Holiday Highlights #1451
…some engaging confections, several of them ‘invented in the moment’, add to our enjoyment of this special time of year.
Hour 1
HAN UWE HIELSCHEER: In dulci jubilo Variations –Hans Uwe Hielscher (1982 Oberlinger/Market Church, Wiesbaden, Germany) Hielscher 3
JEAN GUILLOU: 2 Improvisations (Pastorale, The Holly and the Ivy; Postlude, God rest ye, merry gentlemen) –Jean Guillou (1988 Kleuker-Steinmeyer/Tonhalle, Zürich, Switzerland) Dorian 90119
KRÄMER & MÜCK: Christmas Pastoral Improvisation --Otto Maria Krämer and Matthias Mück (2005 Eule/St. Sebastian Cathedral, Magdeburg, Germany) Unda Maria 20391
PETER PLANYAVSKY: Christmas Improvisation, Erfreu dich Himmel –Peter Planyavsky (1999 Woehl/St. Martin’s Church, Sendenhorst, Germany) St. Martin 10115
FELIX NOWOWIEJSKI: Midnight Mass in Old St. Mary’s Church, Cracow, Op. 31, no. 3 –Rudolf Innig (1939 Sauer/St. Peter’s Cathedral, Bremen, Germany) Dabringhaus & Grimm 317 0973
ROBERT ELMORE: The Night of the Star –Margaret Lacy (1942 Aeolian-Skinner/St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Amarillo, TX) Acis 89385
MICHEL CORRETTE: Christmas Suite in G (Un jour Dieu se résolut; Sanctus; Tous les Bourgeois de Chastres) –Olivier Vernet (1750 Silbermann/Church of St. Maurice, Soultz, France) Ligia Digital 0104187
Hour 2
TOMMIE CONNOR: I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus –Michael Stairs (1930 Aeolian/Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA) DTR 9102
FREDERICK DELIUS (arr. Hebble): Winter’s Night –Peter Richard Conte (Wanamaker organ/Macy’s Department Store, Philadelphia, PA) Gothic 49264
CHRISTOPHER BOODLE: Christmas Sleigh-Ride –Neil Weston (1980 Möller/7th Day Adventist Church, Spencerville, MD) Lammas 143
HERBERT BUFFINGTON: 2 Improvisation (Infant holy, infant lowly; Angels we have heard on high) –Herbert Buffington (2009 Schlueter/Peachtree Christian Church, Atlanta, GA) Sonare 2009
HEINRICH SCHEIDEMANN: Angelus ad pastores ait –Julia Brown (1976 Brombaugh/Central Lutheran Church, Eugene, OR) Naxos 8.557054
MAX REGER: The Virgin’s Slumber Song –Jonas Nordwall (Wurlitzer/Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, CA) NorCal 980
GASTON DETHIER: Variations on Adeste, fidelis –Aram Basmadjian (Wurlitzer/ Sanfilippo Place de Musique, Barrington, IL) Resultant Records 0701
LOUIS CLAUDE D’AQUIN: Noël sur les flutes (No. 9) –Elisabeth Ullmann (1767 Stumm/Schlosskirche, Meisenheim am Glan, Germany) IFO 20226
PIERRE COCHEREAU (trans. Lombard); Sortie, Adeste fidelis–François Lombard (1963 Godefroy-Dubosc/Church of St. Peter, Calais, France) Motette 12201
