Still Composing! #2117
. . . a centenary tribute to the talented and long-lived American organist, teacher and composer Margaret Vardell Sandresky (b. 4/28/1921)
Hour One
MARGARET SANDRESKY: Wedding March in A –Jack Mitchener (1962 Aeolian-Skinner/Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, GA) PD Archive (r. 5/14/20)
SANDRESKY: L’homme armé Mass –Frances Norbert/ (1998 Glatter-Götz+Rosales/United Church of Christ, Congregational, Claremont, CA) Raven 550; and Kimberly Marshall (1987 Rosales/Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland, OR) Loft 1021
SANDRESKY: Dialogue for Organ and Strings –Kansas City Summer Festival Orchestra/Matthew Christopher Shepard; Kimberly Marshall (2011 Casavant/Helzberg Hall, Kauffman Center, Kansas City, MO) PD Archive (r. 7/6/18)
Filler – SANDRESKY: Gloria, fr L’homme armé Mass (Raven 550, #9…see above)
Hour Two
SANDRESKY: Allegro (i.), fr Sonata No. 1 (1993) –Margaret Mueller (1956 Aeolian-Skinner, revised/St. Thomas Church, New York, NY) PD Archive (r. 9/14/2003)
SANDRESKY: The Good Shepherd –Marilyn Keiser (1799 Tanenberg/Old Salem Museum, Winston-Salem, NC) PD Archive (r. 5/9/14)
SANDRESKY: Prelude, Aria & Finale (on the hymn Kenan) –Timothy Olsen (1977 Fisk/Crawford Hall, University of North Carolina, Winston-Salem, NC) Raven 145
SANDRESKY: Five Sacred Dances (1998) –Wyatt Smith (1907 Hutchings-Votey+2000 Rosales/Cathedral of St. James, Seattle, WA) PD Archive (r. 3/11/20)
Filler – SANDRESKY: Dialogue (see above)
Thanks to audio technician Craig Thorson and colleagues Elizabeth Iverson and Steve Griffith for facilitating our remote interview with Ms. Sandresky.
Continuing support of PIPEDREAMS is provided in loving memory of Wesley and Lucinda Dudley by their family, with additional support from Walter McCarthy, Clara Ueland, and the Greystone Foundation, by Jan Kirchner on behalf of her family foundation, by the Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund of the HRK Foundation, in celebration of the life of Martha Hulings Kaemmer, and by listener-contributors to this public radio station. Additional support comes from Solid State Organ Systems of Alexandria, VA, and Syndyne Corporation of Vancouver, WA, 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.
