OHS Convention Recordings
These multiple-CD sets playable below survey organs in specific American regions. Each features 17 to as many as 39 organs played by as many organists. The performances are recorded during the annual National Conventions of the Organ Historical Society. Click on each tracklist below to see the wide-ranging repertoire, lists of performers, and organs recorded on each set.
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Playlist 1989
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DURUFLÉ: Meditation Improvised by Vierne
Victimae Paschali Improvised by Tournemire
Jesse E. Eschbach, Organist
1861 Simmons & Willcox/1900 Wm. Schuelke
St. Mary’s Assumption Church, New Orleans
ANON: Colonial Marches & Three Dances
WESLEY: Larghetto, Introduction and Fuga
James S. Darling, Organist
1837 Erben/1885 Pilcher
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Woodville, Miss.
LEFÉBURE-WELY: Pastorale
PERERA: 3 Meditations on Wondrous Love
Donald Messer, Organist
1885 Hook & Hastings, Felicity Methodist, New Orleans
GUILMANT: March Lift Up Your Heads
James Hammann, Organist
1905 Hook-Hastings/1981 Redman Organ Co.
St. Matthew’s United Church of Christ, New Orleans
HYMN: “The God of Abraham Praise” Leoni
W. A. MOZART: Fantasy in F, K. 608
Lorenz Maycher, organist
1926 E. M. Skinner, Temple Sinai, New Orleans
RHEINBERGER: Vision, Op. 156, No. 5
HORATIO PARKER: Marcia Religiosa
Rosalind Mohnsen, Organist
1910 Kilgen, Parker Methodist, New Orleans
MAX REGER: Two Preludes on Allein Gott
Gerald D. Frank, Organist
1905 Pilcher, Temple B’Nai Israel, Natchez, Miss.
MICHEELSEN: Toccata on “Praise to the Lord”
HYMN: “Praise to the Lord”
J. Thomas Mitts, Organist
1912 Tellers-Sommerhof, Holy Trinity R. C., New Orleans
GROBE: Dixie’s Land with Brilliant Variations
WILLIAM BOYCE: Voluntary I
George Bozeman, Organist
1860 – 1886 Pilcher, Grace Episcopal, St. Francisville, La.
CARL NIELSEN: 8 of 24 Short Preludes
HYMN: “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence”
Bruce Stevens, Organist
1870 Jardine, St. Theresa, New Orleans
EDWIN H. LEMARE: The Bell Scherzo
TCHAIKOVSKY/LEMARE: Romeo & Juliet
Frederick Hohman, organist
1986 Goulding & Wood, Christ Church Cathedral, Epis., New Orleans
J. S. BACH: Allegro from Sonata V in C
Marcus G. St. Julien, Organist
1989 Visser-Rowland, John Calvin Presbyterian, Metairie
HANDEL: Fireworks Music
John Gearhart, Organist
ca. 1880 Jardine, Christ Epis., Napoleonville, La.
JOHN K. PAINE: Fantasy on “A Mighty Fortress”
Carol Teti, Organist
1907 Hinners, Trinity Meth., New Orleans
EDDY: Festival Prelude on
SETH BINGHAM: Olivet from 12 Hymn-Preludes
HYMN: “Not Alone for Mighty Empire”
Lenora McCroskey, Organist
1921 Hinners, St. John the Baptist R. C., Edgard, La.
MENDELSSOHN: Finale, Sonata VI, Op. 65
Mary Gifford Matthys, Organist
1890 Pilcher, Redeemer Lutheran, Lafayette
JAMES HEWITT: The Fourth of July
Garry John Savoie, Organist
1885 Pilcher, St. Martin, St. Martinsville
Playlist 1991
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24-page booklet with stoplists, photographs, and histories of the organs and congregations.
Organists: Susan Armstrong, Patricia Ballinger, Robert Barney, Lloyd Bowers, Lawrence K. Bowie, George Bozeman, Michael Britt, Philip T. D. Cooper, Peter Crisafulli, James S. Darling, J. Michael Grant, Adri De Groot, James Hammann, Grant Hellmers, Peggy Haas Howell, Michael Kaminski, Lorenz Maycher, Marian Ruhl Metson, Marvin Mills, Rosalind Mohnsen, Lois Regestein, Bradley Rule, Michael Simpson, Ann-Elise Smoot, Thomas Spacht, Bruce Stevens.
30 Organs: 1953 — ‘63 Aeolian-Skinner, St. Michael & All Angels, Balto.; 1923 Austin, St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, Hanover, Penn.; 1914 Carl Barckhoff, Woodsboro (Md.) Ev. Luth. Church; 1919 Casavant, Charlestown Ret. Community, Catonsville; 1804 England / c.1876 Niemann, St. Joseph’s, Taneytown; c.1853 attr. Henry Erben, Holy Evangelists (Epis.), Baltimore; ca. 1852 attr. Henry Erben, Stone Chapel, Westminster; 1897 A. B. Felgemaker, Trinity Lutheran, Taneytown; 1886 Ganter & Schumacher, Holy Cross (R. C.), Baltimore; 1887 Hook & Hastings, Strawbridge United Meth., Baltimore; 1989 Richard Howell & Co., Epiphany Epis., Timonium; 1884 Geo. Jardine, Mt. de Sales Academy, Catonsville; 1882 Johnson, Westminster Presbyterian Trust, Baltimore; 1891 Johnson, Carter Mem. Ch. of God in Christ, Baltimore; 1881 Henry Niemann, St. Leo the Great R. C. , Baltimore;
WORKS: ANONYMOUS: General Washington’s March ANONYMOUS: Fisher’s Hornpipe RONALD ARNATT: Fanfare for Organ J. S. BACH: Prelude & Fugue in F, BWV 556 SETH BINGHAM: Prelude on Rock of Ages ARTHUR BIRD: Improvisato LÉON BOËLLMANN: Ronde Française; 4 Heures Mystiques GEORG BÖHM: Vater unser im Himmelreich KLAAS BOLT: Improv. on a Theme by Dowland FRANK BRIDGE: Allegro Marziale, Ben Marcato JOSEPH-GUY-MARIE ROPARTZ: Prière ANTON BRUCKNER: Adagio from Symphony No. 7 ARTHUR CLIFTON: La Fayette’s Welcome FRANCOIS COUPERIN: Rondo from Soeur Monique HUGO DISTLER: Prelude; Variations on a Folksong KATHARINE E. LUCKE: Allegretto GEORGE E. WHITING: Concert Étude W. EUGENE THAYER: Allegro Maestoso C. F. HURLEBUSCH: First Movement, Sonata No. 3 ANDRÉ FLEURY: Variations sur un Nöel bourguignon ARTHUR FOOTE: Cantilena in G, Op. 71, No. 1 NIELS GADE: Tone Piece No. 1, Op. 22 ALBERTO GINASTERA: Toccata, Villancio y Fuga ALEXANDRE GUILMANT: Grand Chorus in D alla Handel EDWIN H. LEMARE: Auld Lang Syne PAUL HINDEMITH: Sonata I, 2nd part SIR JOHN STAINER: Adagio in E‑flat J. K. PAYNE: Concert Variations on the Austrian Hymn SIGFRID KARG-ELERT: La source mystique J. KNAEBEL: Somerville Quick-Step ZOLTÁN KODÁLY: Epigrams 1, 2, 3, 5 ALFRED LEFÉBURE-WÉLY: Récit de Hautbois JACQUES LEMMENS: Fanfare EDWARD MACDOWELL: Shadow Dance FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Sonata III; Sonata IV mvt. 2 GUSTAV MERKEL: Fantasie in d; Canon in F‑sharp ANTHONI VAN NOORDT: Psalm 38, Verse 3 BERNARDO PASQUINI: Toccata con lo scherzo del cucco ‘’RACHIBALD:’’ Phantasm GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN: Fantasia I, 8 arr. R. Waller GABRIEL PIERNÉ: Prelude JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK: Malle Sijmen JAMES POLLARD: Chanson Romantique PIET POST: Finale, Phantasy on ‘’Holy, Holy, Holy’’
Playlist 1992
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28-page booklet with stoplists, photos, and histories of the organs
40 Performers: Marion Anderson, Susan Armstrong, Robert Barney, George Bozeman, Leonard Ciampa, Ray Cornils, Gregory Crowell, David Dahl, Robin Dinda, J. Bryan Dyker, Jane Edge, Kristin Farmer, Brian Franck, Susan Friesen, Kimberly Ann Hess, Meg Irwin-Brandon, Brian Jones, Rachelen Lien, Stephen Long, Robert K. Love, Lorenz Maycher, Lenora McCroskey, Marian Metson, Earl Miller, Marvin Mills, Rosalind Mohnsen, Philip Montgomery, Frances Nobert, Barbara Owen, Charles Page, D. R. M. Paterson.
39 Organs: 1847 E. & G. G. Hook, Community Ch., Stockton Springs; 1848 George Stevens, Alfred Parish Church, Alfred; 1848 George Stevens, The First Church, Belfast; 1848 Erben, Turner Village Church, Turner; 1850 Wm. B. D. Simmons, 2nd Baptist, Bowdoinham; 1850 E. & G. G. Hook, Community Church, Buckfield; 1854 Rufus Johnson, N. Cong. Ch., Groveville, Buxton; 1854 E. & G. G. Hook, Westbrook U. Meth., Portland; 1857 George Stevens, 1st Christian, New Gloucester; 1860 E. & G. G. Hook, St. John’s R.C. Church, Bangor; 1861 George Stevens, Cong. Church, Cumberland; 1863 E. & G. G. Hook, Elm St. Cong., Bucksport; 1866 E. & G. G. Hook, South Parish Cong., Augusta; 1867 George Stevens, Baptist Church, Blue Hill; 1867 George Stevens, Center Street Cong., Machias; 1873 George Stevens, 1st Cong., Calais; 1875 L. C. Tilton, Leeds Community Church, Leeds; 1876 E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings, 1Universal., Auburn; 1878 George H. Ryder, The United Church, Monmouth; 1880 S. S. Hamill, 1st Baptist, Hallowell; 1883 Johnson & Son, United Methodist, Saco.
WORKS: ANDRIESSEN: Sonata da Chiesa BEETHOVEN: 3 Pieces for a Mechanical Organ BOELLMANN: Elévation, Op. 29, No. 1 BOLCOM: Shall We Gather at the River BUCK: Silent Night CHADWICK: Response; Waltz No. 2 CLARK: Marche au Girondon COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Impromptu 1 DUBOIS: Fiat Lux; Offertoire DUNHAM: Sortie, Op. 17, No. 2 ELGAR: Vesper Voluntaries, Op. 14, Nos. 3 & 4 FAULKES: Canzone in A minor; March in E‑flat FOOTE: Canzonetta, Op. 71, No. 4 FRYSINGER: Liberty March GIGOUT: Allegretto GOLDMARK: Bridal Song GRIEG: The Last Spring GUILMANT: Marche Religieuse HANDEL: 2 Pieces from the Fireworks Music HAYDN: Theme & Var.; 3 Pieces for a Clock Organ HESSE: Variations on God Save the King HOWELLS: Master Tallis’s Testament, Psalm Prelude Lo, the Poor Crieth KARG-ELERT: The Reed-Grown Waters KÉLER-BÉLA: Lustspiel Ouverture, Op. 73 KLICKA: Legenda KREBS: Wer nur den lieben Gott LEFÉBURE-WÉLY: Andantino LEMMENS: Marche Pontificale MENDELSSOHN: Sonata V in D; Adagio fr. Sonata I in F; Andante with Variations; Spring Song PAULL: American Wedding March PEETERS: Toccata (60 Short Pieces) PERRY: Christos Patterakis POULENC: Suite Française RATHGEBER: Aria Pastorella ROBINSON: Aria SCHUMANN: Abendlied; Fugue I on BACH SELBY: Fuge or Voluntary STANLEY: Solo for a German Flute, Op. 1, No. 6 Allegro fr. Voluntary in G, Op. 5, No. 8 VERDI: Grand March from Aida VIERNE: Claire de Lune; Scherzetto & Choral VIERNE: Carillon de Longpont WEAVER: The Squirrel C. WESLEY: Variations on God Save the King S. WESLEY: Fugue fr. Voluntary in G, Op. 6, No. 9; 12 Short Pieces, Nos. 2 & 9 WHITNEY: Toccata ZUNDEL: Introduction & Fugue in D minor 9 Hymns Still, Still With Thee
Playlist 1993
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Photographs, stoplists, and histories of the organs and churches are included in 28-page booklet.
32 Performers:
Dr. Susan Armstrong, Timothy Lee Baker, George Bozeman, Marsha Carrell, John Courter, Jonathan Crutchfield, Jimmy Culp, pianist, John E. Cummins, Jane Edge, Kristin Farmer, Susan R. Friesen, Mary Gifford, Janet Hamilton, James Hammann, Philip T. Hines, Jr., Michael R. Israel, Dr. Boyd M. Jones, II, David Lang, Rachelen Lien, Lorenz Maycher, Rosalind Mohnsen, Jonathan F. Oblander, Timothy J. Oliver, Peter V. Picerno, Lois Regestein, Theodore Reinke, Stephen Schnurr, Bruce Stevens, Marilyn Kay Stulken, Lynn Thompson, F. Anthony Thurman, Ann Colbert Wade.
32 Organs:
1867 Wm. A. Johnson, Windle Mem. Aud., Madison, IN; 1867 W. Evans & Co., Fourth Ave. Methodist, Louisville; 1878 Henry Pilcher’s Sons, Versailles Presby., Versailles; 1879 Koehnken & Grimm, St. John’s UCC, Madison, IN; 1886 Carl Barckhoff, St. Mary’s RC, New Albany, IN; 1889 Louis Van Dinter, St. Frances of Rome RC, Louisville; 1890 Koehnken & Grimm, Pisgah Presby., Woodford Co.; 1893 Koehnken & Grimm, Ascension RC, Louisville; 1894 Farrand & Votey, St. Martin of Tours RC, Louisville; 1895 H. Pilcher’s Sons, St. Mary Magdalen RC, Louisville; 1897 The Votey Organ Co., St. Pius RC, Troy, IN; 1897 Hook and Hastings, St. John’s Episcopal, Versailles; 1898 J. H. & C. S. Odell & Co., Okolona Baptist, Louisville; 1898 Edmund Giesecke, St. Boniface RC, Fulda, IN; 1899 Aug. Prante & Sons, St. Philip Neri RC, Louisville; 1900 H. Pilcher’s Sons, St. Anthony RC, St. Anthony, IN; 1900 A.B. Felgemaker, First Baptist, Madison, IN; 1905 Wisconsin Pipe Organ Factory, St. Cecilia’s RC, Louisville; 1908 Henry Pilcher’s Sons, DeHaven Baptist, LaGrange; 1912 Hinners, Chapel, St. Anthony Medical Center, Louisville; 1920 Æolian Co., U. of Ky. Conference Center, Lexington; 1925 Skinner Organ Co., Central Baptist, Lexington; 1927 Austin, First Church of Christ, Scientist, Louisville; 1929 Henry Pilcher’s Sons, Memorial Auditorium, Louisville; 1933 Henry Pilcher’s Sons, St. Peter’s UCC, Louisville; 1937 Henry Pilcher’s Sons, Clifton Baptist, Louisville; 1938 Aeolian-Skinner, St. Andrew’s Episcopal, Louisville; 1980 Miller Organ Co., St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral, Bardstown; 1985 Steiner-Reck, Louisville Presby. Seminary, Louisville; 1986 Noack, St. Francis of Assisi RCC, Louisville; 1966 – 67 Rev. Eugene Ward, Monastery Church, Ferdinand.
WORKS:
ARNE: Organ Solo from Concerto No. 1; C. P. E. BACH: Sonata V; BANCHIERI: Secondo Dialogo; BELLANDO: Grand March in B‑flat major; BENOIT: Elevation, No. 30; BOÉLY: Fantaisie and Fugue in B‑flat; BONNET: Lied des Chrysanthèmes; BOSSI: Ave Maria, Op. 104, No. 2; BRAHMS: Fugue in A‑flat minor; BUCK: The Last Rose of Summer; CALLAHAN: Partita on Ein fest Burg; CHAMINADE: Offertoire (la Madone); CHERWIEN: Hymn Interpret: Beach Spring; CLOKEY: Fireside Fancies, Op. 29; CLOKEY: An Old Irish Air The Little Red Lark; CORRELL: Homage to Persichetti; DEBUSSY: Prélude à l’Aprè-midi faune; DEMAREST: Fantaisie; ELGAR: Chanson de nuit, Op. 15, No. 1; GRIEG: Åses Tod (from Peer Gynt Suite I); GUILMANT: Funeral March & Hymn of Seraphs; GUILMANT: Sonata No. 1, Op. 42: III. Final; HALL & KLEINKAUF: Johnson Rag; HAYDN: Andante; HINDEMITH: Sonata II: 1. Lebhaft; HOVHANESS: Dawn Hymn, Op. 138; JOHNSON: Trumpet Tune; JONGEN: Three Pieces; KARG-ELERT: Church Cantata: b. Aria; KARG-ELERT: O God, Thou Faithful God; KAYSER: Partita on Resonet in laudibus; LANGLAIS: Canzona (Suite Folklorique); LINDSAY: Homeward Bound; MARTIN: Sunset to Sunrise (Kedron); MASSENET: ‘’Meditation’’ from Thaïs MENDELSSOHN: Sonata 4 in B‑flat major; OLDROYD: Prayer; RHEINBERGER: Fughetta on BACH; RHEINBERGER: Monologue, Op. 162, No. 1; ROBINSON: Chorale: When in Our Music; SAINT-SAENS: Prelude and Fugue in E‑flat; THAYER: Allegro Maestoso & Fugue on America; VALERI: Sonata IV; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Prelude on Hyfrydol; WAGNER/LEMARE: Ride of the Walküren; WOOD: Prelude on Pisgah.
6 Hymns:
We Know That Christ is Raised; Sing Alleluia Forth; Lord, Enthroned in Heavenly Splendor; A Mighty Fortress; Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service; O Praise Ye the Lord.
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Photographs, stoplists, biographies, and histories of the organs are included in a 32-page booklet.
38 Performers: Leo Abbott, William Aylesworth, Robert Barney, Mark Bighley, Kevin Birch, Margaret Irwin-Brandon, Mark Brombaugh, Gregory Crowell, John Cummins, David Dahl, Mark Dwyer, Lynn Edwards, Donald K. Fellows, Will Headlee, Kimberly Ann Hess, Richard W. Hill, Brian Jones, Glen Kime, Charles Krigbaum, Rachelen Lien, Joan Lippincott, Stephen Long, Lorenz Maycher, Marvin Mills, Rosalind Mohnsen, R. Walden Moore, Thomas Murray, Murray/Lohuis Duo, John Ogasapian, Christa Rakich, Dana Robinson.
35 Organs: 1823 Thomas Hall, Trinity Episcopal, Litchfield; 1827 Appleton, 2nd Congregational, Middle Haddam; 1833 F. S. Whiting, St. Pauls Episcopal, Otis; 1836 Denison Smith, Hampton Cong. UCC, Hampton; c. 1840 anon., Hitchcock Museum, Riverton; 1852 E. & G. G. Hook, United C. of Westville, New Haven; c. 1853 attrib. to Geo. Stevens, Federated Church, Brooklyn; 1857 E.L. Holbrook, St. Pauls Episcopal, Windham Center; 1868 Steer & Turner, St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel, Storrs; 1868 J. H. & C. S. Odell, Derby Methodist, Derby; 1869 Johnson, Greenville Congregational, Norwich; 1870 E. & G. G. Hook, The United Church of Stonington; 1870 Wm. B.D. Simmons, Grace/St. Peters,Hamden; 1871 E. & G. G. Hook, St, Marys RC, New Haven; 1873 Johnson, Cong. C of Thompson, UCC, Thompson; 1874 E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings, St. Casimirs, New Haven; 1874 Steer & Turner, St. Josephs RCC, Willimantic; 1875 E. L. Holbrook, The Cong. C in Killingworth, UCC; 1876 Jardine, St. Pauls Episcopal, New Haven; 1890 Geo. H. Ryder, St. Francis RC, Naugatuck; 1892 Johnson, Sacred Heart RC, Waterbury.
WORKS: AHRENS: Lobe den Herren, BACH: Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder, C. P. E. BACH: Sonata in G Minor, J. C. BACH: Duetto in F, BEACH: Invocation, BECKEL: Opening Voluntary, BUCK: The Star Spangled Banner, BUXTEHUDE: Toccata in D Minor, CONTE: Pastorale, DEMESSIEUX: Two Pieces, DIEMER: Two Folk Hymn Sketches, DUPRÉ: Sketch in B‑flat Minor, ELGAR: Carillon, ELGAR: Nimrod, FLETCHER: Festival Toccata, FOOTE: Meditation, GHERARDESCHI: Rondo I, HOLST: Jupiter The Planets, HOMILIUS: Three Chorales, HOWELLS: Miniatures for Organ, HOWELLS: Psalm Prelude, Op. 32/1, IVES: Variations on America, LISZT: St. Francis Walking on the Water, MENDELSSOHN: Sonata II, MITCHELL: Toccata, MULET: Tu es Petra, PAINE: The Star Spangled Banner, PARRY: Toccata and Fugue, REGER: Fantasie & Fugue in D Minor, RINCK: Christus, der ist mein Leben, SCHUMANN: Canon in A‑flat major, SHELLEY: Berceuse, SOWERBY: In Dulci Jubilo, STANLEY: Voluntary VIII, SWEELINCK: Puer Nobis Nascitur, THAYER: Variations: the Russian Hymn, VIDERØ: Built on a Rock, VIERNE: Postlude, WAGNER: Liebestod, WALOND: Voluntary, Op. 1, No. 5, WHITING: Allegro con moto, WIDOR: Allegro (Symphony VI), WIDOR: Prelude (Symphony II), WORK: Come Home, Father.
10 Hymns: Holy Ghost, Dispel Our Sadness; O God, Beneath Thy Guiding Hand; Amazing Grace; And Did Those Feet; Jerusalem, My Happy Home; Praise the Lord, Ye Heavns Adore Him; Lord of All Being, Throned Afar; Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven; All Praise To Thee; New Songs of Celebration Render.
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Includes a 32-page booklet with stoplists and photos of the organs.
35 ORGANS FROM WOODSTOCK TO LA PORTE
Compact Disc 1
The Star Spangled Banner
C. M. Widor: Marcia, from Symphonie III
William Aylesworth, organist
1875 E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings, Scottish Rite Cathedral, Chicago
J. P. Sweelinck: Onder een linde groen
Jason Alden, organist
1879 G. F. Steinmeyer, Holy Family Catholic Church, Chicago
L. W. Moline: Intermezzo, from Sonata II
P. P. Bliss: Impromptu
P. P. Bliss: Hymn: Wonderful Words of Life
Robert Woodworth, organist
1910 Hutchings Organ Co.
Saint Mary Catholic Church, Woodstock, Illinois
S. Bingham: Toccata on Leoni
Hymn: The God of Abraham Praise
Will Headlee, organist
1930 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Co.
Temple Sholom, Chicago
H. M. Wild: Andante
Mary, Gifford, organist
1911 Hinners Organ Co.
Zion United Church of Christ, Carpentersville, Illinois
F. Ferko: Toccata and Fugue on “Saint Anne”
Derek Nickels, organist
1928 Skinner Organ Co.
University Church, Disciples of Christ/United Church of Christ, Chicago
M. Greene: Voluntary in C
Frederick L. Beal, organist
1903 Burlington Pipe Organ Co.
Living Sanctuary of Faith, Church of God in Christ, Oak Park, Illinois
N. Bruhns: Praeludium in e minor
John Gouwens, organist
1959 Schlicker Organ Co./1996 Dobson Pipe Organ Builders
Chapel of the Resurrection, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana
G. Merkel: Fantasie im Freiem Stile No. 4 in e minor (Op. 133)
James Hammann, organist
1920 W. W. Kimball, Saint Mary of the Angels Catholic Church, Chicago
E. DeLamarter: Flourish, from Suite for Organ
R. G. Cole: A Song of Gratitude (Op. 34, No. 2, 1919)
M. Simmons: Prelude on a Melody by Sowerby
John W. W. Sherer, organist
1930 M. P. Möller, Epworth United Methodist Church, Chicago
Compact Disc 2
F. Borowski: Sonata I (1904)
Thomas Murray, organist
1922 Skinner Organ Co.
Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Evanston, Illinois
J. S. Bach: In dulci jubilo (BWV 608)
J. S. Bach: Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein (BWV 641)
Thomas Brown: Hymn: Christ Leads!
Thomas Brown, organist
1963 Casavant Frères, Limitée
Saint Mary of the Lake Catholic Church, Gary, Indiana
W. H. Clarke: Pastorale in A
H. W. Parker: Pastoral Interlude (Op. 32, No. 4)
B. Carr: Variations to the Sicilian Hymn
Susan Werner Friesen, organist
1904 Wisconsin Pipe Organ Factory, Saint Mary Catholic Church, Buffalo Grove, Illinois
C. Schumann: Prelude and Fugue in d minor (Op. 16, No. 3)
M. Dupré: Prelude and Fugue in f minor
Christa Rakich, organist
1916 W. W. Kimball, Arts Center of Oak Park, Oak Park, Illinois
J. Bonnet: Variations de Concert (Op. 1, 1908)
Hymn: The Church’s One Foundation
Brian Harlow, organist
1927 Skinner Organ Co.
First Congregational Church, Evanston, Illinois
D. Buck: Grand Sonata in E‑flat (Op. 22)
David Schrader, organist
1883 Johnson & Son, St. Paul Catholic Church, Chapel of Mary, Queen of the Apostles, Valparaiso, Indiana
Compact Disc 3
H. Willan: Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue
Ken Cowan, organist
Wurlitzer, et al.
Jasper and Marian Sanfilippo residence, Barrington Hills, Illinois
E. Gigout: Scherzo
James Russell Brown, organist
1891 Lancashire-Marshall Organ Co.
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Chicago
G. T. Thalben-Ball: Elegy
F. Mendelssohn: Allegro moderato maestoso
David Dahl, organist
1891 Frank Roosevelt, Saint James Catholic Church, Chicago
W. Walond: Voluntary in d minor
J. Alcock: Siciliano
C. Avison: Voluntary in D
Ruth Tweeten, organist
1905 Lyon & Healy, Saint Andrew Episcopal Church, Evanston, Illinois
Charles-Marie Widor: Symphonie III in e minor (op. 13, No. 3)
Dana Robinson, organist
1902 Lyon & Healy, Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows, Chicago
Hymn: O, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
T. Dubois: Fiat lux
Elizabeth Naegele, organist
1906 Austin Organ Co., Saint Paul Community Church, Chicago
C. Eddy: Festival Prelude and Fugue on “Old Hundred” (1879)
A. Guilmant: Two Pieces (Op. 90)
Naomi Rowley, organist
1882 Steere & Turner, Pullman United Methodist Church, Chicago
F. Mendelssohn: War March of the Priests from Athalie (Op. 74)
Michael Shawgo, organist
1930 Æolian Co., Disciples Divinity House, Chicago
H. W. Davies: Solemn Melody
Hymn: Praise to God, Immortal Praise
Timothy Smith, organist
1909 Louis H. Van Dinter & Sons, Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Chicago
L. Sowerby: Prelude on Deus Tuorum Militum
Jonathan Hall, organist
1954 Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Forest Park, Illinois
Compact Disc 4
M. Duruflé: Suite (Op. 5, 1934)
Peter Sykes, organist
1927 W. W. Kimball, First Baptist Congregational Church, Chicago
R. Bibl: Vision from Sechs charakterstücke für orgel (Op. 64)
MaryAnn Crugher Balduf, organist
c. 1885 Emil Witzmann
Saint John United Church of Christ, Palatine, Illinois
W. Albright: Sweet Sixteenths – A Concert Rag for Organ
R. Bitgood: On an Ancient Alleluia
Sally Cherrington Beggs, organist
1892 George S. Hutchings, Saint Joseph Catholic Church, Chicago
J. Brahms: O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen (Op. 22);
O Gott, du frommer Gott (Op. 22)
Hymn: Sleepers, Wake!
Christine Marshall Kraemer, organist
1888 Johnson & Son, Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church, Chicago
J. S. Bach: O Mensch, bewein dein’ Sünde gross
Philip Gehring, organist
1974 Lawrence Phelps & Associates
Saint Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Skokie, Illinois
G. Schumann: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern;
Macht hoch die Tür, die Tor macht weit
Kristin Farmer, organist
1898 Lyon & Healy, Lake View Presbyterian Church, Chicago
W. A. Mozart: Overture in C (K. 399)
A. Dvorak: Prelude and Fugue in D
Gregory Crowell, organist
1871 Steer & Turner, Saint Paul Episcopal Church, La Porte, Indiana
C. A. Havens: Offertoire in g minor (Op. 194)
C. Eddy: Prelude and Fugue in a minor
Stephen Schnurr, organist
1891 Frank Roosevelt, First Congregational Church, Michigan City, Indiana
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The Recordings from the Splendid 2005 OHS Convention!
This diverse 4‑CD collection features stellar performances by 37 different organists. More than just a memento of the convention, this is an important documentation of many historic organs that have never before been recorded. Be among the first to own this treasury!
The included booklet describes each track in much detail, giving information about each performer, the organ being played, and composers.
Track Listing
Disc 1
1 H. Alexander Matthews: A Song of the Sea
2 Edward Macdowell: Sea Pieces, Op. 55
3 Hymn: “O God Beneath Thy Guiding Hand
Brian Jones, organist
4 Searle Wright: Lyric Rhapsody
Peter Krasinski, organist
5 George W. Chadwick: Response
6 Eubie Blake: The Baltimore Todolo
Cheryl Drewes, organist
7 Oliver Shaw: Welcome the Nation’s Guest
Thomas W. D. Guthrie, organist
8 – 10 Kevin J. Sadowski: Chorale, Aria, Toccata
Marian Ruhl Metson, organist
11 Henry M. Dunham: Schmucke dich, o liebe Seele, Op. 20, No. 2
Steven Young, organist
12 F. Scotson Clark: Festal March
Richard Hill, organist
13 – 19 Klaas Bolt: Variaties over Ontwaak, gij die slaapt, Chorale & 6 Variations on a melody by J.G. Bastiaans
Kevin Birch, organist
20 – 22 Josef Rheinberger: Sonata No. 13 (3 movements)
Bruce Stevens, organist
Disc 2
1 Joseph Jongen: Petit Prelude in G Minor (Aria)
2 Edouard Batiste: Elevation No. 2 in C Minor
Kimberly Ann Hess, organist
3 Kevin Kissinger: Celeste
Kevin Kissinger, organist
4 Padre Davide da Bergamo: Sonatina per offertorio e postcommunio
Mark Steinbach, organist
5 Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Harmonies du Soir, Op. 72, no. 1
Lorenz Maycher, organist
6 Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Elegy
7 Samuel Adler: Deep in Our Hearts from Hymnset
Sharon Rose Pfeiffer, organist
8 Arthur Foote: Prelude, Op. 50, no. 5
David Chalmers, organist
9 – 11 Philip Moore: Three Pieces for Withycombe
12 Johann Pachelbel: Hexacordium Appolinis
Judith Conrad, organist
13 Hymn: “Let There Be Light”
14 Cyril Jenkins: Dawn
Dwight Thomas, organist
15 Charles-Marie Widor: Scherzo, Symphony No. 4
George Bozeman, organist
16 John Weaver: Sine Nomine
Ray Cornils, organist
17 – 18 Andrew Galuska: Improvisations on Salve Regina
Andrew Galuska, organist
Disc 3
1 Charles Wesley: God Save the King with Variations
Barbara Owen, organist
2 Girolamo Frescobaldi: Toccata per l’Elevazione from Messa Degli Apostoli
3 Hymn: “Winds Be Still”
Frances Conover Fitch, organist
4 CPE Bach: Fantasie und Fuge c moll, WQ 119/7
5 Theodore Dubois: Fiat Lux
Robert Barney, organist
6 Johannes Brahms: O Gott, du frommer Gott
7 Daniel Pinkham: March 24, St. Gabriel from Saint’s Days
Lois Regestein, organist
8 Philip Jones: Tokyo fr. Asian Praise
9 Alfred V. Fedak: The Kingsfold Trumpet fr. A Collection of Hymns
Philip Jones, organist
10 Joseph Jongen: Chorale, Op. 37, no 4.
11 Hymn: “Glorious things of Thee are spoken”
Will Headlee, organist
12 Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens: Cantabile
13 George Whiting: Postlude, Op. 53
Rosalind Mohnsen, organist
14 – 15 Percy W. Whitlock: Plymouth Suite
Joseph O’Donnell,organist
16 Hymn: “O, God We Thank You”
17 – 19 Gabriel Pierne: Trois Pieces, Op. 29
Thomas Murray, organist
Disc 4
1 Giles Farnaby: Pawles Wharfe
Timothy Drewes, organist
2 – 3 From American Church Organ Voluntaries: No. 23 Moderato in G, No. 6 Allgro in D Major
Joyce Painter Rice, organist
4 – 18 Camille Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals
Timothy Smith, organist
19 – 24 Dudley Buck: Concert Variations on The Star Spangled Banner
Christopher Marks, organist
25 Felix Borowski: Andante from Sonata No. 1
Renea Waligora, organist
26 – 30 Piet Post: Introduction & Variations on Nicea
31 Hymn: “Bring, O Morn, Thy Music”
Frederick Louis Jodry, organist
32 – 34 James Woodman: Abide With Me
35 Hymn: Abide with Me Eventide
36 Eugene Gigout: Prelude, Chorale & Allegro
Peter Sykes, organist