Episode 175 – June 2, 2019

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This week we celebrate Edward Elgar’s birthday and 108 years of the Wanamaker Organ.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, Brent Johnson

Playlist:
Title: Orb and Sceptre (Coronation March, 1953)
Composer: William Walton
Organist: Nigel Potts
Album: British Fantasies and Fanfares – Herald HAVPCD 344
Organ: 2005 IV/64 Schoenstein, St. Paul’s Parish (Episcopal), Washington, DC, USA

Title: Sonata in G, op. 28 – Complete
Composer: Edward Elgar
Organist: Daniel Justin
Album: 500 Years of Organ Music, Disc 45 – Brilliant Classics 95310
Organ: 1904 IV/55 Norman and Beard/Klais, Leeds Cathedral, Leeds, England
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Title: Song of the Basket Weaver
Composer: Alexander Russell
Organist: Charles M Courboin
Album: The Wanamaker Organ – The Early Recordings – Ting
Organ: 1904 VI/457 Los Angeles Art Organ, Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Title: Symphony no. 2 in A major for Organ and Orchestra, op. 91 – IV. Andante sostenuto and V. Intermède et Allegro Con Brio Symphony in C, Rossen Milanov, Conductor
Composer: Felix-Alexandre Guilmant
Organist: Peter Richard Conte
Album: The Wanamaker Organ Centennial Concert – Gothic G-49293
Organ: 1904 VI/457 Los Angeles Art Organ, Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Sheetmusic: PDF

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Title: Pomp and Circumstance
Composer: Edward Elgar
Organist: Virgil Fox
Album: Virgil Fox plays the John Wanamaker Organ – Command CC-11025SD
Organ: 1904 VI/457 Los Angeles Art Organ, Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Title: Nimrod, from Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma), op. 36 arr. William Harris
Composer: Edward Elgar
Organist: George Castle
Album: A Winchester Remembrance – Regent REGCD437
Organ: 1851 IV/108 Willis/Harrison and Harrison, Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, England
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