…the palpable excitement of live performance is conveyed through these recital appearances by Nathan Laube, Ken Cowan, Carlo Curley, Andrew Kotylo and Vincent Dubois.
…a celebration of the iconic 1959 Aeolian-Skinner instrument in the Auditorium of the Community of Christ in Independence, Missouri, with comments from John Obetz and Jan Kraybill.
…you don’t want to be left all alone when things go bump in the night in the organ loft!
…an introduction to the iconoclastic repertoire and intriguing personality of a multi-faceted Swedish virtuoso for whom ‘everything is organ music’.
…the varied art of the organ builder is alive and well throughout the world, as this week’s showcase of recent instruments demonstrates.
…in consort with one, two, or dozens of companion instrumentalists or singers, the King of Instruments proves itself an affable and amiable colleague.
…the splendid sounds of organs in the United Kingdom resonate with pleasurable grandeur.
…modest instruments can achieve maximal satisfaction, as proven by these organs which posses no more than twelve stops each.
…a bi-coastal selection of excerpts from concert recordings made in California, North Carolina, and Minnesota.
…a late-summer review of an international selection of recently issued compact discs devoted to the King of Instruments.
…bigger-than-life performances on notable pipe organs in and around the Lone Star State.
…music featuring the mighty and historic Willis-Harrison-Mander pipe organ (once the world’s largest!) as recently recorded at London’s landmark Royal Albert Hall.
…some aural postcards from our spring visits to organs in the region from Provence to the Pyrenees.
…musical tributes to composers who achieved significant birthday anniversaries during this and other recent months.
…how better to explore a pipe organ’s voices, and test a player’s mettle, than in the playing of variations?!
…performances on the notable instruments of Temple Square, including the Mormon Tabernacle, Assembly Hall and Conference Center, plus Salt Lake City’s Cathedral of the Madeleine.
…a kaleidoscopic collection of twentieth-century music by composers from the United States, many in first broadcast performances.
…concert performances and commentary make clear why audiences everywhere are beguiled by Hector Olivera’s irrepressible and personable virtuosity.