Americana, Old and New #2520
. . . delight in the variety of American composers’ styles that span two centuries.
Hour 1
RICHARD PROULX: Fanfare –David Kinyon (1968 Aeolian-Skinner/2nd Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, IN) David Kinyon 9801
MYRON ROBERTS: Prelude & Trumpetings –John Cummins (1997 Schoenstein/1st Plymouth Congregational Church, Lincoln, NE) Pro Organo 7219
VINCENT PERSICHETTI: Song of Peace –Choir of Peachtree Road United Methodist Church/Scott Atchison; Michael Shake (1962-1992 Aeolian-Skinner/St. Philip Cathedral, Atlanta, GA) PRUMC 2000
CLARENCE EDDY: Prelude & Fugue in e –Frederick Hohman (1902 Lyon & Healy/Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Chicago, IL) Pro Organo (r. 9/14/18)
WILLIAM BOLCOM: Jesus loves me –Christopher Jacobson (1932 Aeolian/Duke University Chapel, Durham, NC) Pentatone 5186 577
TED OLIVER: Frost and Wind –Judith Saxton, flugelhorn; Timothy Olsen (1977 Fisk/Crawford Hall, University of North Carolina, Winston-Salem, NC) Raven 145
RICHARD WAYNE DIRKSEN: Arise, shine! –Choir of St. Thomas Church/Gerre Hancock; Judith Hancock (1956 Aeolian-Skinner, revised/St. Thomas Church, New York, NY) Priory 629. The premiere of this piece, with the same performers, was recorded for PIPEDREAMS during the 1984 American Guild of Organists Convention in Washington, DC and is available in our archive
Filler – PROULX (see above)
Hour 2
NED ROREM: Arise, shine –Harvard University Choir/Murray Forbes Somerville; Carson Cooman (1863 Walcker-1947 Aeolian-Skinner/Memorial Music Hall, Methuen, MA) Black Box 1102
ERIC DeLAMARTER: You raise the flute to your lips –Samuel Soria (2003 Dobson/Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, CA) Delos 3343
JOHN CHRISTOPHER MOLLER: Sonata in d. JAMES HEWITT: The Battle of Trenton –E. Power Biggs (1804 Tannenberg/York County Historical Society, York, PA) Columbia 6161
TUI St. GEORGE TUCKER: Variations on Herzliebster Jesu –Paul Jordan (1987 Schuke/Anderson Center, SUNY Binghamton, NY) Spectrum 1001
DAVID SHACK: Sent forth by god’s blessing. GARDNER READ: How happy are the souls above –John Tarver (1998 Schoenstein/Spring Valley United Methodist Church, Dallas, TX) John Tarver 2002
ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK: Meditation on Amazing Grace –James Kosnik (1978 Möller/St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Norfolk, VA) Albany 873
GARDNER READ: Sinfonia da chiesa, Op. 81b –Atlantic Brass Quintet; Leonard Raver (1983 Casavant/Marsh Chapel, Boston University, Boston, MA) Northeastern 239
Filler – ROBERTS (see above)
PIPEDREAMS is supported in loving memory of Lucinda and Wesley Dudley by their family, with additional support from Walter McCarthy, Clara Ueland, and the Greystone Foundation, from Ed and Wanda Eichler, from the Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund of the HRK Foundation, and from Goulding & Wood, Inc. of Indianapolis, IN and Integrated Organ Technologies, Inc. of Roswell, GA, 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.
