Composer Raymond Weidner plays his own works on the 1955 Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1257 (4 manuals, 63 ranks) at Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina, on a new album from Raven on CD OAR-199 and in digital distribution.
The organ is the last large instrument entirely finished by G. Donald Harrison before his death 10 months later while finishing the organ at St. Thomas Church, New York.
All of the works are published by Paraclete and MorningStar. Weidner’s music on the album includes: Scherzo, op. 2; Carillon, op. 19, no. 3; Toccata, op. 67; Larghetto from Sonata Brillante, op. 62/2; Divertimento in the French Style, op. 36; Frescoes (suite for organ), op. 66 (I. Prelude - II. Meditation - III. Chant - IV. Sortie); Biblical Sketches, op. 63 (Six Fantasies on scenes from the life of Christ).
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