1956 Aeolian-Skinner; 2002 Randall Dyer organ at Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida

We’re traveling south this week to churches and chapels in Virginia, Florida and South Carolina to sample some recently installed instruments. We’ll visit Rollins College in Winter Park, where Randall Dyer and Associates have worked their magic on the 1936 Aeolian-Skinner. At Saint James Episcopal, Richmond, National Cathedral organist Eric Suter demonstrates Opus 112 from the Massachusetts shop of C.B. Fisk, a recent addition to an impressive list of contemporary tracker-action organs in town. And at First Presbyterian in Greenwood, Robert Glick shows off the new Goulding and Wood organ, both as soloist and composer. The music tells the story, and the venues guarantee the pleasure of Southern Comfort.

Performances on interesting recent instruments in Florida, Texas and Minnesota.

…an international sampler of instruments and players, all in recent recordings, commit to individual revelations of the spirit of the greatest of all composers for the organ, J.S. Bach.

…a celebration of composers and performers, in anticipation of International Women’s Day [observed on March 8].

…some up-tempo tunes to keep the blood warm and take us through to the beginning of spring.

…from three centuries of compositions, an overview of the 'old-world' organ art as practiced in the 'new world'.

…a sesquicentennial salute to turn–of–the–(19th)–century recitalist, composer and teacher, Horatio Parker (9/15/1863–12/18/1919)