Episodes: 2010

…a time for celebration, reflection, and projection of expectations for the new season ahead.

…some holiday melodies from other lands at first may seem strange or foreign, but their message of peace and joy is unmistakable.

…timeless musical gifts from many hands and many lands celebrated the festival of Christmas.

…this international overview of youthful performers ably demonstrates a lively future for the King of Instruments.

…a visit to the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City to revisit the newly restored 146-rank Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ in this world’s largest Gothic landmark.

…a focus on new instruments at Indiana University, Bloomington, and the University of North Texas, Denton.

…in their different ways, Bach’s eldest sons Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philip Emmanuel, made interesting contributions to the repertoire.

…the palpable excitement of live performance is conveyed through these recital appearances by Nathan Laube, Ken Cowan, Carlo Curley, Andrew Kotylo and Vincent Dubois.

…a celebration of the iconic 1959 Aeolian-Skinner instrument in the Auditorium of the Community of Christ in Independence, Missouri, with comments from John Obetz and Jan Kraybill.

…you don’t want to be left all alone when things go bump in the night in the organ loft!

…an introduction to the iconoclastic repertoire and intriguing personality of a multi-faceted Swedish virtuoso for whom ‘everything is organ music’.

…the varied art of the organ builder is alive and well throughout the world, as this week’s showcase of recent instruments demonstrates.

…in consort with one, two, or dozens of companion instrumentalists or singers, the King of Instruments proves itself an affable and amiable colleague.

…the splendid sounds of organs in the United Kingdom resonate with pleasurable grandeur.

…modest instruments can achieve maximal satisfaction, as proven by these organs which posses no more than twelve stops each.

…a bi-coastal selection of excerpts from concert recordings made in California, North Carolina, and Minnesota.

…a late-summer review of an international selection of recently issued compact discs devoted to the King of Instruments.

…bigger-than-life performances on notable pipe organs in and around the Lone Star State.