Episodes: 1991

…Reflections upon events of the past twelve months, including highlights of some new instruments, tributes to Helmut Walcha, Jean Langlais and others, some summer snapshots, and resolutions for the new year.

…Holiday Garlands....sparkling and colorful arrangements of familiar melodies.

…Seasonal Salutations....a sampler from three centuries of organists' musical greetings for the Christmas festival.

…Preludes to the Christmas Festival....settings of Advent and Christmas melodies both old and new.

…A further exploration of known and unknown works which sound better on the pipe organ than their composer ever imagined.

…Historic instruments in Mexico City, Taxco and La Valenciana with commentary by restoration specialist Susan Tattershall. Recorded performances on this program were derived from CDs featuring organists Guy Bovet (Gallo CD-439, 440, 560 ) and Donald Joyce (Titanic CD-187/188) plus an LP created by the Mexican National Department of Restoration and Monuments devoted to performances by Felipe Ramirez.

…Having fun with more of the recently revived original compositions and remarkable transcriptions of the once-most-popular organist, Edwin H. Lemare (1865-1934) The highest paid organist at the height of his career, Lemare was resident music for the cities of San Francisco, Chattanooga and Portland, and the popularity he enjoyed has not been rivaled by any subsequent virtuoso.

…A visit with the resourceful and mobile Swedish organist, who shares some of his repertoire enthusiasms.

…The autumn quarterly sampler of recent releases of organ music on cassette and compact disc, with comments and recommendations by host Michael Barone.

…Conversations with and performances by the provocative, multi-faceted artist and teacher from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

…From here to there –five instruments, all variants on the American church organ theme, as practiced by builders from England, Connecticut, Holland and Illinois.

…Lumsden and Latry - two young recitalists from England and France play recently installed instruments in Florida and Indiana.

…Conversations with and performances by Stephen Cleobury, the director of music for historic King's College Chapel in Cambridge, England.

…Recent works for organ by Minnesota musician Leonard Danek, performed by the composer.

…performances by Minnesota organists Howard Don Small and James Melby, recorded on the 4-manual Welte-Moller-Gould organ (1928-1983) at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

…a by-no-means thorough but satisfactorily diverse survey of French organ music from three centuries.

…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!

…another in an occasional but continuing series of programs featuring recordings from the archives of the Organ Historical Society and comments from the former OHS executive director William VanPelt. Among the historic instruments in this broadcast are several by the excellent but little known St. Louis builder John George Pfeffer.

…performances by members of the Twin Cities Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, recorded in concert.

…the California virtuoso performs on the 1980 Robert Sipe organ at Hennepin United Methodist Church in Minneapolis. Ms. Rhodes is a faculty member of the University of California, Los Angeles.

…A quarterly survey of recent recordings.

…Recital performances by James Callahan, David Hurd, and Jonathan Tuuk recorded on the 1987 Gabriel Kney pipe organ at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN.

…A discographic summary of more than three decades of recording on one of the foremost Baroque organs in the Netherlands, at the Saint Laurenskerk.

…classical and theater organ wizard Hector Olivera demonstrates his legendary versatility in a wide variety of repertoire.

…A disparate grouping of mostly unusual opportunities for the acoustic embellishment of your June nuptials.

…Works from a composer who helped define the style of 19th century French symphonic organ music.

…Music of the organist Alexandre Guilmant of France.

…Instruments in Ann Arbor, Grosse Pointe Farms and Detroit

…Swiss virtuoso Hannes Meyer, with a canny combination of showmanship and superb musicality, illumines the delightful side of organ appreciation for listeners young and old.

…Recitalists David Higgs and Thomas Trotter perform in concerts at the University of Alabama and the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida.

…Organ builder George Bozeman and friends demonstrate his instrument at St. Paul's Church in Brookline, Massachusetts.

…A quarterly survey of recent recordings. Host Michael Barone comments.

…A collection of historic and contemporary pieces on Resurrection themes.

…a dramatic cycle of meditations for Passiontide.

…A miscellany of music and musicians in homage to the greatest of all organists.

…The exceptional playing of Frenchman Olivier Latry. Latry was recorded in concert at Grace Presbyterian Church, Houston (1986 Schantz) during an American Guild of Organists national convention. He is also heard on the historic Cavaille-Coll organ of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris.

…A stroll past some excellent and unfamiliar examples of this time-honored musical form.

…Music for two organists at one or two instruments, recorded in concert.

…Miniature musical postcards from an Organ Historical gathering along the Massachusetts north shore.

…organ music in celebration of the 350th anniversary of the first Swedish settlement in the New World.

…The youthful talents of Christopher Young and Robert Poovey demonstrate that the art of organ playing is in good hands.

…Highlights from the recent and auspicious Calgary International Organ Festival celebrating a new Canadian concert hall and instrument, outstanding talent, and an enterprising community.

…Not a law firm, but three persuasive organ advocates on the bench of Seattle's famous Flentrop at St. Mark's Cathedral.