Episodes: 1992

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…historic and modern meditations on the birth of Jesus, embellished by Gregorian chant and scripture readings.

…seasonal musics old and new in celebration of the Christmas joy.

…holiday selections from churches, shrines, tabernacles and auditoriums around these United States.

…music in anticipation of Christmas on themes of introspection and expectation.

…performances on the new, historically-inspired pipe organ by Tacoma builder Paul Fritts at Arizona State University in Tempe.

…more selections of mostly little-know repertoire from the 16th through 20th centuries.

…completed in 1862 as the largest work of the famous builder Aristide Cavaille-Coll, and immortalized by Widor and Dupre, this noteworthy Parisian instrument received a thorough historic restoration which was completed last year. These performances celebrate its official re-inauguration, and feature works by present and former Saint- Sulpice musicians (r. 10/18/91).

…an autumn quarter sampler of recent releases of organ music, with emphasis on the unusual and the unusually attractive.

…the young Swedish recitalist performs his first concert in the United States at the Riverside Church in New York City (r. 7123/91).

…on beyond ubiquitous familiarity to a diverse and delightful repertoire by the master-player of Nuremberg, Johann Pachelbel.

…performances on historic American instruments recorded during the 1986 Organ Historical Society conclave.

…Harald Vogel plays music by Buxtehude, Scheidt, Praetorius and other Baroque composers on the Brombaugh organs of Southern College in Collegedale, Tennessee.

…a ring of words and music, crowned by Ernst Krenek's imposing setting of mystical poems of John Donne.

…the splendid sounds of historic instruments are all around us, if we care enough to listen and to preserve them.

…a concert on the 1964 Holtkamp organ at St. John's Benedictine Abbey and University Church in Collegeville, MN.

…a memorial tribute to the late American organist, an innovative and outspoken recitalist and composer, who was recorded at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis in January 1983 (89-rank Holtkamp organ).

…a revisit with William Van Pelt of the Orlan Historical Society, from which archives we draw a potpourri of performances on noteworthy older American instruments.

…a reflective survey of performance practice. As the pendulum of taste swings eternally. music of Johann Sebastian Bach remains a constant attraction. But even his work is not immune to varying interpretation as our notions of the ideal "Bach approach" shift and fluctuate. Here we explore the Bach art in its manifold variety as displayed by such noted personages as Albert Schweitzer. Anton Nowakowski. Marcel Dupre. Louis Vierne, Helmut Walcha. Carl Weinrich, E. Power Biggs, Virgil Fox and several contemporary talents.

…a summer quarter sampler of recent releases of organ music, with emphasis on the unusual and the unusually attractive.

…more concert performances from Charleston churches.

…more performances from Lahti’s Church of the Cross.

…finalists in both the national performance and improvisation contests play at Church of the Advent, Boston, and Harvard University’s Memorial Chapel.

…concert performances from Charleston’s summer organ music celebration.

…the notes are the same, but inevitably the accent is a bit different when works of French composer Cesar Franck are interpreted on instruments in the United States.

…built by an ingenius father for his four musically talented children, the instrument which inspired the compositions of Jehan Alain and provided the earliest training for recitalist Marie-Claire Alain now has a new home in Romainmotier.

…members of the New York City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists perform in a benefit/marathon concert at St. Peter’s (Citicorp) Church in Manhattan.

…a memorial tribute, on the 80th anniversary of his birth, to one of the most vital and characterful virtuosos the world has ever known.

…performances at the Church of the Cross in Lahti, home to an increasingly famous organ celebration of international scope, the first of two programs.

…visiting with performer/producer Fred Hohman, who shares some of the recent additions to his label’s growing catalogue.

…a four-century-broad collection of music for Easter, celebrating the Christian festival of Resurrection.

… the spring quarterly survey of recent releases of organ music on CD, with commentary from host Michael Barone.

…A final installment of concert recordings made mostly during the 1988 American Guild of Organists national convention in a very organ-rich Texas town.

…Individual viewpoints concerning music which is at the heart of all organ enthusiasm, the works of Johann Sebastian Bach.

…An encouraging display of musical ability from players aged fourteen to nineteen.

…Historic and modern repertoire for organ solo and in consort from Austria's capitol city.

…Further selections from recitals given during the 1988 National Convention of the American Guild of Organists, plus.

…Concerts in Tennessee, South Carolina, and Japan testify to the universality and timelessness of the Bach spirit.

. . . performances on the landmark 1928 E. M. Skinner at Yale’s Woolsey Hall, one of the world’s finest symphonic-style instruments.

…Beginning the New Year with a sampler of recent released of organ music on cassette and compact disc.