Pipedreams originated as a discrete series of fourteen broadcasts, offered from January to April 1982, with content primarily derived from concerts recorded during the 1980 AGO convention. These programs were produced at Minnesota Public Radio and distributed by American Public Radio, now PRI and 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 created by John C. Grant, and Mr. & Mrs. Wesley C. Dudley. The Dudleys have thankfully continued as program underwriters through the entire history of Pipedreams.

AGO 1980

the very first Pipedreams broadcast features highlights from the 1980 National Convention of the American Guild of Organists held in the Minnesota Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.

Program Broadcast date:

•January 3, 1982 as Program #1a [Show 8201]

•January 16, 1984 as Program #16 [Show 8416]

Listen to the program

The audio from this show is divided into four parts that correspond to the music list below.

Part 1, includes Robinson, Hillert, Brahms, Argento, Robinson

Part 2, includes Hampton

Part 3, includes Rameau

Part 4, includes Britten, Bainton, Goss, Mulet

Music played in the program

McNEIL ROBINSON: Festival Improvisation and Hymn, O That I had a thousand voices –McNeil Robinson (1963 Casavant Frères/Central Lutheran, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive recorded June 16, 1980

RICHARD HILLERT: Venite Exultemus, premiere –Festival Liturgical Choir and Ensemble, John Ferguson, organist & conductor (1963 Casavant Frères/Central Lutheran, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive recorded June 16, 1980

JOHANNES BRAHMS: Motet, Opus 74, number 1, Warum ist das Licht gegeben? –Dale Warland Singers, Dale Warland, conductor (1963 Casavant Frères/Central Lutheran, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive recorded June 16, 1980

RICHARD HILLERT: Te Deum, premiere –Festival Liturgical Choir and Ensemble, John Ferguson, organist & conductor (1963 Casavant Frères/Central Lutheran, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive recorded June 16, 1980

DOMINICK ARGENTO: Hymn, Let all the world in every corner sing –Festival Liturgical Choir and Ensemble plus a congregation of over 2000 church musicians, John Ferguson, organist & conductor (1963 Casavant Frères/Central Lutheran, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive recorded June 16, 1980

McNEIL ROBINSON: Festival Improvisation on a Hymn by Dominick Argento –McNeil Robinson (1963 Casavant Frères/Central Lutheran, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive recorded June 16, 1980

CALVIN HAMPTON: Variations on The Old Hundredth –Calvin Hampton (1932; 1936 Aeolian-Skinner/Northrop Auditorium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive recorded June 16, 1980

JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU: Harpsichord Suite in a [1728] –Larry Palmer, Dowd harpsichord at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis; Pipedreams Archive recorded June 18, 1980

BENJAMIN BRITTEN: Te Deum and Jubilate in C. EDGAR BAINTON: Anthem, And I saw a new heaven. JOHN GOSS: Hymn, Praise my soul the king of heaven [Lauda Anima]. HENRI MULET: Toccata, Tu es Petra, from Byzantine Sketches –Choir of Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London, Barry Rose, conductor; John Scott (1949 Wicks/Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive recorded June 17, 1980