What Were They Thinking? #2628
. . . more of the varied miscellany of the ‘American style’ as expressed by composers for the pipe organ.
Hour 1
DALE WOOD: Two Tuneful Whimsies (Love lifted me & Wonderful words of life)–Nancy Cooper (1999 Bond/Holy Spirit Episcopal Church, Missoula, MT) Pro Organo 7139
JAMES D’ANGELO: Fantasia on a Theme of Hindemith –Scott Dettra (1994-2004 Noack/Church of the Incarnation, Dallas, TX) Gothic 49309
BRENDA PORTMAN: Psalm Sonata No. 1 – David von Behren (1997 Schoenstein/1st Plymouth Congregational Church, Lincoln, NE) Von Behren 26039
VINCENT RONE: Passacaglia in f –Adam Brakel (1962 Beckerath/St. Paul’s Cathedral, Pittsburgh, PA) Raven 956
CHARLES IVES: The Unanswered Question (trans. Lowther) –Roger Lowther (1999 Casavant/St. Louis Catholic Church, Memphis, TN) Lowther 2003
Filler – PORTMAN, 3rd movement (see above)
Hour 2
MARYLIZ SMITH: 2 Pieces (Elizabethan Tune; Ancient Rite) –Maryliz Smith (1998 Austin/St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA) PD Archive (r. 2010)
HAMPSON SISLER: Family Days Suite—Michael Koenig (1930 Skinner/Evangelical Saarkirche, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany) MSR 1666
FIRMIN SWINNEN: Longwood Sketches (In the shadow of the old trees; Rosebuds; Dewdrops; Sunshine Toccata) –Peter Richard Conte (1930 Aeolian/Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA) DTR 9703
Filler – SWINNEN: Sunshine Toccata (see above)
We continue our all-American programming this month in celebration of our nation’s 250th anniversary.
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 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.
