Organs and organ music continue as an integral element in the artistic life of Nordic countries.
Without travelling abroad, we can learn more about this music by playing on instruments attuned to his era.
In Atlanta, Timothy Albrecht and colleagues celebrate the new pipe organ at Emerson Concert Hall of Emory University’s Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts.
Interview with Timothy Albrecht
Interview with Daniel Jaeckel
A centenary tribute to Dmitri Shostakovich [1906-1975], and recital performances by guest Daniel Zaretsky, who introduces little-known music from an unlikely source.
The German-born English celebrity, George Frideric Handel [1685-1759], knew how to entrance audiences and generate publicity, as his Opus 4 organ concertos proved.
A miscellany of ‘early music’ from the fifteenth through the early 18th centuries.
A selective sampler of some of the newer items ‘hot off the press’, a sonic smorgasbord.
Recital performances from events inaugurating recent instruments around the USA.
Performances by and conversation with the amiable Delbert Disselhorst of the University of Iowa.
A cross-section of instruments and performers in Minnesota, drawn from our considerable archive of live-concert recordings.
Unencumbered by the organ’s generally sober aspect, we let enthusiasm and optimism take the upper hand
Poetic portraits and psalmists songs summon soothing images of lush summer fields and quiet times.
A visit with the remarkable young blind British organist David Aprahamian Liddle.
A display of surprising rhythmic agility, proving that even the King of Instruments can “get down” on occasion.
These brilliant denizens of heaven evoke their rolls as travelers’ guide, focus of prayers and wishes, and symbol of nations, while providing us with a star-studded musical celebration.
…the rich resource of our nation’s own compositional talent store gives our ears and hearts much for which to be thankful.
Considering what one player at the console can accomplish, just imagine what is possible with organ duos and duets.
Everybody loves a familiar tune, and these composers take advantage of some popular melodies from diverse cultures.
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