Episodes: 1998

What better way to explore the composers’ and the organbuilders’ art than through some sets of variations?

A spring survey of recent releases of organ music on compact disc.

Celebratory selections for the Spring festival of rebirth and renewal.

A sampler of unusual repertoire from one of Eastern Europe’s major musical centers.

And why shouldn’t the King of Instruments play a special role in our enjoyment of music from the lyric stage?

Mostly smaller chorale settings from the landmark volume, Clavierubung III.

The goal of our next Pipedreams program is clear enough, discover exceptional women musicians and given them center stage. And so we shall, with Irmtraud Krueger marching around the sanctuary in Poligny, France, Kathleen Scheide playing her own composition in Boston, Dorothy Papadakos improvising to the songs of humpback whales at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City, now isn’t THAT an image?! and Katharine Pardee responding to the muse of Sweelinck in Syracuse. Whether Under the Linden Green, or in the depths of the sea singing with humpback whales, talented women organists play for us, showing off a multiplicity of talents and tastes as we Cherchez les Femmes, and find them…this week on Pipedreams.

In Iowa and Indiana we explore notable installations of imaginatively-conceived organs by American builders Lynn Dobson and Daniel Jaeckel.

Finalists of the 1997 Dallas International Organ Competition play at the Meyerson Symphony Center.

Performances by and conversations with entrants in the prestigeous and lucrative 1997 Dallas International Organ Competition, recorded on the C.B. Fisk pipe organs of Southern Methodist University and the Meyerson Symphony Center.

Vibrant and colorful compositions by 20th century composers in the United States, important additions to the organ’s ongoing tradition.

Though symphonies and choral music have secured his fame, it was the organ he first loved and which remained a life influence.

Performances by members of the Alamo Chapter of the American Guild of Organists in Texas.

Hot sounds from Kansas university campuses in Wichita and Pittsburg.

Concerts from American Guild of Organists gatherings in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Sioux Center Iowa.

A New Year’s survey of recent releases of organ music on compact disc.