Episodes: 2012

…the annual Olde Yeare-New Year reflection, with highlights from recent recordings, concert excerpts, prize-winning performances, and more.

…glorious sounds resound in historic buildings, testament to the richness of a centuries-old musical art.

…performers, composers, arrangers, and instrument builders join in providing music for the holiday celebration.

…a multi-cultural exploration of diverse musicks for the Festival of the Nativity.

…a collection of seasonal melodies elaborated in the French and German traditions.

…performances from Wisconsin, South Carolina, Massachusetts, Michigan, Iowa and Minnesota showcasing organists in concert.

…a multi-generational exploration amidst contributions to the organ's repertoire by American composers.

…this multi-faceted English organist concertizes, improvises, transcribes and composes with equal enthusiasm.

…premiere performances and first recordings feature music and musicians in Albuquerque.

…a 70th birthday tribute to Daniel Roth, organist of the Parisian church of Saint Sulpice.

…concert performances on instruments by Daniel Jaeckel, Reuter, and the Schantz Organ Company in Duluth, Richfield, and New Ulm.

…organist and archivist Lorenz Maycher reflects on the heritage of Aeolian-Skinner pipe organs.

…performances and compositions by one of Canada's foremost musical talents, Rachel Laurin.

…in tribute to a great American virtuoso, the outspoken and charismatic organist and entertainer Carlo Curley (1952-2012).

…to celebrate his sesquicentennial, we go beyond the famous Gothic Suite to reveal other facets of this intriguing French composer, Leon Boëllmann (1862-1897).

…one of the world's most exciting virtuosos plays a mostly-Bach program (with a twist) on the great organ at Royal Albert Hall.

…with Francesco Cera as our guide, we investigate the organ art in the land that virtually 'invented music'.

…compositions from Sweelinck to Cage, honoring composers whom we celebrate for significant anniversaries this year.