…the annual end-of-the-year reflection, with highlights from recent recordings, concert excerpts, prize-winning performances and more.
…magical music, both old and new, adds immeasurably to the spirit of the Nativity Festival.
…composers and performers from at home and abroad explore diverse compositions in celebration of the gift of Christmas.
…in the countryside and city, a collection of old noëls in settings from three centuries.
…a collection of music by composers (mostly) with important birthday anniversaries in the year 2011.
…performances by soloists from Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, in concert at the Meyerson Symphony Center.
…a collaborative offering of Bach’s famous and thought-provoking set of variations, plus other works in ‘G’.
…performances by and conversation with the outstanding American recitalist, whose international career continues to blossom.
…with a good theme, organist-composers can provide an exceptional ‘tour’ of the tonal resources of any instrument.
…familiar songs take on a new life in the hands of imaginative composers and agile performers playing upon an organ’s many pipes.
…continuing our Franz Liszt Bicentennial tribute with original scores and arrangements by Liszt and others that further realize the pipe organ’s promethean potential.
…to celebrate the bicentennial of Franz Liszt (1811-1886), who made the 19th century pipe organ a vehicle for virtuosos, and for prayers.
…communities rejoice with diversely designed and recently installed pipe organs.
…performances by and conversation with the vigorous virtuoso from Finland, Kalevi Kiviniemi.
…soloists Thierry Escaich, David Goode and Thomas Trotter preside over England’s grandest concert organ in performances from London’s Royal Albert Hall.
…a centenary tribute to the world’s largest functioning musical instrument, a magnificent landmark at Macy’s downtown department store in Philadelphia.
…compositions of lament, reflection and healing in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the tragedy of September 11, 2001.
…a survey of music by the Lüneburg master Georg Böhm[1661-1733], whose exemplary shock-waves inspired, among others, the young Johann Sebastian Bach.
…from ‘lively’ contexts in Saint Paul, Minneapolis, and Amarillo, recitalists Hector Olivera, Stephen Tharp, Craig Phillips and others perform.
…whether combined with saxophone, brass ensemble, chamber orchestra or symphonic ensemble, the King of Instruments proves itself an able and amiable companion.
…performances by and conversation with the vibrant and provocative American virtuoso, composer and musicologist Anthony Newman.
…composite performances of the most famous of all organ symphonies (by Charles-Marie Widor), and its somber companion-challenger (by Louis Vierne).
…Soloists Stephen Farr and David Goode figure in this first of two summer programs from England’s extraordinary music festival, highlighting the organ at Royal Albert Hall.
…In swinging Bach arrangements, Fats Waller improvisations, and original new scores, the King of Instruments lets it all hang out.
…Though organists often are invisible when they play, some recent DVD productions showcase both the performance and the performer.
…Selected performances from venues around the country where the pipe organ generates special attention.
…a sampler of American music, both patriotic and sacred, in celebration of our nation’s favorite holiday.
…a sesquicentennial tribute to Marco Enrico Bossi [1861-1925] the composer, virtuoso, and teacher who ‘modernized’ the art of the organ in Italy with his passionate, romantic music.
…a second tribute to the famous blind French organist, master improviser and prolific composer, featuring performances and comments by his students, friends and wife.
…winners of the Mader Competition in California and the St. Alban’s Competition in England show a way to the future for the King of Instruments.
…a spring survey of some recent CD releases from American producers in the USA, Canada and Mexico.
…selections from recital programs recorded on the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ by Dobson in Philadelphia’s Verizon Hall.
…delightful representatives of the Netherlands organ experience, with instruments and repertoire from five centuries.
…a celebration of the blind French composer, Jean Langlais [1902-1991], featuring performances by himself and his wife, Marie-Louise Langlais, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his death.
…revisiting the art of one of the foremost organist-composers of the 20th century, on the occasion of his 125th birthday anniversary [b. May 3, 1886]
…selections from inaugural-series concerts on a pair of exceptional new instruments, by Richards-Fowkes & Company and Martin Pasi, in Houston and Dallas.
…music to commemorate the Christian Resurrection Festival and celebrate the earth’s joyful rebirth in springtime.
…a survey of instruments old and new, including the venerable Austin organ at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium in Chattanooga.
…enhancing that ‘spring feeling’ with scores from the classics to Broadway songs, tuneful takes on the change of seasons.
…performances from an American Guild of Organists gathering presented in and around the Windy City.
…Paul Jacobs celebrates the reinstallation of the 1974 Kuhn pipe organ at Lincoln Center’s renovated Alice Tully Hall with a performance of Clavierübung III.
…celebrate the birthdays of the two greatest German exponents of the pipe organ, only two days apart: Johann Sebastian Bach (March 21) and Max Reger (March 19).
…in this first of three Bach-related programs this month, notable performers bring decided individuality to their interpretations and tributes.
…some up-tempo tunes to keep the blood warm and take us through to the beginning of spring.
…players and listeners alike experience a special exhilaration in concert settings.
…winners of the Miami International Organ Competition, plus other resident and guest soloists, play to the positives of the southern Florida organ scene.
…though he did not live to be thirty, in the hundred years since his birth, Alain’s remarkable and original works have achieved world-renown.
…in traditional and contemporary repertoire, American artists at home and abroad reveal the energy of live performance.
…more recently released CDs featuring organs, composers and performers from Europe and elsewhere.
…some recently released CDs featuring organs, composers and performers from these United States.
…selected performances on some recently installed pipe organs in venues around the United States and beyond.
…where the sound of history comes alive in the home territory of Arp Schnitger and Dieterich Buxtehude.
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