Episodes: 1986

…a review and preview of happenings in the organ world, including brief headlights from the 1986 A.G.O. Convention in Detroit; a performance by International Organist of the Year Award-wining Thomas Murray, taped at New York's Cathedral of St. John the Divine; an introduction to the brand-new Marcussen tracker organ at Wichita State University; and some observations on the preservation of historic instrument in America.

…archive recordings by Marcel Dupré of music celebrating the Christmas Holiday.  

…seasonal music featuring the Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, and organists Andrew Lumsden, Douglas Major, Barbara Harbach, John Rose and Virgil Fox.

…anticipating the Christmas festival with music from four centuries.

…performer and broadcaster Edwhar Coppell plays instruments at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, and St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle.

…Leonard Raver plays premieres of prize-winning works from the Southern College International Composition Competition, celebrating the inauguration of the new 70-stop Anton Heiller Memorial Organ, built by John Brombaugh on the campus in Collegedale, Tennessee.

…Harald Vogel plays music by Buxtehude, Scheidt, Praetorius and other Baroque composers on the Brombaugh organs of Southern College in Collegedale, Tennessee.

…the original compositions, phenomenal transcriptions and exceptional interpretations of Edwin H. Lemare are introduced by biographer Nelson Barden. Lemare himself performs via Welte Philharmonic Player rolls, with additional music played by Frederick Hohman.

…in celebration of American Music Week, diverse organ works by American composers.

…an introduction to the Anton Heiller Memorial Organ built by John Brombaugh for Southern Adventist University in Collegedale, Tennessee. Peter Planyavsky is featured in selections from inaugural week programs, recorded April 23—27, 1986

…a celebration of Canadian composers and performers of organ music.

…concert performances by leading Scandinavian soloists recorded in the Swedish capitol.

…another popular quarterly sampler of recent organ recordings, featuring unusual and appealing repertoire, young artists, sonic surprises, and commentary.

…digital recordings of performances by the noted British organist, taped in recitals at St. Mary's and Grace Cathedrals in San Francisco.

…concertos and other musics for organ with diverse collegial involvements.

…a recital by Catharine Crozier on the organ at Church of Epiphany in Washinton, DC, recorded during the 1982 National Biennial Convention of the American Guild of Organists.

…the first of several program that explore the known and unknown music of this great early 19th century musician.

…roots organ music from the earliest times plus some modern reflections.

…worcester's famous 1864 Hook organ is played by James David Christie. This instrument is America's largest surviving 19th century concert hall installation, an historic treasure.

…another program of archive recordings by Marcel Dupre and performances of several of his less-known compositions.

…performances from Finland's foremost summer organ celebration, featuring Guy Bovet, Wolfgang Ruebsam, Andreas Rothkopf, Maija Lehtonen and Ewald Kooiman.

…concert performances by the celebrated Frank Speller on the 97-rank 1983 Visser-Rowlands organ in Bates Recital Hall of the University of Texas in Austin.

…concert performances by the celebrated Frank Speller on the 97-rank 1983 Visser-Rowlands organ in Bates Recital Hall of the University of Texas in Austin.

…recordings by American organists David Craighead, William Porter, William Kuhlman and Laraine Olson Waters.

…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.

…a recital by the acclaimed New York organist and composer, recorded on the 1981 Holtkamp organ at Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis.

…another selective sampling of unusual and appealing new organ recordings, with commentary by program host Michael Barone.

…an entertaining glimpse at the show-biz cousin to the “king of instruments,” the theater organ, once the ubiquitous accompaniment to the action on the silver screen, now a popular attraction in its own right. Guest commentator Karl Eilers joins host Michael Barone in examining just what a “theater organ” is, and what it can do.

…all the repertoire on this broadcast was originally written for some medium other than the pipe organ. While some of you may consider a transcription “impure,” the tradition of adapting music for organ performance is based on centuries-old precedents. Bach thought nothing of playing a Vivaldi violin concerto on the organ.

…a by-no-means thorough but satisfactorily diverse survey of French organ music from three centuries.

…another exploration of some of the interesting and sometimes curious old instruments in the Windy City, with performances recorded there during a convention of the Organ Historical Society.

…for June brides and others, a program of wedding music which includes some of what you'd expect and much than you wouldn't.

…a diverting collection of music in a form which Italians invented but composers in Germany perfected.

…whether inspired by hymn tunes or mere caprice, American composers approach the pipe organ in refreshingly diverse ways.

…a collection of works on the theme of Pentecost.

…a centenary retrospective devoted to the art of the great French organist-composer Marcel Dupre. His own playing is featured.

…with Dupre biographer Michael Murray we explore the life of the master performer, teacher and composer, a towering figure in the 20th century organ world. Representative recording highlight more than 40 years of performance in France, England and the United States.

…a revisit with William Van Pelt of the Orlan Historical So ciety, from which archives we draw a potpourri of performances on noteworthy older American instruments.

…a revisit with William Van Pelt of the Orlan Historical Society, from which archives we draw a potpourri of performances on noteworthy older American instruments.

…concert recordings by the noted French musician, whose original compositions, transcriptions, and improvisations reveal a modern genius of Lisztian proportion. Guillou's vision of the modern organ's potentials is uncommonly arresting.

…a selective quarterly sampling of recent organ recordings, with emphasis on the unusual and unusually attractive. This potpourri covers a wide variety of musical types, performance styles, and organ-building attitudes as displayed on LP's, CD's and tapes of foreign and domestic vintage. Host Michael Barone provides revealing commentary.

…digital concert recordings by Simon Presont and Eileen Guenther, who play music of British composers on the 1984 Fisk-Nanney and 1901 Murray Harris organs at Stanford University's Memorial Church.

…a dramatic cycle of meditations for Passiontide.

…varied and colorful concert performances by Keith Chapman, George Ritchie, Gilliam Weir, Rudolph Innig, and Peter Hurford of music by Johann Sebastian Bach.

…original music and transcriptions from the 19th and 20th centuries inspired by the spirit of J.S. Bach. Douglas L. Butler plays the 1932 Aeolian-Skinner concert organ at Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis, and the 1980 Sipe organ at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church.

…recital performances by Peter Williams and Nancy Lancaster exploring international influences upon the music of J.S. Bach. The organ was built by Charles B. Fisk for House of Hope Presbyterian Church, St. Paul, MN.

…some performances on the recent Ruffatti organ in San Francisco, featuring digital recordings by Michael Murray, Marilyn Mason, John Weaver and Fred Tulan.

…the organist at Chicago's Church of the Ascension performs on the Moeller organ at St Mark's Cathedral. Minneapolis, digitally recorded.

…featuring recordings of 19th-century instruments from the archives of the Organ Historical Society, with comments from its Executive Director William Van Pelt.

…with organist Karel Paukert we visit Cleveland, Saint Paul, and Gifu (Japan), hear organs by Holtkamp, Van Daalen, and Tsuji, and come to understand why this musician, for one, will never get bored!

…German organist and historian Harald Vogel introduces us to some of the best-preserved antique organs of northern Germany and Holland.

…a recital of Scandinavian music performed by the young Norwegian organist, recorded on the Casavant organ (4-manuals, 108-ranks) at Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis.

…a recital by Dr. John Obetz on the Rieger organ at All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington, DC, recorded during the 1982 National Biennial Convention of the American Guild of Organists.

…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 on LP's and CD's of foreign and domestic vintage. Host Michael Barone provides revealing commentary.