Pipedreams with Michael Barone
Sundays, 8 to 10pm on WXXI-FM 91.5, WXXY 90.3, WXXI-FM/HD 91.5-1 and online at wxxiclassical.org
Pipedreams, which began production in 1982, remains the only nationally-distributed weekly radio program exploring the art of the pipe organ. Host and senior executive producer Michael Barone has been recognized nationally for his outstanding contributions to the world of organ music.
Michael brought Pipedreams to Rochester in 2009 and again in 2016, recording Pipedreams Live programs featuring students and faculty from the Eastman School of Music in one of the most "remarkably popular and successful weekend organ festivals" ever.
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Cycles of renewal and rebirth are visible all around us should we open our eyes to them. Like the Easter anthem proclaims, grain rises out of wintery soil - and we'll enjoy music that reflects this rebirth. -
Angela Kraft Cross is just one of several women we'll meet during March on Pipdreams, Sundays at 8pm
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The “bracing virtuosity” (Chicago Classical Review) and clarity of world-traveling recitalist and teacher Isabelle Demers' playing make an enormous impression on both organists and non-organists alike.
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From the Institute for Historic Organs of Oaxaca, Mexico
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The King of Instruments welcomes Christ the King throughout December 2022, Sundays at 8pm
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2022 marks the bicentennial of César Franck (1822-1890), the most important composer of organ music in 19th century France.
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Now 98, composer Ned Rorem had a long career as a teacher, with students including the Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Higdon.
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The Helmuth Wolff pipe organ at Bales Recital in Lawrence, KS
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We'll hear the 1959 Aeolian-Skinner organ at the Auditorium of the Community of Christ in Independence, MO, which has 113 ranks, 6,301 pipes in 9 divisions, 4 manuals, with 76 stops and 94 registers on Sun 8/14 @ 8pm.
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The pipe organ has been a part of the liturgical services for hundreds of years, but this relic of the past serves no one without an organist. We'll hear some young organists on the 7/17 program.
