Episodes: 2006

2005 Kern organ at Frauenkirche, Dresden, Germany

An Organist’s Yearbook #0652

December 25, 2006

We ring out the old and ring in the new with reflections on happenings in 2006 and some projections for the future in 2007.

1995 Reuter at Shadyside Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, PA

An American Organist’s Christmas #0651

December 18, 2006

Our own composers and performers know how to bring a unique and special flavor to the holiday season.

1714 Boizard organ of the Church of Saint Michel, Thiérache, France

Christmas International #0650

December 11, 2006

Performers and composers from many lands celebrate the Nativity Festival.

The 1730 Trost organ of the Stadtkirche in Waltershausen, Germany

Advent Anticipation #0649

December 4, 2006

Composers old and new create music of awe and expectation that preludes the Christmas festival.

In Praise of Humanity #0648

November 27, 2006

A commemorative tribute to three American composers and a meditation for World AIDS Day 2006.

1736 Fux organ at Fürstenfeld Kloster, Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany

Postcards from a Tour #0647

November 20, 2006

Some lively aural reminders of the fun we had during our recent visit to southern Germany and beyond.

Hindemith, Howells and Hanson #0646

November 13, 2006

Three contemporaries, a German, an Englishman and an American, embraced the pipe organ in divergent yet harmonious ways.

1871 Ladegast organ at Schweriner Dom, Germany

Another Liszt List #0645

November 6, 2006

Exemplary scores by a titan of the keyboard who liberated the organ in ways we are only beginning to fully appreciate.

1934 Aeolian-Skinner organ at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA

A Lively Tradition #0644

October 30, 2006

Exploring a collection of scores, some new, some newer, all by American composers.

Walker on the Wild Side #0643

October 23, 2006

Popular and unflappable church musician John Walker shares insights on his world and an extraordinary modern concerto that he champions.

Hartness Organ (C.B. Fisk Opus 121) at Furman University, Greenville, SC

Fine Fisk for Furman #0642

October 16, 2006

With campus colleagues, faculty soloist Charles Tompkins celebrates the inauguration of the Hartness Organ (C.B. Fisk Opus 121) at Furman University in Greenville, SC.

1980 Virtanen organ at Turku Cathedral, Finland

Scandinavian Surprises #0641

October 9, 2006

Organs and organ music continue as an integral element in the artistic life of Nordic countries.

1984 Fritts-Richards organ at Saint Alphonsus Church, Seattle, WA

Old Bach in the New World #0640

October 2, 2006

Without travelling abroad, we can learn more about this music by playing on instruments attuned to his era.

2005 Jaeckel organ at Emory University, Atlanta, GA

The Year of the Jaeckel #0639

September 25, 2006

In Atlanta, Timothy Albrecht and colleagues celebrate the new pipe organ at Emerson Concert Hall of Emory University’s Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. Interview with Timothy Albrecht Interview with Daniel Jaeckel

1980 Sipe organ at Hennepin Avenue UMC, Minneapolis, MN

From Russia With Love #0638

September 18, 2006

A centenary tribute to Dmitri Shostakovich [1906-1975], and recital performances by guest Daniel Zaretsky, who introduces little-known music from an unlikely source.

Getting a Handel On It #0637

September 11, 2006

The German-born English celebrity, George Frideric Handel [1685-1759], knew how to entrance audiences and generate publicity, as his Opus 4 organ concertos proved.

1692 Arp Schnitger organ at Saint Ludgeri Church, Norden, Germany

From Buxheim to Buxtehude #0636

September 4, 2006

A miscellany of ‘early music’ from the fifteenth through the early 18th centuries.

1725 Moucherel organ at Mouzon Abbey, France

The CD Collector’s Corner #0635

August 28, 2006

A selective sampler of some of the newer items ‘hot off the press’, a sonic smorgasbord.

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