Pipedreams originated as a discrete series of fourteen broadcasts (offered January-April 1982), with content primarily derived from concerts recorded during the 1980 A.G.O. convention. These programs, produced at Minnesota Public Radio and distributed by American Public Radio (now PRI), were made possible in cooperation with National Public Radio. Funding came from the Corporation of Public Broadcasting, the Dayton Hudson Foundation, the Episcopal Choirmasters Handbook (John C. Grant), and Mr. & Mrs. Wesley C. Dudley (the Dudleys, thankfully, having continued as program underwriters through the entire history of Pipedreams).

Robert Pitman in Memoriam

…recordings by a young, talented and relatively unknown American organist, Robert Barwis Pitman, whose career ended tragically virtually before it had begun.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of March 14, 1982

Links and Resources:

• Printable program listings

Music played in the program

DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE: Toccata in d, BuxWV 155 (1970 Brombaugh/First Lutheran, Lorain, OH)

MARCEL DUPRÉ: Prelude & Fugue in g, Op. 7, no. 3 (1962 Holtkamp/St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville, MN)

JEHAN ALAIN: Trois Danses (St. John’s Abbey)

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in g, Op. 25 –Robert Pitman, piano; George Lamphere, organ (1862 Walcker + 1947 Aeolian-Skinner/Methuen Music Hall, Methuen, MA) recorded 1973

LOUIS VIERNE: Organ Symphony No. 2 in E, Op. 20 (1962 Holtkamp/St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville, MN)

 

Recording engineer/producer: Michael Barone (1970-1973)