. . . the annual summing up of twelve month’s happenings, celebrating success and lamenting losses. choral, instrumental, and organized treats make for a family-friendly festival.
. . . choral, instrumental, and organized treats make for a family-friendly festival.
. . . and these musical selections will help point the way.
. . . concert performances from Minnesota’s capitol city and the big domed church on the hill.
. . . music for the Advent season, in anticipation of the Christmas holiday.
. . . highlighting the work of American composers and performers during this all-American holiday.
. . . continuing our bicentennial celebration, powerful and persuasive pages from beyond the standard repertoire of César Franck.
. . . a bicentennial tribute to the man who reshaped French organ music, César Franck (1822-1890).
. . . music to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s revolutionary Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences (written 10/31/1517).
. . . music to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s revolutionary Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences (written 10/31/1517).
. . . an American miscellany of three disparate and delightfully original composers, René Becker, Emma Lou Diemer, and Ned Rorem.
. . . another visit with the irrepressible James D. Hicks, who shares some of the Nordic music that has been his mission for the past dozen years.
. . . an autumnal survey of recent recordings of unusual and engaging repertoire.
. . . performances old and new drawn from the vast library of recordings, most made over the years by host Michael Barone.
. . . vintage and new recordings in anticipation of the reinauguration of the newly restored Hazel Wright Memorial Pipe Organ at Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, CA.
. . . our annual summer visit to Royal Albert Hall for a concert on the spectacular Willis/Harrison & Harrison organ that once was the largest in the land.
…performances by and comments from students of Michael Bauer and James Higdon, featuring the Hellmuth Wolff pipe organ in Bales Recital Hall in Lawrence.
…prize–winning young organists explore intriguing repertoire beyond the same–old–same–old.
…invented by the Italians and transformed by composers everywhere ever since, the Organ Sonata encourages different strokes from different folks.
…players and listeners alike experience a special exhilaration in concert settings.
…a celebration of the iconic 1959 Aeolian-Skinner instrument in the Auditorium of the Community of Christ in Independence, Missouri, with comments from Jan Kraybill and the late John Obetz.
. . . instrument, artist, and audience participate in music improvised, played and sung.
. . . regardless of how or where or on what you play it, Bach’s music always comes round right.
. . . some select sounds of recently-installed instruments.
. . . at one of the summer season’s gathering points, concert performances by soloists ages 17-21.
. . . listening to these new recordings is almost as good as being there.
. . . a sampler of composers, performers and instruments from the north, south, east, and west.
. . . from vintage recordings and live performances, a selection of entertaining popular tunes.
. . . a survey of the remarkable and rarely-heard music of Belgian-English composer Guy Weitz (1883-1970).
. . . some extraordinarily effective transcriptions and original works by the romantic-era’s foremost virtuoso.
. . . one is percussive, the other wind-blown, but these two keyboard instruments make a marvelous match.
. . . highlights from the most recent in-person gathering of the Organ Historical Society in Texas.
. . . more mementos from the AGO convention in Seattle in the year 2000, preluding the upcoming one in July 2022.
. . . get to know some of the instruments that the Pipedreams tour group are encountering in person.
. . . a celebration of the indomitable spirit of American composer Margaret Sandresky and her 101st birthday!
. . . composers through history have satisfied every taste by creating intriguing variations over a repeated harmonic phrase via the chaconne.
. . . studies in the transformation of a simple theme into exquisite tapestries of tone.
. . . music for the Easter Festival is both uplifting and challenging.
. . . introspective meditations to take us forward from Palm Sunday’s momentary jubilation.
. . . women and men together, as composers and performers, create a greater harmony.
. . . interpretations, elaborations, transcriptions, and new fantasies all spring from Bach‘s example.
. . . his was an incomparable genius, his music largely inspired by his deep and abiding faith.
. . . women composers and performers share their special insights.
. . . in anticipation of the upcoming convention in 2022, we share these remembrances from AGO Seattle 2000.
. . . concert excerpts featuring youthful performers, composers and transcribers.
. . . a selective survey of recent recordings exemplary of organ music in its many manifestations.
...African-American performers, composers and themes enrich our experience of the King of Instruments.
...recital and session performances by the youthful organ professor at Ball State University, Stephen C. Price.
...recordings (on analog tape!) made by producer-host Michael Barone in the days before PIPEDREAMS.
…a collection of choice concert recordings from the home territory of PIPEDREAMS.
Nordic Variations . . . we explore more Scandinavian music with intrepid and indefatigable recitalist and recording artist James D. Hicks.
. . . to enhance the instrument’s versatility and impact, Martin Pasi recently completed a 47-rank addition to the historic 64-rank 1961 Holtkamp pipe organ.at at St. John’s Benedictine Abbey in Collegeville, MN.
