…a time for celebration, reflection, and projection of expectations for the new season ahead.
…some holiday melodies from other lands at first may seem strange or foreign, but their message of peace and joy is unmistakable.
…timeless musical gifts from many hands and many lands celebrated the festival of Christmas.
…this international overview of youthful performers ably demonstrates a lively future for the King of Instruments.
…a visit to the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City to revisit the newly restored 146-rank Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ in this world’s largest Gothic landmark.
…a focus on new instruments at Indiana University, Bloomington, and the University of North Texas, Denton.
…in their different ways, Bach’s eldest sons Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philip Emmanuel, made interesting contributions to the repertoire.
…the palpable excitement of live performance is conveyed through these recital appearances by Nathan Laube, Ken Cowan, Carlo Curley, Andrew Kotylo and Vincent Dubois.
…a celebration of the iconic 1959 Aeolian-Skinner instrument in the Auditorium of the Community of Christ in Independence, Missouri, with comments from John Obetz and Jan Kraybill.
…you don’t want to be left all alone when things go bump in the night in the organ loft!
…an introduction to the iconoclastic repertoire and intriguing personality of a multi-faceted Swedish virtuoso for whom ‘everything is organ music’.
…the varied art of the organ builder is alive and well throughout the world, as this week’s showcase of recent instruments demonstrates.
…in consort with one, two, or dozens of companion instrumentalists or singers, the King of Instruments proves itself an affable and amiable colleague.
…the splendid sounds of organs in the United Kingdom resonate with pleasurable grandeur.
…modest instruments can achieve maximal satisfaction, as proven by these organs which posses no more than twelve stops each.
…a bi-coastal selection of excerpts from concert recordings made in California, North Carolina, and Minnesota.
…a late-summer review of an international selection of recently issued compact discs devoted to the King of Instruments.
…bigger-than-life performances on notable pipe organs in and around the Lone Star State.
…music featuring the mighty and historic Willis-Harrison-Mander pipe organ (once the world’s largest!) as recently recorded at London’s landmark Royal Albert Hall.
…some aural postcards from our spring visits to organs in the region from Provence to the Pyrenees.
…musical tributes to composers who achieved significant birthday anniversaries during this and other recent months.
…how better to explore a pipe organ’s voices, and test a player’s mettle, than in the playing of variations?!
…performances on the notable instruments of Temple Square, including the Mormon Tabernacle, Assembly Hall and Conference Center, plus Salt Lake City’s Cathedral of the Madeleine.
…a kaleidoscopic collection of twentieth-century music by composers from the United States, many in first broadcast performances.
…concert performances and commentary make clear why audiences everywhere are beguiled by Hector Olivera’s irrepressible and personable virtuosity.
…from the centenary celebrations of the Robert Hope-Jones pipe organ in the world-famous auditorium of this picturesque New Jersey summer shore-side retreat.
…an all-American program that explores the sonic and virtuosic freedoms and possibilities of pipe organs and those who play them.
…music by offspring, pupils, and later enthusiasts for whom the music of Johann Sebastian Bach was both beacon and benediction.
…‘historic recordings’ and premiere performances from the 1982 American Guild of Organists Convention in Washington, D.C., reflecting back on some of the earliest PIPEDREAMS programs.
…a collection of musical instruments that add immeasurably to this western Pennsylvania city’s enviable ‘livability’ rating.
…on the occasion of the bicentennial of his birth, we enjoy some intriguing scores that Robert Schumann composed in 1845…originally not for the pipe organ!
…select performances from a national convention in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Los Angeles chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
…when Edward F. Searles rescued the Boston Music Hall organ more than a century ago, did he realize he was creating a national landmark treasure?
…the splendid sound of organ music in American cathedrals in Seattle, San Francisco, Wilkes-Barre, Toledo, Buffalo and the Twin Cities.
…a summary salute to the memory of several composers who reached significant milestones in the first half of this year.
…performances by and conversation with one of today’s most dynamic organ virtuosos, Wayne Marshall.
…solo performances of music from France, and a pair of American concertos from the American Guild of Organists’ 2004 national convention, featuring the eye- and ear-catching Glatter-Götz/Rosales organ.
…the old boys in northern Europe showed the way, and others later followed with extravagant compositions that explore the stylus phantasticus manner.
…we return to upstate New York for performances by students and faculty of the Eastman School of Music recorded during a remarkably popular and successful weekend organ festival.
…solo performances of music from France, and a pair of American concertos from AGO 2004, featuring the eye- and ear-catching Glatter-Götz/Rosales organ.
…celebratory and contemplative scores explore the energy of the springtime festival of rebirth.
…a stellar line-up of exceptional young players who have won important awards in recent national and international competitions.
…with students from the Oberlin Conservatory and musicologist Steve Plank, we celebrate ‘live’ at Warner Hall.
…varied interpretations, transcriptions, arrangements, and outlooks enhance our appreciation of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
…a celebration of composers and performers, in anticipation of International Women’s Day [observed on March 8].
…a roundup of live performance events on interesting instruments from throughout the United States.
…a diverse collection of other musical friends teams up with the King of Instruments to make a glorious noise.
…considering the talents demonstrated by these youthful performers, the future of the art of the organ is in good hands.
…a colorful collection of music featuring African-American composers and performers.
…a celebration of the life and work of the industrious and indefatigable American composer Emma Lou Diemer, with comment, compact discs, and concert performances.
…samples of recently released recordings, a world-wide demonstration of organistic activity.
…some stories, with and without words, prove that music’s universal language is completely comprehensible.
…between Marseille and Toulouse, we audition some of the instruments to be visited during our spring tour in the south of France.
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