The American Way (II) #2626
. . . there’s something unique about the character that composers, organ builders, and performers bring to the King of Instruments in the USA.
Hour 1
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA: Washington Post March –Todd Wilson (1938 Skinner+1975 Aeolian-Skinner/Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC) JAV Recordings 149
DAVID DAHL: Partita on Old 124th (Theme-Canon-Ritornello-Aria-Fugue-Plein jeu) –Mark Brombaugh (1976 Brombaugh/Central Lutheran Church, Eugene, OR) PD Archive (r. 8/20/17)
ROBERT HEBBLE: Prelude on Slane. CLAY CHRISTIANSEN: Now let us rejoice –Clay Christiansen (1948 Aeolian-Skinner/Tabernacle on Temple Square, Salt Lake City, UT) Mormon Tabernacle Choir 4967098
OLIVER SHAW: Governor Gibb’s March & Quickstep –Philip Cooper (1865 Kraus/Union Church, Huff Church, PA) AFKA 564
AL TRAVIS: Amazing Grace –Jonathan Ryan (2011 Parkey/Cathedral of St. John Berchmans, Shreveport, LA) Raven 944
GREGORY HAMILTON: Prelude on O say, can you see –Gregory Hamilton (2013 King/Holy Trinity Seminary, Irvine, TX) Rosa Mystica
DUDLEY BUCK: Concert Variations on The Star-spangled Banner –Joan Lippincott (1871 Hook/St. Mary’s Church, New Haven, CT) OHS 94
Filler – CHRISTIANSEN (see above)
Hour 2
EDWARD LITTLE WHITE: Grand March & Variations on Yankee Doodle –Marion Ruhl Metson (1834 Alley-1957 Fisk/1st Religious Society, Newburyport, MA) Raven 190
PETER PELHAM: Minuet –James Darling (1954 Aeolian-Skinner/Bruton Parish Church, Old Williamsburg, VA) Bruton Parish 100
GEORGE GERSHWIN (arr. Chaplin & Patterson): 2 Waltzes in C –Aaron Patterson (Wanamaker Organ/Philadelphia, PA) PD Archive (r. 4/6/19)
BILLY STRAYHORN (arr. Alec Wyton): Lotus Blossom –Todd Wilson (1961 Aeolian-Skinner/Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, GA) Delos 3145
TIM DREWES: Babson Rag –Tim Drewes (1892 Jardine/All Saints Church, Portland, OR) OHS 1997
JESSE GRIER: Flatpperette –Justin LaVoie (1926 Wurlitzer/Phipps Center, Hudson, WI) PD Archive (r. 8/5/17)
LIBBY LARSEN: Fantasy on Slane –Elizabeth Sadilek, flute; Lynn Zeigler (1987 Brombaugh/Tye Recital Hall,; Iowa State University, Ames, IA) Calcante 026
SETH BINGHAM: Passacaglia, Op. 40 –Scott Dettra (1938 Skinner+1963-1975 Aeolian-Skinner/Washington National Cathedral, DC) Loft 1114
SAMUEL A. WARD: America, the Beautiful –Wanamaker Festival Chorus & Brass; Peter Richard Conte (Wanamaker Organ, Philadelphia, PA) PD Archive (r. ??)
Filler – SOUSA (see above)
All PIPEDREAMS programs this month are devoted to the organ art in the United States.
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, and from Dobson Pipe Organ Builders of Lake City, IA, and C. B. Fisk, Inc. of Gloucester, MA, 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.
