1897 Hutchings organ at the Basilica of our Lady of Perpetual Help “Mission Church”, Boston, Massachusetts

The goal of our next Pipedreams program is clear enough, discover exceptional women musicians and given them center stage. And so we shall, with Irmtraud Krueger marching around the sanctuary in Poligny, France, Kathleen Scheide playing her own composition in Boston, Dorothy Papadakos improvising to the songs of humpback whales at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City, now isn’t THAT an image?! and Katharine Pardee responding to the muse of Sweelinck in Syracuse. Whether Under the Linden Green, or in the depths of the sea singing with humpback whales, talented women organists play for us, showing off a multiplicity of talents and tastes as we Cherchez les Femmes, and find them…this week on Pipedreams.

Further glimpses at the remarkably diverse organ repertoire by American composers, recorded in and around Boston.

Or Woman Composers for the Organ, a survey of some interesting works by some interesting people.

…the rich resource of our nation’s own compositional talent store gives our ears and hearts much for which to be thankful.

…on the eve of the 2014 American Guild of Organists convention, we enjoy historic instruments by the Boston builders Elias and George Hook, recorded in and around Boston during an Organ Historical Society Convention.

A New Year’s review of some of the most recently available organ music on compact disc, a ‘host’s choice‘.

A spicy collection of holiday music from chapels, cathedrals and a theatre.