A New Year Roundup #2501

Hour 1

ERIKS ESENVALDS:  Kyrie, fr Mass of the Eternal Flame –Paragon Brass; Craig Hauschildt, percussion; Christ Church Cathedral Choir/Robert Simpson; Thomas Marvil (2005 Letourneau/Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, TX) Acis 53868

MAX DRISCHNER:  Norwegian Toccata & Fugue in g –James D. Hicks (1910 Link-2014 Gaida/St. Paul’s Church, Ulm, Germany) Pro Organo 7310

DENIS BEDARD:  Capriccio for Piano & Organ –Joachim Segger, piano; Marnie Giesbrecht (2002 Letourneau/Winspear Center, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) Centerdiscs 32423

CHARLES TOURNEMIRE:  Epiphany Fantasy, fr L’Orgue Mystique, Op. 55, no. 7 –Jean-Luc Etienne (1869 Cavaillé-Coll+1967 Beuchet-Debierre/Trinity Church, Paris, France) Festivo 6962 4412

FREDERICK SWANN:  Fanfare á Sainte Clotilde.  SWANN:  Anthem, The Unchanging God  –Thallander Festival Choir/Hanan Yaqub; Bradley Hunter Welch (1962 Aeolian-Skinner+1997 Ruffatti/Christ Cathedral, Garden Grove, CA) Thallander 2024

ANDREW DOWNES:  Prelude, The Forest at Dawn, Op78a –Robin Walker (1908-2001 Harrison/Ely Cathedral, England) Regent 559

YU-HSIEN DENG:  Longing for the spring breeze –Wen-Shin Yang, cello; Christian Schmitt (2018 Klais/National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Taiwan) Universal Music Group 487 659

HUBERT PARRY (arr. Elgar & Wick):  Jerusalem –Choir of Christ’s College, Cambridge/David Rowland; Julian Collings (1886 Hill-2010 Nicholson/St. Michael’s Church Cornhill, London, England) Regent 580

Filler – BEDARD (see above)

Hour 2

ALBERT VOSSEN:  Flick-Flack –Arjan Breukhoven (1810 Knipscheer-1956 Reil/Reformed Church, Berkel & Ronderijs, Netherlands) STH Records 1407252 

CHRIS DeBLASIO:  Music for a Short Subject –Paul Cohen, saxophone; Andrew Henderson (1961 Casavant-2001 Schantz/Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, NY) Ravello Records 8107

DANA PAUL PERNA:  Oratory, Op. 56 –Larisa Bulava (1884 Walcker/Riga Cathedral, Latvia) 4Tay 4072

TOM JOHNSON:  Organ and Silence Nos. 18 & 12 –Wesley Roberts (1951 Wicks-1980 Ward/Sisters of Loreto Motherhouse, Nerinx, Kentucky) Ants AGO5

ANTON BRUCKNER (trans. Albrecht): Ecce sacerdos magnus –Hansjörg Albrecht (2011 Rieger/St. Michael’s Church, Munich, Germany) Oehms 484

AARON COPLAND (trans. Fesperman):  Passacaglia --Hansjörg Albrecht (1962 Steinmeyer-2009 Freiberger+Späth/St. Michael’s Church, Hamburg, Germany) Oehms 475

CORNELIS deWOLF:  Passacaglia, Choral & Fugue on Wer nur den lieben Gott –Jean-Paul Imbert (1905-1987 Seifert/St. Mary’s Basilica, Kevelaer, Germany) Base2 Music 06

Filler – ESSENVALDS (see above)

Continuing support of PIPEDREAMS is provided in loving memory of Lucinda and Wesley Dudley by their family, with additional support from Walter McCarthy, Clara Ueland, and the Greystone Foundation, from Jan and Steve Kirchner, from the Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund of the HRK Foundation, and from listener-contributors to this public radio station.  Support also comes from Schoenstein & Company, Pipe Organ Builders of Benecia, CA, and Solid State Organ Systems of Alexandria, VA, 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.  An APOBA resource guide and member prospectus is available at APOBA.COM.