. . . the annual summing up of a year’s happenings.
. . . music for the holiday with a distinctly home-grown flavor.
. . . jubilant and celebratory selections for the Christmas holiday.
. . . a multi-generational sampler of festival holiday music from many lands.
. . . celebrating the 250th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven (b. 1770) with some of few pieces he wrote for organ, and many that he didn’t!
. . . in anticipation of the Christian festival of the Nativity, music that looks for good news.
. . . to Cecilia, the Patron Saint of Music, to composer Benjamin Britten, and to the memory of Stephen Cleobury.
. . . in his anniversary year, we explore music by the many other composers with significant anniversaries in 2020.
. . . in the shadow of another Covid-cancelled 2020 gathering, we revisit these exceptional East Texas Pipe Organ Festival performances from 2019.
. . . additional performances recorded during the American Guild of Organists 2018 National Convention in Kansas City.
. . . excerpts from the American Guild of Organists’ Organ Fest 2020, featuring compositions and performers scheduled for the canceled 2020 AGO Convention in Atlanta.
. . .a full helping of intriguing interpretive indulgence featuring David Briggs, Olivier Latry and Wayne Marshall in concert at Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center.
. . . a celebration of the legacy of the famed organist of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, Louis Vierne, on the sesquicentennial of his birth (b. 10/8/1870)
...some profound and entertaining compositions by the ‘bad boy’ of the 20th century French music scene, Francis Poulenc.
. . . selections from special concerts featuring the world’s largest fully functional pipe organ in the Grand Court at Macy’s Center City Store in Philadelphia, PA.
. . . internationally-acclaimed American recitalist Nathan Laube plays the first public concert on the renovated 108-rank Aeolian-Skinner organ at the University of Minnesota.
. . . concert performances from a national organist’s convention in Kansas City.
. . . the magic of organ with orchestra and other instruments has beguiled audiences for several centuries.
. . . from Baroque beginnings to contemporary realizations, this ‘classical’ format serves all.
. . . a salute to creative composers, able arrangers, and persuasive performers in anticipation of Women’s Equality Day (August 26).
. . . more sound-pictures from last year’s pair of Pipedreams Tours in central Germany.
. . . sound-pictures from last year’s pair of Pipedreams Tours in Bach Country.
…from Durham to Gdansk, we check in on some new instruments of a wide variety of styles, each engaging in its own unique manner.
…illuminating conversation and performances featuring organs in South Africa, Virginia, and England.
…another set of singular concert performances from the Pipedreams Archive.
…gathering in large groups may be inadvisable but, if you join in, these unique concert performances still can reach a huge audience.
…let's delight in American composers during our American holiday week.
…a deliciously diverse display of newer pipe organs at home and abroad.
…a selective review of some intriguing recent compact disc releases.
…a reflection on the effusive art of Max Reger, whose pages may be black with notes but also colorful with emotion.
…we highlight a few of the famous pipe organs for which the summer season usually is particularly active.
…we preview what might have been had Covid-19 not caused the cancellation of the 2020 Organ Historical Society National Convention this coming July.
…uplifting music for the Feast of the Ascension.
…a celebration of all things Norwegian in observance of the country’s National Day on the 17th of May.
…with so many composers for the organ, inevitably a few rather interesting items get lost in the shuffle!
…a reflection on the diverse styles by which American composers express themselves.
…music for an Earth Day celebration of the world's splendor and the environment which is our life-support.
…selections from a recent Pipedreams Live! event at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, TX.
…celebrations and reflections for the Easter season.
…the immeasurable treasure of Bach's compositions for organ provides perpetual pleasure.
…drawn from the archives, arresting repertoire and performances featuring Minnesota venues and instruments.
…diverse venues and interpretive attitudes explore the universal genius of J.S.B.
…though the pipe organ itself may seem big and ponderous, its music will have your toes tapping.
…and have proven themselves exceptional performers and composers, whom we celebrate on International Women's Day during Women's History Month.
…intriguing choral and organ repertoire from or about Wales, to honor the country's patron, Saint David, and the 'Land of Song'.
…more young Quimby-AGO Regional Competition winners perform at the Community of Christ Auditorium in Independence, Missouri.
…young winners of the Quimby-AGO Regional Competitions perform at the Community of Christ Auditorium in Independence, Missouri.
…in anticipation of Valentine's Day, some popular and classical selections which examine the emotion that makes the world go round.
…you may recognize the surnames, but the individuals attached to them are not whom you might expect.
…a review of winners’ performances from the 2019 Longwood International Organ Competition.
…delight in the historic sounds of modest and monumental instruments in Mexico City and Oaxaca province.
…we preview some instruments to be visited during the upcoming Spring Pipedreams Tour (May 23-June 7, 2020).
