1878 Joseph Merklin Organ at House of Hope Presbyterian Church, Saint Paul, MN

This week on Pipedreams host Michael Barone gathers some friends together at House of Hope Presbyterian Church in Saint Paul for a concert in celebration of Pipedreams’ first compact disc release. It’s sort of a show-and-tell affair, with performances by Leonard Danek, Edward Berryman and Michael Ferguson in of some of their own works, one of which takes a Bachian-challenge to its triumphal conclusion. Monte Mason leads his splendid choirs, and Melanie Ninnemann teams up with Michael Barone for a sonorous organ duet. And Michael will even play a solo or two.

Recital performances on the historic 1878 Merklin and famous 1979 Fisk organs at House of Hope Presbyterian Church on Summit Avenue in Saint Paul, MN.

A visit with British organist David Briggs, who talks about his career and plays instruments in England and Minnesota.