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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments |
…the splendid sound of organ music in American cathedrals in Seattle, San Francisco, Wilkes-Barre, Toledo, Buffalo and the Twin Cities.
…classical and theatre organists, and some young competition winners, provide some sounds from the deep south.
Hear about our upcoming show
Concertos
, Program No. 1325 (6/24/2013)
The Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition has officially started!
We have profiles and links to video documentaries of the 10 finalists. Check it out here!
Join the Organ Historical Society's 2013 National Convention for a LIVE webcast from Vermont
If you can't be there in person you gotta check out the webcast, which is available here.
See and hear internationally acclaimed organist James David Christie live on Friday, June 28 at 8:15 p.m. EDT as he performs works by Sweelinck, Scheidemann, Krebs and Bach, plus his own transcription of a concerto by Vivaldi, on the 1973 Karl Wilhelm organ at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Burlington, Vermont.
Folks! Pipedreams went to España
Michael Barone makes personal appearances here and there, and would love to greet you at one of these upcoming events:
Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition
June 18–22, 2013
Join master-of-ceremonies Michael Barone for the preliminary (Tuesday/Wednesday) and final (Saturday) rounds of this prestigious new contest featuring ten of the world's top young aspiring concert artists in performances on the 10,010-pipe Aeolian organ in the Longwood Ballroom, competing for the largest cash prize of any organ competition in the world.
Washington National Cathedral Independence Day Concert
July 4, 2013 – 11 a.m.
Michael Barone again is host (for the third year) of the free July 4th performance featuring organists Benjamin Straley and Christopher Betts, pianist Jeremy Filsell, and the U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters. Join the throng for an exciting morning of music.
Wyomng Seminary Performing Arts Institute
July 12, 2013 – 8 p.m.
Michael Barone, making a rare, and modest, appearance at the console, teams up with featured soloist Mark Laubach, guest conductor Timothy Foley and the WSPAI Wind Ensemble for a concert of works for band and pipe organ, featuring the Berghaus instrument at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (35 South Franklin Street) in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Free.
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Behind the Facade:
A Listener’s Guide to the Pipe Organ
Downloads are available of the complete Bach organ works played on historic instruments by James Kibbie of the University of Michigan.
2010 Parkey organ, Opus 11, at First Presbyterian, Gainesville, Georgia
National broadcasts of Pipedreams are made possible with funding from Mr. and Mrs. Wesley C. Dudley, MAHADH Fund of HRK Foundation, by the contributions of listeners to American Public Media stations, and by the Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America, APOBA, representing designers and creators of fine instruments heard throughout the country, on the Web, and toll-free at 800-473-5270.