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Pipedreams originated as a discrete series of fourteen broadcasts (offered January-April 1982), with content primarily derived from concerts recorded during the 1980 A.G.O. convention. These programs, produced at Minnesota Public Radio and distributed by American Public Radio (now PRI), were made possible in cooperation with National Public Radio. Funding came from the Corporation of Public Broadcasting, the Dayton Hudson Foundation, the Episcopal Choirmasters Handbook (John C. Grant), and Mr. & Mrs. Wesley C. Dudley (the Dudleys, thankfully, having continued as program underwriters through the entire history of Pipedreams).

A.G.O. 1980

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.

Program Broadcast date:

  • January 3, 1982

Listen to the program

The audio from this show is divided into four parts that correspond to the music list below.

Audio Part 1 (includes Robinson, Hillert, Brahms, Argento, Robinson)

Audio Part 2 (includes Hampton)

Audio Part 3 (includes Rameau)

Audio Part 4 (includes Britten, Bainton, Goss, Mulet)

Music played in the program

McNEIL ROBINSON : Festival Improvisation and Hymn, O That I had a thousand voices - McNeil Robinson, RICHARD HILLERT : Venite Exultemus (premiere) –Festival Liturgical Choir and Ensemble/John Ferguson, organist and conductor. JOHANNES BRAHMS : Motet, Op.74, no. 1, Warum ist das Licht gegeben? -Dale Warland Singers/Dale Warland, conductor. RICHARD HILLERT : Te Deum (premiere) –Festival Liturgical Choir and Ensemble/John Ferguson, organist and conductor. DOMINIC ARGENTO : Hymn, Let all the world in every corner sing –Festival Liturgical Choir and Ensemble (plus a congregation of 2000+ church musicians)/John Ferguson, organist and conductor. McNEIL ROBINSON : Festival Improvisation on a Hymn by Dominick Argento –McNeil Robinson (1961 Casavant/Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 6/16/80)

CALVIN HAMPTON : Variations on The Old Hundredth –Calvin Hampton (1932 Aeolian-Skinner/Northrop Auditorium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 6/16/80)

JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU : Harpsichord Suite in a (1728) –Larry Palmer, harpsichord (Dowd) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 6/18/80 at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis)

BENJAMIN BRITTEN : Te Deum and Jubilate in C. EDGAR BAINTON : Anthem, And I saw a new heaven . JOHN GOSS : Hymn, Praise my soul the king of heaven (Lauda Anima ). HENRI MULET : Toccata, Tu es Petra, fr Byzantine Sketches –Choir of Saint Paul's Cathedral, London/Barry Rose, conductor; John Scott (1949 Wicks/Basilica of Saint Mary, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 6/17/80)