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American Impressions

Canyon Creek Presbyterian Church in Richardson, Texas is the venue where this recording was made in 2017.  Quimby Pipe Organs of Warrensburg, Missouri, built their Op. 65 for Canyon Creek, in 2005.  American Impressions highlights music composed in the United States from 1916-2016, including  Comes Autumn Time, Requiescat in Pace, Fantasy for Flute Stops (Sowerby); Greensleeves, Gwalshmai (Purvis); Three Floral Preludes (Gawthrop); Herzlich tut mich verlangen (Lloyd); Symphony No. 3:  The Reformation (Gawthrop).  This recording is the first of the Canyon Creek Quimby organ and of the Purvis Gwalshmai, Lloyd Herzlich tut mich verlangen, and both Gawthrop works.  Please click here to order this recording.

                                                Listen to each composition by clicking on the composition title:

                                                Sowerby:  Comes Autumn Time
                                                Sowerby:  Requiescat in Pace
                                                Sowerby:  Fantasy for Flute Stops
                                                Purvis:  Greensleeves
                                                Purvis: Gwalshmai
                                                Gawthrop:  Three Floral Preludes (Leucanthemum Vulgare)
                                                Gawthrop:  Three Floral Preludes (Zehenspitzen durch die Tulpen)
                                                Gawthrop:  Three Floral Preludes (La Rose Jaune)
                                                Lloyd:  Herzlich tut mich verlangen
                                                Gawthrop:  Symphony No. 3 (Intrada)
                                                Gawthrop:  Symphony No. 3 (Capriccio)
                                                Gawthrop:  Symphony No. 3 (Largo)
                                                Gawthrop:  Symphony No. 3 (Finale)

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Like a Fire--David Pickering plays Organ Works of Daniel E. Gawthrop

Recorded on the Hellmuth Wolff organ located in Bales Recital Hall at the University of Kansas in 2007, Pickering plays works by Gawthrop, including:  Like a Fire, Sketchbook Two, Four Trio Preludes, Sketchbook Four, Four Noble Gases, and O Jerusalem--A Symphony for Organ.  Please click here to order this recording.

 Listen to each composition by clicking on the composition title:

Like a Fire
                                               Four Trio Preludes (Come, Come, Ye Saints)
                                               Sketchbook Two (Movement I)
                                               Sketchbook Two (Movement II)
                                               Sketchbook Two (Movement III)
                                               Sketchbook Two (Movement IV)
                                               Four Trio Preludes (As the Dew from Heaven Distilling)
                                               Sketchbook Four (Sinfonia)
                                               Sketchbook Four (Vocalise)
                                               Sketchbook Four (Momentary March)
                                               Sketchbook Four (Mutanza Oblongata)
                                               Four Trio Preludes (The Morning Breaks)
                                               Four Noble Gases (Neon)
                                               Four Noble Gases (Argon)
                                               Four Noble Gases (Krypton)
                                               Four Noble Gases (Xenon)
                                               Four Trio Preludes (With Humble Heart)
                                               O Jerusalem (Symphony No. 1)  Allegro
                                               O Jerusalem (Symphony No. 1)  Largo
                                               O Jerusalem (Symphony No. 1)  Giocoso
                                               O Jerusalem (Symphony No. 1)  Finale
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The Leroy Robertson Organ Legacy 

Pickering's first recording features Leroy Robertson's solo organ works Sonata in B Minor, Fantasia in F Minor, and Intermezzo.  Additional works by Robertson's students Robert Cundick, Crawford Gates, J.J. Keeler, and William Wallace are also included.  This is the first commercial recording of the 1983 Robert Sipe organ housed in the Assembly Hall on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Please click here to order this recording.

Hear samples of the recordings by clicking on the composition title:

                                                  Wolford:  Variations on a Theme by Handel
                                                  Robertson:  Sonata in B Minor (Prelude)
                                                  Robertson:  Sonata in B Minor (Scherzo)
                                                  Robertson:  Sonata in B Minor (Ricercare)
                                                  Robertson:  Intermezzo
                                                  Robertson:  Fantasia in F Minor 
                                                  Keeler:  Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
                                                  Keeler:  Passacaglia in G Minor
                                                  Gates:  Als Jesus Christus in der Nacht 
                                                  Wolford:  Meditation on a Theme by Alexander Schreiner
                                                  Wallace:  Toccata on He Is Risen!
                                                  Cundick;  Prelude, Air, and Recessional (Prelude)
                                                  Cundick:  Prelude, Air, and Recessional (Air)
                                                  Cundick:  Prelude, Air, and Recessional (Recessional)

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  • Home
  • Bio
  • Performances
  • Recordings
  • Media
  • Books
  • Store
    • Pathway to Hymn Playing
    • Hymn Trios
    • Organ Solos
    • Hymn Introductions >
      • He Is Risen
      • The Iron Rod
    • Hymn Free Harmonizations >
      • How Firm a Foundation
      • The Iron Rod
  • Hymn Playing Tips
    • Allen Jeux d'anches Stoplist
    • Hymn Playing Handouts
    • Hymn Playing Masterclasses >
      • As Now We Take the Sacrament
      • Glory to God on High (Italian Hymn)
      • I Know That My Redeemer Lives
      • In Humility, Our Savior (Hyfrydol)
      • The Star-Spangled Banner
    • LDS Hymn Leveling Guide