIS: Standstill on Midsummer Night –Hedi Vissma, kannel/dulcimer (1910 Link-2013 Gaida/Pauluskirche, Ulm, Germany) Pro Organo 7309
ANDERS BÖRJESSON: Paraphrase on Ekorren/The Squirrel (1913 Setterquist-2013 Åkerman & Lund/Olaus Petri Church, Örebro, Sweden) Pro Organo 7290
KRISTIAN BLAK: A Greenlandic Village, fr 3 Settings of Folk Themes from Greenland (1964 Casavant/Cendral Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN) PD Archive (r. 9/22/19)
PER STEENBERG: Prelude & Fugue on Fedrelands Hymne . FRIDTHJOV ANDERSSEN: Festival Prelude on Fra himlen høyt (1884 Nielsen-2009 Kuhn/Uranienborg Church, Oslo, Norway) Pro Organo 7299
Filler – BÖRJESSON (see above)
Hour 2
FRITHJOF SPALDER: Toccata. SANTERI SIIMES: Paraphrase, Ecce magnus presbiter. EMIL SJÖGREN: Lento expressivo, con sordino, fr Legender, Op. 46, no. 12. STIG WERNØ HOLTER: Allegro moderato (i.), fr Sonata for Organ, Op. 38 (2007 Paschen Kiel Orgelbau/Central Pori Church, Finland) Pro Organo 7297
CHRISTIAN PRAESTHOLM: Variations on a Danish Folk Tune, Op. 41 (1994 Andersen/St. Morten’s Church, Randers, Denmark) Pro Organo 7292
Filler – SPALDER (see above)
While the first fifteen individual albums of James D. Hick’s comprehensive exploration of Scandinavian music are available individually from Pro Organo, if you have not yet explored his Nordic Journey series, all fifteen items are available in a specially priced CD ‘bundle’ at considerable cost-savings over purchasing them singly.
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