Michael Barone
About Pipedreams
Sundays at 9 pm.
Organists have a world of music at their fingertips. They talk about a kind of musical rapture they experience when they play a work really well. Get a glimpse of the divine every week on Pipedreams from American Public Media. Host Michael Barone shares organ works and performances and talks with composers, organists, organ builders, and restorers. The show features brand new instruments in churches and concert halls, plus recordings of historic pipe organs in locations around the world, from ancient instruments in vast cathedrals to the "mighty Wurlitzers" of movie house fame. Whether you're a long-time fan of organ music or just learning about this diverse instrument, you’ll enjoy Pipedreams. For playlist information, and to hear the program again click on the link at the top of this page. Dates listed on that page are six days before the broadcast date on Classical 89.
Program Schedule
AGO San Francisco 2024 (II) - The Competitive Spirit
10/5/25
Winners of the 2024 American Guild of Organists Competitions in Improvisation held in San Francisco.
AGO San Francisco 2024 (III) - The Competitive Spirit Persists
10/5/2025
Featuring winners of the AGO’s National Young Artist Competition in Organ Performance (NYACOP).
Vivacious Vincent
10/12/2025
Performances by and conversation with French soloist Vincent Dubois, one of the three titulaires (look it up) at Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris.
A Transcription Transfusion
10/19/2025
Though the pipe organ has been the focus centuries of specifically written music, its palette of colors invites others to paint differently.
Resource-full Richmond
10/26/2025
Notre Dame Cathedral organist Olivier Latry, from Paris, plays the inaugural concert on the new 67-stop Juget-Sinclair organ at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Richmond, VA.
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