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
Treasures of Antiquity
6/29/2025
A 500-year collection of music for the pipe organ from the mid 14th through the 18th centuries.
Americana Revisited (VII)
7/6/2025
Another in an ongoing series devoted to American composers and instruments, past and present.
Milwaukee Memories
7/13/2025
Archive recordings of some of the many marvelous pipe organs to be found in Wisconsin’s lakeside Brew City.
Pure Imagination
7/20/2025
Enjoy a dollop of good-natured tunefulness and registrational color as theatre organists strut their stuff.
Bach and the Oberlin Flentrop
7/27/2025
In celebration of this instrument’s 50th Anniversary as a provocative teaching tool, we review Bach’s Clavierübung III with faculty performers Christa Rakich and Jonathan William Moyer.
Manifold Riches
8/3/2025
Another collection of recently released recordings devoted to the ever-fascinating traditions of the King of Instruments.
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