Episodes: 2019

…our traditional summing-up of some of the previous year’s happenings in the world of the King of Instruments.

…music for the season with a distinctly home-grown flavor.

…a diverting collection of rare and unusual music for the Christmas festival.

…a multi-generational sampler of festival holiday music from many lands.

…a selection of recent, varied, and colorful pipe organs from around the United States.

…only good things happen when two organists share a single console!

…the art of the organ in our country got a good start with the help of these fine fellows.

…despite that ruthless Biblical reference, today we follow the lead of the great composer of organ symphonies, Charles-Marie Widor.

…concert and session recordings highlight one of today’s outstanding performer-teachers, Baylor University’s petite powerhouse, Isabelle Demers.

…can there ever be a surfeit of these characterful, complex and compelling treasures?

…Olivier Latry joins Michael Barone to reflect on the legacy of performers and composers associated with France’s famous Cathedral.

…the American Classic Organ as interpreted by Roy Perry, featured in selections from the 2018 East Texas Pipe Organ Festival.

…delight in the sounds of some of the instruments that will be visited during the PIPEDREAMS tour in Germany this week.

…a collection of terrifically tactile and telling tests of musical virtuosity and stamina.

…celebrating the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels (9/29) with compositions and performances by various name-sakes.

…even when conflict seems unavoidably omnipresent, music can take us to a better place.

…an after-hours concert at Macy’s Center City commemorating Philadelphia organist Michael Stairs.

…Notre Dame Cathedral organist Olivier Latry and Leipzig Gewandhaus organist Michael Schönheit perform at the Royal Albert Hall.