…featuring recordings of 19th-century instruments from the archives of the Organ Historical Society, with comments from its Executive Director William Van Pelt.
…with organist Karel Paukert we visit Cleveland, Saint Paul, and Gifu (Japan), hear organs by Holtkamp, Van Daalen, and Tsuji, and come to understand why this musician, for one, will never get bored!
…German organist and historian Harald Vogel introduces us to some of the best-preserved antique organs of northern Germany and Holland.
…a recital of Scandinavian music performed by the young Norwegian organist, recorded on the Casavant organ (4-manuals, 108-ranks) at Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis.
…a recital by Dr. John Obetz on the Rieger organ at All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington, DC, recorded during the 1982 National Biennial Convention of the American Guild of Organists.
…a selective quarterly sampling of recent organ recordings, with emphasis on the unusual and the unusually attractive. This potpourri covers a wide variety of musical types, performance styles, and organ-building attitudes, as displayed on LP's and CD's of foreign and domestic vintage. Host Michael Barone provides revealing commentary.
…a review and preview of goings-on in the organ world, including excerpts from dedicatory recitals in Pacific Palisades, California (Fisk organ) and Seattle (Fritts-Richards organ), highlights from the first Worcester International Organ Festival, and a feature on the historic Willis concert instrument at London's famed Alexandra Palace.
…french organ music for the Christmas season, in digital recordings by Wolfgang Rubsam and Todd Wilson.
…the first of four programs recorded at the De Doolen Concert Hall in Rotterdam (4-manual, mechanical action organ by Flentrop) during the Festival's 29th season.
…digital recordings of concert performances on the Ruffatti organs at San Francisco's Davies Symphony Hall and Saint Mary's Cathedral, including premieres of several spectacular works for organ, brass and percussion.
…a recital by Mark Laubach, first prize winner at the National American Guild of Organists Open Competition in Organ Playing, digitally recorded at San Francisco's Grace Cathedral.
…performances by British recitalist Gillian Weir, National Organ Playing Competition finalist David Chalmers, and harpsichordist David Britton, recorded during the San Francisco organist's convention.
…AKA The Remarkable Mean-Tone Organs of Charles Fisk. Remarkable instruments with an historic sound built by Charles Fisk for Wellesley College and Stanford University. Harald Vogel and Fenner Douglass perform in concert settings.
…performances of organ and choral works recorded at San Francisco's most prominent church, featuring soloist Richard Purvis and the Cathedral Choir led by John Fenstermaker.
…regional winners of the 1983 American Guild of Organists competitions perform at St. Luke's Church in San Francisco.
…performances by Simon Preston, Eileen Guenther, and Fenner Douglass on the two organs at Stanford University's Memorial Church, the recently renovated 1901 Murray Harris and the revolutionary 1984 C.B. Fisk. University organist Herbert Nanney comments.
…in recital, John Weaver at Grace Cathedral and Thomas Murray (+) at Trinity Episcopal Church.
…an introduction to the 1984 National Biennial Convention of the American Guild of Organists, featuring digital tapes of concerts and recitals performed in and around San Francisco.
