Southwestern Sketches (organ) - Homer Nearing | Hauptwerk VIII, 1877 Johnson Sampleset, Evensong
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Jerry Martin I have grown to love the wild beauty of the American Southwest, and was so excited to discover this rare treasure: Homer C Nearing (1895-1986), was born in Springfield, Missouri, and graduated from the Kansas City Conservatory of music. During his career, he was a music professor and church musician from 1914 until 1920 in Texas. While there, he was inspired to compose his impressionistic organ suites by the history and terrain of the Southwestern United States.
The "Southwestern Sketches" were published by the H. W. Gray Co. in 1928 as part of their large, well-known "St. Cecilia Series". They are like paintings that depict events of nature, native plants, and ancient traditions of the great southwestern segment of the United States.
This highly descriptive and evocative suite is made up of five movements
0:00 - San Jacinto Morning
3:51 - Yucca Blossoms
6:30 - The Haunted Mesa
9:44 - Shadows
12:04 - A Forgotten Trail (1849)
The sampleset is of a very famous and special pipe organ: read more about the project and consider supporting here:
http://www.evensongmusic.net/?product=1877-wm-a-johnson-son-opus-499-hw7
The highlights - Built in 1877 it represents the largest surviving organ built by surviving organ in a series of organs designed and built by William A. Johnson & Son: saved from St. Mary's Church in Boston, the organ was relocated to Our Lady of Good Counsel in Mankato, Minnesota. The Evensong team learned that the convent was to close, so worked to document this historic instrument in its home. The result is a very special sampleset indeed.
#hauptwerk #southwest #romanticmusic
score: https://michaelsmusicservice.com/music/Nearing.SouthwesternSketches.html
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