Episodes: 1996

Gear up for a super-sonic adventure, as Stephen Adams of the American Theatre Organ Society joins me for a selective survey of organ music in popular mode. We’ll listen to top American talent Lyn Larsen on Wurlitzers in public arenas and private music rooms. Legendary British greats Reginald Foort, Quentin Maclean and Sidney Torch recall the styles of yesteryear, while the inimitable George Wright presents his indellible art at the San Francisco Fox and in three different metamorphoses of instruments custom designed to match his magic touch. Hasten to recall that before it’s involvement with the church, the pipe organ was an instrument of the people, as we listen to The Art of the Theatre Organ.

Divergent views on matters of interpretation illuminate the familiar repertoire of a great master.

More live concert performances by an international array of soloists recorded in Finland at Lahti’s Church of the Cross.

A too-brief summary of the popular late-summer festival and international competition in Finland.

Reminiscences by Viennese organist Peter Planyavsky, who plays music of his teacher and mentor Anton Heiller, along with other works by Austrian composers.

Collecting organ repertoire in the Land of the Maple Leaf.

A celebration of the numerous instrumental and vocal works which this Pulitzer Prize-winning musician has created for the organ’s repertoire, with comments from the composer.

An iconoclastic sampler of American-made compositions for the King of Instruments.

A summer quarterly survey of recent organ music on compact disc.

Playing the daylights out of nine of New York City’s foremost instruments.

The City of Brotherly Love is home to some of the largest and rarest instruments of the American Industrial Era.

A delightful demonstration of the diverse flavors of home-grown organ compositions.

Eight different soloists provide a composite look Symphony Number 8, the largest and least-known of Charles-Marie Widor’s ten famous organ symphonies.

Recitals performances, sponsored by Westminster Choir College, on the 1992 Mander organ at Princeton University Chapel.

A visit with the remarkable young blind British organist David Aprahamian Liddle.

Highlights from the 1995 Organ Recital Series of Charleston’s famous springtime music festival.

Scavenging amidst the numerous and imaginative works of Bach’s exceptional pupil Johann Ludwig Krebs.

From concerts and compact discs, performances at Christ Church Cathedral and East 91st Street Christian Church.