. . . celebrating the 250th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven (b. 1770) with some of few pieces he wrote for organ, and many that he didn’t!
. . . in anticipation of the Christian festival of the Nativity, music that looks for good news.
. . . to Cecilia, the Patron Saint of Music, to composer Benjamin Britten, and to the memory of Stephen Cleobury.
. . . in his anniversary year, we explore music by the many other composers with significant anniversaries in 2020.
. . . in the shadow of another Covid-cancelled 2020 gathering, we revisit these exceptional East Texas Pipe Organ Festival performances from 2019.
. . . additional performances recorded during the American Guild of Organists 2018 National Convention in Kansas City.
. . . excerpts from the American Guild of Organists’ Organ Fest 2020, featuring compositions and performers scheduled for the canceled 2020 AGO Convention in Atlanta.
. . .a full helping of intriguing interpretive indulgence featuring David Briggs, Olivier Latry and Wayne Marshall in concert at Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center.
. . . a celebration of the legacy of the famed organist of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, Louis Vierne, on the sesquicentennial of his birth (b. 10/8/1870)
...some profound and entertaining compositions by the ‘bad boy’ of the 20th century French music scene, Francis Poulenc.
. . . selections from special concerts featuring the world’s largest fully functional pipe organ in the Grand Court at Macy’s Center City Store in Philadelphia, PA.
. . . internationally-acclaimed American recitalist Nathan Laube plays the first public concert on the renovated 108-rank Aeolian-Skinner organ at the University of Minnesota.
. . . concert performances from a national organist’s convention in Kansas City.
. . . the magic of organ with orchestra and other instruments has beguiled audiences for several centuries.
. . . from Baroque beginnings to contemporary realizations, this ‘classical’ format serves all.
. . . a salute to creative composers, able arrangers, and persuasive performers in anticipation of Women’s Equality Day (August 26).
. . . more sound-pictures from last year’s pair of Pipedreams Tours in central Germany.
. . . sound-pictures from last year’s pair of Pipedreams Tours in Bach Country.
