At The Organ

Brent Johnson and Matt Palisch explore two early 20th century Hinners organs in Gordonville and Pocohontas, Missouri. Arthur Seboldt provides memories of coming to the church when the organ was still hand-pumped.

Brent Johnson and Matt Palisch explore the 1925 Hinners organ of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit, Missouri. Specification of the organ. You can view the video we made that day here:

This scratchy record episode brings us an album from 1954 with Mario Salvador at the organ of the St. Louis Cathedral. Album: Mario Salvador at the console of the Saint Louis Cathedral’s Kilgen OrganArtist: Mario SalvadorWorks:Charles Gounod – Pontificat MarchEdmond Lemaigre – CapriccioHenry Purcell – Trumpet TuneJohann Sebastian Bach – Toccata in D minor “Dorian”...

Another pull from our LP library. This one isn’t quite so random as it features some works of Bach appropriate for the holiday season. Helmut Walcha again and once again at the Great Organ of the Laurenskirk in Alkmaar, The Netherlands. Album: The Works of Johann Sebastian Bach Series F: Organ WorksARC 3030Artist: Helmut Walcha...

It’s another random grab out of our library of old vinyl LPs. This is one of many from Archive, the History of Music Division of Deutsche Grammophon. We hear Helmut Walcha playing two historic organs in three works of Johann Sebastian Bach. Album: The Works of Johann Sebastian Bach Series F: Organ WorksARC 3030Artist: Helmut...

In honor of the centennial of the birth of Paul Manz, the St. Louis AGO and the Organ Media Foundation created a 4-part series about the organist and composer. Now, we’ve put all 4 parts together into one podcast for you to hear. Music heard in this episode:Organist and Arranger: Paul ManzLift High the CrossA...

We continue with last week’s episode by paying the second disc in a random grab out of our collection of historic LPs for another episode of Brent’s Scratchy records. Again it’s from a multi-volume set of the works of Bach performed by Marie-Claire Alain, this time on the 1963 Marcussen organ of St. Peter’s Cathedral...

Time for another seemingly random grab out of our collection of historic LPs for another episode of Brent’s Scratchy records. Again it’s from a multi-volume set of the works of Bach performed by Marie-Claire Alain, this time on the 1963 Marcussen organ of St. Peter’s Cathedral in Schleswig, Germany. Album: The Organ Works of Johann...

Listen as Brent Johnson, Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein, and Fr. Jeremy Secrist explore the 1897 Pfeffer organ installed in the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle in St. Thomas, Missouri. The organ was restored by the Quimby Organ Company in 2011. You can view the video we made that day here: Specification of the organ

Again we randomly pull an LP out of our collection for another episode of Brent’s Scratchy records. Again it’s from a multi-volume set of the works of Bach performed by Marie-Claire Alain on the 1965 Marcussen organ at the Holmens Kirke in Copehagen, Denmark. Album: The Organ Works of Johann Sebastian Bach Vol XII Disc...