…concert performances by the celebrated Frank Speller on the 97-rank 1983 Visser-Rowlands organ in Bates Recital Hall of the University of Texas in Austin.
…recordings by American organists David Craighead, William Porter, William Kuhlman and Laraine Olson Waters.
…performances by the Choir of St. Thomas Church in New York City, recorded at Saint Matthew’s Roman Catholic Cathedral in Washington DC during the 1982 National Biennial Convention of the American Guild of Organists.
…a recital by the acclaimed New York organist and composer, recorded on the 1981 Holtkamp organ at Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis.
…another selective sampling of unusual and appealing new organ recordings, with commentary by program host Michael Barone.
…an entertaining glimpse at the show-biz cousin to the “king of instruments,” the theater organ, once the ubiquitous accompaniment to the action on the silver screen, now a popular attraction in its own right. Guest commentator Karl Eilers joins host Michael Barone in examining just what a “theater organ” is, and what it can do.
…all the repertoire on this broadcast was originally written for some medium other than the pipe organ. While some of you may consider a transcription “impure,” the tradition of adapting music for organ performance is based on centuries-old precedents. Bach thought nothing of playing a Vivaldi violin concerto on the organ.
…a by-no-means thorough but satisfactorily diverse survey of French organ music from three centuries.
…another exploration of some of the interesting and sometimes curious old instruments in the Windy City, with performances recorded there during a convention of the Organ Historical Society.
…for June brides and others, a program of wedding music which includes some of what you'd expect and much than you wouldn't.
…a diverting collection of music in a form which Italians invented but composers in Germany perfected.
…whether inspired by hymn tunes or mere caprice, American composers approach the pipe organ in refreshingly diverse ways.
…a collection of works on the theme of Pentecost.
…a centenary retrospective devoted to the art of the great French organist-composer Marcel Dupre. His own playing is featured.
…with Dupre biographer Michael Murray we explore the life of the master performer, teacher and composer, a towering figure in the 20th century organ world. Representative recording highlight more than 40 years of performance in France, England and the United States.
…a revisit with William Van Pelt of the Orlan Historical So ciety, from which archives we draw a potpourri of performances on noteworthy older American instruments.
…a revisit with William Van Pelt of the Orlan Historical Society, from which archives we draw a potpourri of performances on noteworthy older American instruments.
…concert recordings by the noted French musician, whose original compositions, transcriptions, and improvisations reveal a modern genius of Lisztian proportion. Guillou's vision of the modern organ's potentials is uncommonly arresting.
