Episodes: 2022

. . . an autumnal survey of recent recordings of unusual and engaging repertoire.

. . . performances old and new drawn from the vast library of recordings, most made over the years by host Michael Barone.

. . . vintage and new recordings in anticipation of the reinauguration of the newly restored Hazel Wright Memorial Pipe Organ at Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, CA.

. . . our annual summer visit to Royal Albert Hall for a concert on the spectacular Willis/Harrison & Harrison organ that once was the largest in the land.

…performances by and comments from students of Michael Bauer and James Higdon, featuring the Hellmuth Wolff pipe organ in Bales Recital Hall in Lawrence.

…prize–winning young organists explore intriguing repertoire beyond the same–old–same–old.

…invented by the Italians and transformed by composers everywhere ever since, the Organ Sonata encourages different strokes from different folks.

…players and listeners alike experience a special exhilaration in concert settings.

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

. . . instrument, artist, and audience participate in music improvised, played and sung.

. . . regardless of how or where or on what you play it, Bach’s music always comes round right.

. . . some select sounds of recently-installed instruments.

. . . at one of the summer season’s gathering points, concert performances by soloists ages 17-21.

. . . listening to these new recordings is almost as good as being there.

. . . a sampler of composers, performers and instruments from the north, south, east, and west.

. . . from vintage recordings and live performances, a selection of entertaining popular tunes.

. . . a survey of the remarkable and rarely-heard music of Belgian-English composer Guy Weitz (1883-1970).

. . . some extraordinarily effective transcriptions and original works by the romantic-era’s foremost virtuoso.