1961 Holtkamp organ at Saint John’s Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota

a profound reflection upon the saga of Christ’s crucifixion, a progression through fourteen poems by Paul Claudel with originally-improvised musical commentary by Marcel Dupré.

…a bi-coastal selection of excerpts from concert recordings made in California, North Carolina, and Minnesota.

…though his pages often contain a tumult of notes, Max Reger's compositions also encompass magical moments of reflection and compassion.

…archive performances by resident and visiting musicians recorded in the North Star State.

…a multi-performer, multi-venue presentation of Marcel Dupré’s provocative and profound musical interpretation of Paul Claudel’s vivid fourteen-poem cycle, Le Chemin de la Croix.

…raising the roof with soulful and sonorous scores for choirs, congregations, solo singers and organs.

…a sampler of some instruments heard next month during the Organ Historical Society's national convention.

…highlights from a national gathering of the Organ Historical Society in and around the Twin Cities.

…drawn from the archives, arresting repertoire and performances featuring Minnesota venues and instruments.

. . . continuing a year of celebration of the AGO’s Year of the Young Organist, with an additional sampler of youthful talent.

. . . 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.

…recordings by a young, talented and relatively unknown American organist, Robert Barwis Pitman, whose career ended tragically virtually before it had begun.

…a dramatic cycle of meditations for Passiontide.

…a complete performance of the Nativity Suite of Olivier Messiaen, played by Theodore Gillen at St. John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota.

…a complete performance of the Nativity Suite of Olivier Messiaen, played by Theodore Gillen at St. John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota.

…A wide ranging summary of the past twelve months in the world of the king of instruments, with competition winners, new instrument dedications, and memorial tributes to friends and mentors...in particular, E. Lyle Hagert, Douglas L. Butler, and Klaas Bolt (requiescat in pace).

…from triumphal entry through trial and tribulation to redemption, a collection of liturgical and other music of ceremony and spirituality.

…the amiable and peripatetic Swiss musician introduces us to historic sounds south of the border, plus other delights.

…a dramatic cycle of meditations for Passiontide.

…a dramatic cycle of meditations for Passiontide.

…french organ music for the Christmas season, in digital recordings by Wolfgang Rubsam and Todd Wilson.

…a dramatic cycle of meditations for Passiontide.