Milwaukee Memories #2527
. . . archive recordings of some of the many marvelous pipe organs to be found in Wisconsin’s lakeside Brew City.
Hour 1
WILLIAM SELBY: Jig. SIGFRID KARG-ELERT: Chorale, Ach bleib mit deiner Gnade, Op. 87, no. 1 –Marilyn Stulken (1879 Schulke-1927 Wangerin/Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Milwaukee) OHS 90
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Allegro vivace (iv.), fr Sonata No. 1 in f, Op. 65, no. 1 –Ruth Tweeten (1885 Schuelke/St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Milwaukee) OHS 90
MAX REGER: Siegesfeier, Op. 147 –Theodore Reinke (1902-1941 Wangerin/St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church, Milwaukee) OHS 90
SIGFRID KARG-ELERT: Legende, Op. 141, no. 1 –Rosalind Mohnson (1925 Wangerin/Masonic Temple, Madison) OHS 90
COLE PORTER: I concentrate on you, fr Broadway Melody of 1940 . HAROLD LOGAN & LLOYD PRICE: Personality –Jelani Eddington (1928 Barton/Capitol Theater, Madison, WI) PD Archive CD (r. 5/4/04)
JEAN-JACQUES GRUNENWALD: Hommage a Josquin des Pres –Robert Noehren (1966 Noehren/Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Milwaukee) Lyrichord 6005
J. S. BACH: Fugue in G, BWV 577 (Gigue) –Robert Noehren (1966 Noehren/Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Milwaukee) Fleur de Lis 0101
Filler – KARG-ELERT Chorale (see above)
Hour 2
JEAN LANGLAIS: Theme & Variations, fr Hommage a Frescobaldi –Gillian Weir (1969 Aeolian-Skinner/Uihlein Hall, Milwaukee) Koss 1013
PETER CHATMAN: Every day I have the blues –Zach Frame (Wurlitzer/Organ Piper Pizza, Greenfield, WI). ROBERT WRIGHT & GEORGE FORREST: And this is my beloved, fr Kismet (after Borodin) –Jelani Eddington (Wurlitzer/Carma Labs Warehouse, Franklin, WI) ATOS 2023
J. S. BACH: Prelude in E-flat, BWV 552-I –Stephen Cushman (1863 Wadsworth-1987 Taylor/St. James Catholic Church, Madison) OHS 90
ROBERT SCHUMANN: Canon in B, Op. 56, no. 6 –John Weissrock (1884 Hook & Hastings-1953 La Marche/St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Milwaukee) PD Archive (Weissrock CD)
BILLY STRAYHORN (arr. Wyton): Lotus Blossom. WILLLIAM WALTON (arr. Chouinard): Crown Imperial March. TRADITIONAL (arr. Chouinard): Arh yd y nos- All through the night –Bill Chouinard (1899 Kimball-1955 Kilgen-2011 Schantz/Church of the Gesu, Milwaukee) PD Archive (r. 8/13/2011)
Filler – BACH Fugue in G (see above)
You can enjoy in-person experiences of some of these and other pipe organs in and around Milwaukee as played this month and next during the 2025 annual conventions of the American Theatre Organ Society (July 21-27), the Organ Historical Society Convention (August 3-7), and the American Institute of Organ Builders (October 3-7).
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 the Andover Organ Company of Methuen, MA and the Bedient Organ Company of Rocca, NE, 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.
