1891 Pilcher-2002 Rule organ at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian-Universalist Church, Knoxville, TN

What do a city auditorium in New Zealand, an historic church of in Manila, a Scandinavian university science project and the Tennessee Valley Arts Commission have in common? Each celebrates the art of the organ. This week we’ll savor performances from Christchurch Town Hall, the parish of Las Pinas in the Philippines, the Hamburg Baroque Organ Project of Gothenburg, Sweden and the Unitarian Church in Knoxville where pipe organs, old and new, excite the imagination with ear-intriguing sounds. The proof is in the playing. Enjoy some sonically beguiling CD releases while we’re Going On Record with organ music in review.

An exploration of some organ repertoire that takes on a life of its own apart from worship.

…from three centuries of compositions, an overview of the 'old-world' organ art as practiced in the 'new world'.