Water Music #1927
…fluent fingers fantasize the finer features of flowing streams, raging rivers, lazy or torrential raindrops, etc. as we acknowledge the importance of water in the organist’s repertoire!
Hour 1
JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK: Variations, Ich fuhr mich über Rheine –Rhonda Sider Edgington (2012 Wahl/Augustana Lutheran Church, Chicago, IL) RSE 2015
LOUIS VIERNE: Sur le Rhin, Op. 54, no. 5 –Maxine Thévenot (1931 Skinner/Girard College Chapel, Philadelphia, PA) Raven 909
HOAGY CARMICHAEL: Lazy River –Dean Lemire (Wurlitzer/Oak Park Skating Rink, Portland, OR) ATOS 2010
HENRY MANCINI: Moon River –Jonathan Ortloff (Wurlitzer/Performing Arts Center, Providence, RI) ATOS 2011
HERB BROWN: Singin’ in the rain –Dwight Thomas (Page/Stephenson High School, Stone Mountain, GA) ATOS 2013
PERCY FLETCHER: Fountain Reverie –Justin Hartz (1929 Aeolian/Longwood Gardens Ballroom, Kennett Square, PA) Pro Organo 7024
TREVOR WESTON: Rivers of living water –Trinity Choir/Julian Wachner, conductor; Avi Stein (2003 Marshall & Ogletree/Trinity Church Wall Street, New York, NY) Acis 72290
BEDRICH SMETANA (trans. Bannasch): The Moldau –Harry van Wijk (1931 Skinner/Girard College Chapel, Philadelphia, PA) Raven 979
Filler – CARMICHAEL (see above)
Hour 2
LUCIEN DENNI: The Oceana Roll –Tony Fenelon (Wurlitzer/Sanfilippo Music Salon, Barrington, IL) Pipedreams Archive (r. 5/19/04)
ALAN MENKEN: Under the Sea, fr The Little Mermaid –Charlie Balogh (Wurlitzer/Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa, AZ) ERB Enterprizes 110
MADELEINE DRING: Caribbean Dance –Simon Gledhill (1927 Wurlitzer/Alabama Theatre/Birmingham, AL) ALA 1783-09
EDOUARD COMMETTE: Sur le lac –Michael Eckerle (1901 Schwarz/Salem Abbey, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) Motette 12631
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Venetian Gondola Song (fr Lieder ohne Worte), Op. 19, no. 6 –Christian von Blohn (1780 Holzhey/Obermarchtal Münster, Germany) Organ 7250
BRUCE NESWICK: I will set his dominion in the sea –Cathedral Choir & Choristers/Maxine Thévenot, director; Stephen Tharp (2002 Reuter/Cathedral of St. John, Albuquerque, NM) Raven 954
EDWARD ELGAR: Sea Slumber-Song & Sabbath Morning at Sea, fr Sea Pictures, Op. 37 –Sarah Rose Taylor, mezzo-soprano; Grace Cloutier, harp; Nigel Potts (2008 Schoenstein/Christ & St. Stephen’s Church, New York, NY) MSR Classics 1532
ROBERT MAXWELL: Ebb Tide –Hans Uwe Hielscher (1930 Wurlitzer/Paramount Theatre, Denver, CO) Tonträger 2014
JEROME KERN: Showboat Medley –Tom Hazleton (Wurlitzer/San Sylmar Collection, Sylmar, CA) Pro Arte 434
Filler – SMETANA (see above)
