Pipedreams with Michael Barone
Sundays, 8 to 10pm on WXXO-FM 91.5, WXXY 90.3, WXXO-FM/HD1 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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Learn more about James Hicks and his Nordic Journeys recording project. -
Read more about the 2021 CIOC winners. -
After months of waiting, host Michael Barone is now sharing four concerts from the Rochester Pipedreams Live concerts held in and around Rochester in November 2023. Sunday nights at 8pm -
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French organist Pierre Cochereau (1924-1984) was famous for his improvisations in the post-romantic style, influencing many organists. Cochereau became organist of Notre-Dame in Paris in 1955. -
E. Power Biggs introduced millions of Americans to the sound of historic European pipe organs. -
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This magnificent instrument – the largest in the South West of England – was the first built in the United Kingdom by the renowned Italian organ builder Fratelli Ruffatti. -
