…music of contrast and contradiction, a progression of mood and spirit leading to revelation.
…a selective collection of organ works by composers with significant birthdays observed during this year.
…we feature Canadian composers and performers in anticipation of the upcoming Canadian International Organ Competition in Montreal.
…a visit with American soloist James Hicks, who leads us on an adventure amidst the organ repertoire of Scandinavia.
…we enjoy archive recordings of the renowned Kotzschmar Memorial Organ at Merrill Auditorium in Portland, Maine, in anticipation of the instrument's Grand Reawakening on September 27 following a major 2-year refurbishment.
…a selective international survey and review of some of the many recently released compact discs of organ music.
…in felicitous fraternization, wind-blown pipes and hammer-struck strings again prove themselves cordial artistic colleagues.
…some stories, with and without words, prove that music’s universal language is completely comprehensible.
…in the company of guest commentator and biographer Kerala Snyder, we explore the profoundly influential music of this “Great Dane” of the German Baroque organ scene.
…sometimes lofty, sometimes light-hearted, this music either was inspired by and/or performed in an awesome ambience.
…on four instruments in a picturesque New York university town, we explore a collection of creative contemporary compositions in anticipation of an upcoming Organ Historical Society convention.
…in which we blend a huge romantic pipe organ into a full symphonic wind and percussion ensemble, with clearly audible results!
…whether on historic instruments in his homeland, a Catholic church in New Orleans, or in a Japanese concert hall, nothing quite satisfies like the music of Johann Sebastian Bach!
…we receive a surprising amount of unexpected submissions, some rather home-spun, but many with interesting stories behind them.
…putting the pedal to the metal, these compositions make extraordinary use of the organists feet, which often play the music all by themselves.
…performances from the annual Fourth of July concerts held at Washington National Cathedral in our nation’s capital.
…the palpable excitement of live performance is conveyed through these recital appearances by Nathan Laube, Ken Cowan, Carlo Curley, Andrew Kotylo and Vincent Dubois.
…on the eve of the 2014 American Guild of Organists convention, we enjoy historic instruments by the Boston builders Elias and George Hook, recorded in and around Boston during an Organ Historical Society Convention.
