Pipedreams

The American Guild of Organists is pleased to announce availability of J. Michael Barone and Pipedreams: The Organ and Public Radio.

Barone created a unique presence for the organ on the airwaves, produced a trove of original and important recordings, and, 35 years ago, created the foremost organ-centered broadcast, Pipedreams.

Future monographs in the series will include The Organ on Campus and The Making of a Virtuoso Organist.

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Pipedreams presents “New in Nashville,” which contains concert performances and engaging contemporary compositions from Tennessee’s “Music City.” Many of the pieces were recorded during the AGO National Convention held in Nashville in 2012.

The program is available on the Pipedreams website or through your local NPR station. Please check your local listings.

Among the featured works are:

Hour 1

KURT KNECHT: The Missouri Sonata (2013)–Wyatt Smith (1970 Aeolian-Skinner/St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Franklin, TN) Pipedreams Archive (r. 3/3/14)

ROBERTO SIERRA: Organ Concerto (premiere) –Nashville Symphony Orchestra/Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Todd Wilson (2007 Schoenstein/Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN) Pipedreams Archive (7/6/12)

Hour 2

CRAIG PHILLIPS: Prelude and Exultation for Organ and Brass –Belmont Brass Quintet/Matthew Clark, director; Craig Phillips (1970 Schantz/1st Baptist Church, Nashville, TN) Pipedreams Archive (r. 7/1/12)

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Variations serieuses, Op. 54 –Nathan Laube, organist. STEPHEN PAULUS: Grand Organ Concerto (2004) –Nashville Symphony Orchestra/Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Nathan Laube (2007 Schoenstein/Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN) Pipedreams Archive (7/6/12)

Home page slider photo: First Baptist Church, 108 Seventh Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee 1970, Schantz Organ Co., 1970.