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 So ciety, from which archives we draw a potpourri of performances on noteworthy older American instruments.