Alla Americana #2326
. . . always with some interesting ideas, American composers continue to enhance the organ’s repertoire.
Hour One
DAVID CHERWIEN: Hymn Interpretations (God, whose almighty word; In thee is gladness; Love divine, all loves excelling; Oh that I had a thousand voices, Trio & Fantasia) –David Cherwien (1970 Reuter/Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Minneapolis, MN) Summa Productions 1997
CARSON COOMAN: Solstice Sonata –Brian Reichenbach, trumpet; Rhonda Sider Edgington (1972-2018 Reuter/Second Reformed Church, Zeeland, MI) Great Lakes Duo 2021
GASTON DETHIER: Aria –Robert Murray, violin; Ardyth Lohuis (1951-1968 Aeolian-Skinner/St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Richmond, VA) Raven 650
DANIEL PINKHAM: Four Epigrams –Peter Sykes (1999 Noack/Neskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland) Raven 640
KENNETH LOWENBERG: Variations on Laudate Dominum –Kenneth Lowenberg (1970 Aeolian-Skinner/National Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC) PD Archive (r. 7/29/10)
Filler – CHERWIEN (see above)
Hour Two
BERNARD WAYNE SANDERS: Chorale-prelude, Rendez a Dieu –Thiery Pécautg (1989 Jehmlich/Maria-Königen Church, Tuttlingen, Germany) Ambitus 97901
RICHARD PURVIS: Marche Grotesque, fr Four Dubious Conceits. ROBERT HEBBLE: Chanson –Ted Alan Worth (1963 Aeolian-Skinner/Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY) OrganArts 5001
JAN BENDER: Variations on St. Anne –Robert Scoggin (1987-1983 Sipe/Christ United Methodist Church, Rochester, MN) PD Archive (r. 5/5/92)
ROBERT SIROTA: Letters Abroad (Prelude-Scherzando-Nocturne-Homage a Fanny Mendelssohn) –Robert Sirota, piano; Victoria Sirota (1954 Aeolian-Skinner/Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY) Albany 1502
LEO SOWERBY: Passacaglia, fr Symphony in G –Jonathan Biggers (2006 Holtkamp/Boe Memorial Chapel, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN) PD Archive (r. 2/19/16)
Filler – CHERWIEN (see above)
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