…the first of three programs from the annual Lahti organ Festival, recorded in concert at the contemporary Church of the Cross. The instrument, a modern, neo-classical mechanical action organ (4-manuals, 52 stops) was completed in 1979 by the factory of Veikko Virtanen.
…a recital by Finnish organist Markku Ketola on the organ (by Robert Sipe, 1979) in the Center for Faith and Life at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. Since 1969, Ketola has served as organist at the Porvoo Cathedral, where the Linjama work was recorded.
…a recital by Dr. Frank Speller on the new Visser-Rowlands pipe organ in Bates Recital Hall at the University of Texas, Austin. This instrument (4-manuals, 97-ranks) is one of the largest mechanical-action organs in America.
…an exploration of several little-known organ concertos, some with and some without extra instruments.
…music and instruments mostly from the 16th and 17th centuries recorded in Stade, Innsbruck, Imbach, Ossiach, and Metz. Three of these instruments were built recently, though designed in a strict, historic manner.
…an appreciative look at America's organ-building past. Special guest William van Pelt of the Organ Historical Society is convinced of the importance of preserving antique instruments, and demonstrates their variety and character with many recorded examples.
…the world premier performance of a new cantata for chorus and organ by American composer William Albright.
…a recital by American organist Wilma Jensen recorded at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, Minneapolis, (1979 Robert Sipe organ/4-manuals, 75-ranks).
…recital by Dean Billmeyer on the vintage 1932 Aeolian-Skinner concert organ in the University of Minnesota's Northrop Auditorium.
…an appealing collection of new and not-so-new works for organ by American composers, recorded in concert.
…a selective quarterly sampling of recent organ recordings, with emphasis on the unusual and the unusually attractive. This potpourri covers a wide variety of musical types, performance styles, and organ-building attitudes, as displayed in discs of foreign and domestic vintage.
…recordings by American organists David Craighead, William Porter, William Kuhlman and Laraine Olson Waters.
…a festive Evensong service from the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, the last of eleven programs devoted to performances recorded during the 1982 National Biennial Convention of the American Guild of Organists held in Washington, DC.
…a festive Evensong service from the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, the last of eleven programs devoted to performances recorded during the 1982 National Biennial Convention of the American Guild of Organists held in Washington, DC.
…performances by winners of a National Open Competition in Organ Playing, recorded during the 1982 Biennial Convention of the American Guild of Organists in Washington, DC.
…performances by finalists in a National Open Competition in Organ Playing, recorded during the 1982 Biennial Convention of the American Guild of Organists in Washington, DC.
…performances by the Choir of St. Thomas Church in New York City, recorded at Saint Matthew’s Roman Catholic Cathedral in Washington DC during the 1982 National Biennial Convention of the American Guild of Organists.
…performances by the Choir of St. Thomas Church in New York City, recorded at Saint Matthew’s Roman Catholic Cathedral in Washington DC during the 1982 National Biennial Convention of the American Guild of Organists.
