Episodes: 2023

. . . diverse and diverting seasonal selections, including engaging live concert improvisations.  

. . . featuring the 1965 Flentrop organ at St. Mark’s Cathedral in recital and worship contexts.

. . . the sonorities of Saint James Cathedral, featuring scintillating concert performances and a splendid Choral Vespers Service.

. . . performances by recent winners of the AGO National Competitions in Organ Performance and Improvisation and some of the young artist winners of the regional 2022 AGO/Quimby Rising Stars Competition.

. . . selections from four centuries by musicians who have achieved significant milestones this year.

. . . music on themes for and about the sainted and the soulful.

. . . surprises abound in the repertoire for organ and orchestra.

. . . sometimes the old tunes provide the best ideas for new music.

. . . selections from extremely diverse recital performances recorded in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio and Virginia.

. . . an ear-catching assortment of recently released albums of organ music.

. . . an irreverent reflection on the somewhat unbelievable four-plus decade history of  PIPEDREAMS, with glimpses of the past, and projections for the future from host-producer Michael Barone.

. . . the irrepressible and ever resilient Canadian virtuoso shares her light with the audience at the Royal Albert Hall.

…though the pipe organ itself may seem big and ponderous, its music will have your toes tapping.

…a reflection on the diverse styles by which American composers express themselves.

…a reflection on the effusive art of Max Reger, whose pages may be black with notes but also colorful with emotion.

The Well-Tempered Clavier . . . Bach was the most thorough but not alone in writing in support of a ‘modern’ tuning system.

. . . the social media’s charismatic pipe organ maven performs at Royal Albert Hall during England’s foremost summer music festival.

. . . the name says it all, but when spelled out in tones it provides for some intriguing reinterpretations.