Episodes: 2015

1721 Schnitger at St. Michael’s Church, Zwolle, the Netherlands

An Organist's Yearbook #1552

December 28, 2015

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

1979 Brombaugh at Christ Church, Tacoma, WA

An American Christmas Festival #1551

December 21, 2015

…holiday music resounds coast-to-coast, from New York to California, Texas to Minnesota.

1996 Austin at LaGrave Avenue Christian Reformed Church

Holiday Portraits #1550

December 14, 2015

…the Christmas festival is rich with pictorial implications that composers have interpreted with intriguing ingenuity.

1969 Walker at Blackburn Cathedral, England

An International Christmas Celebration #1549

December 7, 2015

…with greetings from England, Iceland, France, Austria, Poland, Italy, Canada and the United States.

1992 Fisk/Epiphany Church, Winchester, MA

Rounding Up #1548

November 30, 2015

…selected works by composers celebrating special centennial or sesqui-centennial anniversaries this year.

1992 Fisk/Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX

All American #1547

November 23, 2015

…despite the organ's origins abroad, our resident composers have rather nicely figured out the King of Instruments.

1960 Aeolian–Skinner at National Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC

On Fire! #1546

November 16, 2015

…an independent approach leads to compelling results in the hands of those who prefer ‘doing it their way’!

Prizewinners Perform #1545

November 9, 2015

…talented and aspiring young soloists show their promise as winners of various national and regional competitions sponsored by the American Guild of Organists.

1967 Walker at Liverpool Metropolitan (RC) Cathedral

Visiting Britain #1544

November 2, 2015

…a sampler of some of the instruments to be visited during the Spring 2016 Pipedreams Group Tour in northern England and Scotland.

Michael Barone and Jean Guillou at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Dallas

East Texas Treasures #1543

October 26, 2015

…selections from the increasingly popular festival devoted to Aeolian-Skinner pipe organs designed by Roy Perry.

Quotes from Raven #1542

October 19, 2015

…recent selections from one of America's prime 'organ labels', and conversations with Raven's curator William Van Pelt.

2010 Klais at Auckland Town Hall, New Zealand

Town Hall Treasures #1541

October 12, 2015

…the tradition of grand pipe organs in civic halls seems to have been an English invention, one carried on successfully throughout the Empire and still maintained…and emulated…today.

1890–1991 Casavant organ in Montréal's historic Basilique de Notre Dame

From the Canadian International Organ Competition #1540

October 5, 2015

…performances by prizewinners of the 2014 concours held in Montreal last October.

1992 Mander at St. Ignatius Loyola, New York City

More Organ Plus #1539

September 28, 2015

…intriguing combinations of other musical friends add importantly to the organ’s ‘public’ repertoire.

1968 Harrison at King's College Chapel, Cambridge, England

In Every Corner Sing! #1538

September 21, 2015

…raising the roof with soulful and sonorous scores for choirs, congregations, solo singers and organs.

1987 Marcussen at St. Hans Church, Odense, Denmark

Our Father #1537

September 14, 2015

…one of the world's best known texts provides us with glimpses into the composer's craft and the organ builder's art.

1871 Willis-1933 Harrison-2004 Mander at Royal Albert Hall

Prom-inent Pipes #1536

September 7, 2015

…classic repertoire, improvisations, and an unusual concerto provide opportunities for soloists on the mighty Royal Albert Hall organ at the BBC Proms in London.

1930 Steinmeyer at Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, Norway

Norwegians Would! (II) #1535

August 31, 2015

…another exploration of the organ art as practiced in distinctive fashion by soloists and composers from Norway.

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