2003 C.B. Fisk organ at the Protestant Cathedral in Lausanne, Switzerland

Listen to a sampling of three recent installations of American-built instruments in Switzerland, California and Nebraska. An additional recital program from Omaha’s Saint Cecilia Cathedral will be aired in November to celebrate of the Feast of Saint Cecilia, patron of musicians. And did you know that the case for the Lausanne Fisk was devised by Giorgetto Giugiaro, designer of the Maserati Bora and Volkswagen Golf and hundreds of other automobiles?

Inaugural concert performances from the Protestant Cathedral in Lausanne featuring the new 2003 C.B. Fisk organ at Lausanne Cathedral, Switzerland instrument, the largest American-built pipe organ in Europe. Cathedral organist Jean-Christophe Geiser appears with the Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne. Jean Balissat conducts, recorded December 3, 2003. These recordings were provided by the Swiss Radio through the European Broadcasting Union. We’ll also play some brief selections from Mr. Geiser’s solo-organ CD [Organ CD ORG7210]

…a sampler of instruments in Basel, Arlesheim, Neuchatel, Bern, Fribourg, Geneva, Romainmotier, Lausanne, Sion, Lucerne, Zurich and many other venues along the way to be explored during the upcoming PIPEDREAMS Tour of Switzerland (May 12-25, 2014).

…for those who stayed at home, a musical diversion to accompany the current PIPEDREAMS group tour.

…in celebration of the Vernal Equinox and a special birthday, we delight again in more of the ever resilient music of Johann Sebastian Bach.

…though relatively few in number, some significant instruments by organ builders from the U. S. A. have found themselves as musical ambassadors in foreign settings.

…a continued exploration of beguiling concert repertoire from three centuries.

…an international array of soloists leads us through the magical intricacies of The Art of Fugue/Die Kunst der Fuge (S. 1080) by Johann Sebastian Bach.