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Richard Wayne Dirksen Centenary

Richard Wayne Dirksen Centenary

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Commissioned Works

1954 For this Cause – SATB, piano
St. Alban’s Church 100th Anniversary
1957 Welcome all wonders – SATB org brass tym – pub. Harold Flammer 1981
Washington National Cathedral, 50th Anniversary of Laying of Cornerstone
1957 Yet Even Now Saith the Lord – SSAATTBB org – pub. Harold Flammer 1981
Washington National Cathedral; 50th Anniversary of Laying of Cornerstone
1965 THREE ANTHEMS – SSAATTBB org, brass
Christ Church Christiana Hundred, Wilmington, Delaware
Hear my Crying – SSAATTBB org, brass
Cantate Domino – SSAATTBB org, brass
Lamb of God, the Heavn’s Adore thee – SSAATTBB org, brass
1972 Chanticleer – SATB orch
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
1972 Close your bright eye-SSAATTBB org str – pub. Oxford University Press 1993
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
1972 A True Hymne – Medium voice, piano, flute or oboe
Sandy Hynson for Richard Hynson
1973 At break of day – SATB orch
Christ Church, Alexandria, Virginia
1974 Bless the Father -SATB org brass tym-pub. Harold Flammer 1981
Chevy Chase Presbyterian; Ken Lowenberg
1980 Te Deum “Grosse Pointe” – SATB org brass tym
Christ Church, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
1982 THREE SONGS OF ISAIAH – pub. Harold Flammer 1982
American Guild of Organists 1982 National Convention, Washington DC
Surely it is God – SSAATTBB
Seek the Lord – SATB
Arise, shine – SATB org
1984 The Knights of God – SATB – pub. Oxford University Press 1993
St. Paul’s Episcopal, Indianapolis, Indiana
1988 Come, O come our voices raise – SATB org
St. John’s Episcopal, Beverly Farms, Massachusetts
1991 Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in F# Minor – SS, org – pub. Oxford University Press 1998
Cathedral Choristers
1992 Hymn – Praise the Spirit in Creation – pub Oxford University Press 1992
American Guild of Organists 1992 National Convention, Atlanta, Georgia
1992 Cantate Domino Canticum Novum – SATB org – pub. Oxford University Press 1993
Cathedral Choral Society
1993 Hymn – God beyond all human praises
For the ordination of Mary Adelia McLeod as Ninth Bishop of Vermont, the first woman Diocesan Bishop in the Episcopal Churc, Burlington, Vermont
1995 Sing Ye Faithful – SATB, org – Pub. Trinitas 1998
All Saints Episcopal, Beverly Hills
1996 Te Deum “Lexington” – SATB, org, brass
Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington, Kentucky
2000 Blessed God, our great creator – SATB, org
National Cathedral School for Girls Centennial Hymn

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