1963 Casavant Frères organ at Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Where do the hours and the months and years go? Can you believe it? Our next Pipedreams program observes the 20th anniversary of our first national broadcast, which was way back in the winter of 1982. Believe it or not, we were hatching our plans even before then. This week, hear some of those earliest tapes, plus get a sampler of things we’ve done and places we’ve been over the past two decades. After 20 years has it all been played? Not a chance. Some bright ideas never dim, and this week we’ll reflect on a score of great music and plan for the future. Organ music on the Radio? Absolutely! Listen as we celebrate the first twenty years, an anniversary retrospective, this week on Pipedreams.

Further forays into repertoire for the organ “augmented”, in this case by brasses, strings, winds, and electronics.

…in traditional and contemporary repertoire, American artists at home and abroad reveal the energy of live performance.

…from ‘lively’ contexts in Saint Paul, Minneapolis, and Amarillo, recitalists Hector Olivera, Stephen Tharp, Craig Phillips and others perform.

…performances by and conversation with the outstanding American recitalist, whose international career continues to blossom.

…a multi-cultural exploration of diverse musicks for the Festival of the Nativity.

…concert performances from the 2008 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.

…after more than three decades as director of the Choir of King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury knows his job and still keeps on his toes as an organ soloist!

…concert performances of American music from an American Guild of Organists convention in the Minnesota twin cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.

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

…in traditional and contemporary repertoire, American artists at home and abroad reveal the energy of live performance.

…compositions and performances by Minnesota musicians, from the Pipedreams archive.

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

…our traditional summing-up of some of the previous year’s happenings in the world of the King of Instruments.

…a selective introduction to the traditions of that musical device which Mozart ranked above all others, and those players Beethoven considered the best of musicians, the pipe organ.

…A collection of engaging and ear-catching moments from the program's archives.

…Works by American composers, including selections form the new American Guild of Organists 90th Anniversary anthology of American Music.

In bold and beautiful music, we hear this London church’s famous instrument “at home” and enjoy the renowned Abbey Choir “on tour” in Minnesota.

Sorrowful and reassuring meditations for a time of stress and uncertainty.

Music of expectation and exhultation for the Advent season.

A collection of composed and improvised settings of Gregorian chants, traditional hymns and chorales for organ, choirs and other instruments.

…a program of mostly new, commissioned works recorded on the Casavant organ of Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, and recorded during the American Guild of Organist’s 1980 National Convention in Minnesota.

…the very first Pipedreams broadcast features highlights from the 1980 National Convention of the American Guild of Organists held in the Minnesota Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.