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 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.