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The Organ Loft is a radio program about choral and organ music, particularly music of the Pacific Northwest.  Hosted by Roger Sherman, Associate Organist of St Mark's Cathedral in Seattle, The Organ Loft features music of northwest choirs and organs, composers and organ builders.  Approximately 50% of the programming is organ, and 50% choral.  The first broadcast was on KING-FM, October 3, 1993.

 

Broadcast Roster:

 

SEATTLE: KING-FM Seattle's Classical Choice (webcast: KING-FM Homepage)
Sundays at 10:00 PM
 
KING-FM, 98.1

OREGON: KWAX-FM and the University of Oregon radio network (webcast: KWAX-FM Homepage)
Sundays at 8:00 AM and 6:00 PM

Eugene, 91.1 KWAX
Redmond, 88.5 KWRX
Florence, 91.5 KWVZ
Salem, 92.9
Newport, 91.9
Reedsport, 90.9
Bend, 88.9
Sunriver 90.9
 
Unless otherwise noted, our closing theme is an organ/trumpet transcription of "Touch her soft lips and part" from William Walton's score to the film "Henry V."  Recording available here.
 
July 29, 2007

03:04                                  Jeremiah Clarke: The Prince of Denmark’s March 1

16 :38                                 J.S. Bach : O Gott, du Frommer Gott, BWV 767 2             

 

05:08                                  Georg Böhm: Praeludium in C 3

05:14                                  Johann Ludwig Krebs: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern 4

 

12:21                                  Johann Pachelbel: Partita: Herzlich tut mich verlangen 5

04:30                                  Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue in D major, BWV 532a 6

 

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Recordings used:

 

1.     “Thomsen Chapel Inaugural Recitals”, Roger Sherman, organ, reZound RZCD 5012

2.     The Young Bach” Harald Vogel, organ Loft LRCD 1009

3.     “Recital at Church of the Ascension”, Harald Vogel, organ, reZound RZCD 5001

4.     “Craig Cramer on the Pasi Organ”, Craig Gramer, organ, Sonic Windows CD 005

(available through Penny Lorenz, 425-745-1316)

5.     “Recital at Christ Church”, Roger Sherman, organ reZound RZCD 5002

6.     “The Uncommon Bach”, Joan Lippincott, organ, PGM 115, available from PGM Online



July 22, 2007

                                            Hindemith: Sonata II (1931) 1

04:06                                        I. Lebhaft


18:14                                  Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb 2

 

16:13                                  Johann Gottfried Walther: Jesu, meine Freude  3

08:01                                  Joseph Bonnet: Variations de Concert, Opus 1 1

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Recordings used:

1.     “Blasts from the Century Past” David Heller, organ; Pro Organo CD 7197

2.     From a recording to be released this fall on Gothic: “Greater Love” Eastern Carolina Chamber Singers, directed by Dana Bara with Janette Fishell, organ

3.     “The 1785 Schiörlin Organ –Tryserum, Sweden” William Porter, organ; Loft LRCD 1085


Broadcast date:       July 15, 2007

 

08:09                                  Mendelssohn: Sonata in A Major, Op. 65, No. 3 1

13:31                                  Cecil Effinger: Four Pastorales 2

07:22                                  Marcel Dupré: Prelude  and fugue in B Major, Op. 7, no. 1 (1912)  3

 

                                            “And on Earth, Peace: A Chanticleer Mass” 4

09:43                                      Michael McGlynn: Agnus Dei

01:35                                      Plainsong, arr Jennings: Da Pacem, Domine

 

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Recordings used:

1.     “The Fenner Douglass Organ”, Joan Lippincott, Gothic G-49255

2.     “The American Spirit” St. Martin’s Chamber Choir, Timothy J. Krueger, Artistic Director CYGNUS RECORDS 004

3.      “Daniel Roth plays Marcel Dupré” Motette CD 12581

4.     “And on Earth, Peace: A Chanticleer Mass”  Chanticleer, Joseph H. Jennings, Music Director, Warner Classics R2 146364


 
Broadcast date:       July 8, 2007

Show Title:                        Be Still, My Soul & Bach Mass in F

Timings are approximate        

Length                       

04:43                                  Percy Whitlock: „Be Still, My Soul“ 1

02:56                                  Harold Friedell: „Jesus, so lowly“ 1

05:55                                  Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine 1

10:01                                  J.S. Bach: O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, S. 656 2

02:05                                  F. Melius Christiansen: Lamb of God 2

25:31                                  J.S. Bach: Mass in F major, BWV 233 3

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Recordings used:

1.     “Be Still, My Soul” Choir of All Saints’ Church, Beverly Hills, CA, Dale Adelmann, conductor, Craig Phillips, organist, Gothic G-49251

2.     “The Leipzig Chorales/J.S. Bach” Christa Rakich, organ; Loft LRCD-1078-79

3.     “Eternity” National Lutheran Choir, David Cherwien, director“

4.     “The Bach Masses, v.1” Washington Bach Consort, Reilly Lewis, dir. Loft LRCD-1068

 

Broadcast date:       July 1, 2007
Show Title:                Patriotic Music for the Fourth of July

Length   

01:40                                  KEYS: Star Spangled Banner 1

03:39                                  JAMES HEWITT: Star Spangled Banner 2

03:23                                  SOUSA: The Stars and Stripe Forever 3

10:48                                  LEW WILLIAMS (arr):  A Salute to the American Armed Forces (medley) 4


03:37                                  TRAD: America the Beautiful 1

03:06                                  GUTHRIE: This Land is Your Land 5

03:15                                  ALF HOUKOM, arr: Oh Shenandoah 6

 

02:23                                  TRAD: America (My Country ‘tis of thee) 5

08:46                                  IVES: Variations on “America” 7

04:15                                  EDWARD LITTLE WHITE: Yankee Doodle 5

04:24                                  TRAD: Battle Hymn of the Republic 5

 
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Recordings used:

 

1.     Oberlin College Conservatory of Music: The Kay Africa memorial organ Fisk Op.116 Inaugural Concert 9/29/01;  Private recording: for information call Oberlin Audio Dept. 440-775-8272

2.     “An Appleton Anthology” Lois Regestein, organ RAVEN OAR-600

3.     “Westminster Bell Choir”  Donald E. Allured, cond  GOTHIC 49042

4.     “Fanfare” Lew Williams, organ  ERB 113

5.     “The Spirit of Freedom” Washington Men’s Camerata: Thomas Beveridge, cond GOTHIC 49103

6.     “Blue Wheat” Dale Warland Singers AMERICAN CHORAL CATALOGUE ACC122

7.     “Yankee: Come Home!” Marian Ruhl Metson, organ RAVEN OAR-190 
 
Broadcast date:              June 24, 2007

Show Title:                        Buxtehude: Organ Music and Cantata

Timings are approximate        

Length                        All music by Dieterich Buxtehude
06:30                                  Praeludium in D , BuxWV 139 1

08:45                                  Wie schön leuchtet uns der Morgenstern, BuxWV 2231

14:20                                  Alles, was ihr tut, BuxWV 4 2

06:28                                  Passacaglia in d, BuxWV 161 1

08:14                                  Toccata in d, BuxWV 155 1

 

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Recordings used:

1.     “Buxtehude and the Mean-Tone Organ” Hans Davidsson, organ, Loft 1090-91

2.     “Dietrich Buxtehude, Vocal Music, Vol. II” Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir, The Dufay Collective, Ebbe Muck, director, Dacapo 8.224160

Show #:                             502

Broadcast date:               June 18, 2007
Show Title:                        In Memoriam: William David Sherman (1925-2007)

Length

                                            Segment One: 26:37

                                            Herbert Howells: Requiem 1

03:51                                      Requiem Aeternam (II)

04:20                                      I heard a voice from heaven

05:37                                  Gabriel Fauré, arr. Guggenberger: Pavane 2

07:32                                  John Rutter: Hymn to the Creator of Light 3

03:36                                  W.A. Mozart, arr. Snedecor: Laudate Dominum 2

                                             

                                            Segment Two: 29:55

                                             (starts with music )

04:40                                  American trad: Shenandoah 4

15:22                                  Cesar Franck: Chorale No. 1 in E major 5

03:28                                  Dominick Argento: To God “In Memoriam M.B.” 3

                                            Sign-off

02:42                                  Leroy Anderson: “A Trumpeter’s Lullaby” 6

 

 

                                            Total Program Length: 56:32

 

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Recordings used:

1.     ”Greater Love” Eastern Carolina University Chamber Choir, Dan Bara, director; (to be released on Gothic later this year)

2.     ”The Lyrical Trumpet” Phil Snedecor, trumpet, Paul Skevinton, organ; Summit Records DCD 349

3.     “Lux Aurumque” Dale Warland Singers, Dale Warland, director; Gothic G-49252 (available here)

4.     “Old New Borrowed Blues” The Princeton Singers, Steven Sametz, director, Princeton Singers PS6752

5.     Roger Sherman, organ, recorded live by e. power productions (private recording)

6.     “Leroy Anderson: Greatest Hits” Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler, conductor; RCA 09026-61237-2

Show #:                              283 (rev 2007)
Broadcast date:               June 10, 2007
Show Title:                        Music from Westminster Cathedral (London)
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Length      

 

                                            Segment One: 21:00

04:55                                  Ave Maria by Gustav Holst1

06:21                                  Bach, arr. Whittaker: “Jesu, joy of man’s desiring” (Iain Simcock, organ)1

04:14                                  Cesar Franck, arr. Gant:Panis angelicus (Iain Simcock, organ)1

03:39                                  Colin Mawby:Ave Verum Corpus (Iain Simcock, organ)1

 

                                            Segment Two: 16:08

03:07                                  Gounod, arr. Mawby:Ave Maria, (Iain Simcock, organ, Nicholas Keay, tenor)1

03:04                                  G. Fauré:Maria Mater gratiae (Iain Simcock, organ)1

02:49                                  Edward Elgar:Ave Verum Corpus (Iain Simcock, organ)1

03:32                                  Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus (Iain Simcock, organ)1

02:37                                  Grieg:Ave maris stella1

                                           

 

                                            Segment Three: 13:58

06:43                                  Louis Vierne: Carillon de Westminster2

04:42                                  Mendelssohn: “I waited for the Lord” (Iain Simcock, organ, Mark Kennedy and Eamonn O’Dwyer, trebles)1

 

                                            Total Program Length: 51:39

 

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Recordings used:

1”Panis angelicus,” The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O’Donnel, conducting.  Hyperion CDA66669

2”Organ Spectacular”, David Hill, organist.  Innovative Music Productions, Ltd. PCD 823

 
Broadcast date: June 3, 2007
Title: An "off-beat" edition of The Organ Loft
02:50    Bradley Lehman: In Dir ist Freude 1
11:34    George Akerley: “A Sweet for Mother Goose” 2
06:51    Anon: Cantio rustica Americana (available here) 3
04:06    Edoardo Bellotti: “The Pink Painting” 4

Break

12:18    Wayne Marshall: West Side Story Medley - Bernstein 5
02:10    Sammy Fain, arr. Donald Fraser: “The Second Star to the Right” 6
03:47    Anna Russell: “British—Pure but dull: ‘I Love the Spring’” (abridged) 7
02:27    Noel Rawsthorne: Hornpipe Humoresque (available here)8

Recordings used:

1. “In Thee is Gladness” Martin Hidel, trumpet, Bradley Lehman, organ LARPIS 1001
2. Mary Preston, organ; Kathie Freeman, narrator. private recording.
3. “Recital at Church of the Ascension” Harald Vogel, organ, ReZound RZCD-5001 (available here)
4. Edoardo Bellotti, organ; private recording made by E. Power Productions.
5. “Organ Improvisations” Wayne Marshall, organ Delos DE 3228
6. “Heigh-Ho! Mozart” The Voices of Ascension, Dennis Keene, director; Delos DE 3186
7. “The Anna Russell Album” Anna Russell, vocalist and narrator, Sony MDK 47252
8. “Mary Preston, In Concert!” Gothic G-49205 (available here)
 
Broadcast date: May 27, 2007
Title: The 500th Organ Loft -- New recording projects
 
03:17     Vivaldi, arr. by J.S. Bach: Concerto in d minor, Allegro BWV 596 1
02:48     Pearsall: Tu, es Petrus 2
03:17     J.S. Bach: Trio Sonata in G Major, Allegro moderato BWV 1027a 3 (available here)
04:21     J.S. Bach: Nun Komm der heiden Heiland, BWV 659 3 (available here)
03:41     Messaien: Les Anges, from La Nativité du Seigneur 4
03:50     David Ashley White: “Praise the Spirit” 5 (available here)
02:31     D.A. White: “Comfort, comfort ye my people” 5 (available here)
01:40     D.A. White: “Love came down at Christmas” 5 (available here)

Break
09:57     Vivaldi, arr. Bellotti: Concerto “La Notte” 6
08:19     Georg Böhm: Praeludium in g 7 (available here)
03:47     Traditional: “Fare thee well Marianne” 2
 
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  1. Cleveland in Columbus” Douglas Cleveland, organ, (to be released on Loft later this year)
  2. “Greater Love”, Eastern Carolina University Chamber Choir, Dan Bara, director (to be released on Gothic later this year)
  3. “The Fenner Douglass Organ” Joan Lippincott, organ; Gothic G-49255 (available here)
  4. “Hommage a Messiaen”, Colin Andrews (to be released on Loft this year)
  5. “Praise the Spirit: Sacred music of David Ashley White” Choir of Palmer Memorial Church, Brady Knapp and Courtney Daniell-Knapp, directors, Gothic G-49254 (available here)
  6. “Promenade” Edoardo Bellotti (to be released on Loft later this year)
  7. “The 1785 Schiörlin Organ –Tryserum, Sweden” William Porter, organ; Loft LRCD 1085 (available here)