Episodes: 2014

…the irrepressible and ever imaginative concert artist takes a turn at the console of the pipe organ Lyle Blackinton made at Bethel University in Arden Hills, MN.

…in celebration of the Christian Resurrection Festival, music from the earliest surviving organ book to contemporary compositions and of-the-moment improvisations.

…performances by and comments from students of Michael Bauer and James Higdon, featuring the Helmuth Wolff pipe organ in Bales Recital Hall in Lawrence.

…a visit to Memorial Church to hear the new gallery organ by C. B. Fisk, the renewed 1930 Skinner organ in Appleton Chapel, and some historic resonances of instruments from the past.

…unique recital performances from the 2006 National Convention of the American Guild of Organists.

…concert performances of music by the greatest composer for the pipe organ, in celebration of his birthday and the beginning of spring.

…getting in step with some bracing tunes that will keep you in good spirits and on the move!

…though Wilhelm Friedemann Bach was reputed to be the finest organist of his era, he died penniless while his younger brother, Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach, prospered as harpsichordist to Frederick the Great and, later, Music Director for the city of Hamburg.

…a celebration, on the occasion of her 85th birthday, of the art, the music, and the indomitable spirit of one of Nashville’s great performers and classy ladies, Wilma Jensen.

…concert performances from here and there, demonstrating a variety of organs and organists in action.

…unique recital performances from the 2002 National Convention of the American Guild of Organists.

…you might think them an odd couple, but Anton Heiller from 20th century Austria and Gottfried August Homilius from 18th century Saxony both knew a thing or two about writing for the organ.

…bold and brazen are the organ’s trumpet pipes, and the ensemble that pits its energy against the King of Instruments!

…concert performances from the 2008 National Convention of the American Guild of Organists.

…beyond the standard repertoire, many extraordinary works for organ and instruments remain to be (re)discovered.

…whether old or new, with ensembles large or small, innovative music for organ with orchestra continues to fascinate.