We celebrate the 341st Birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach with multiple interpretations of some of his famous chorale preludes. Find complete information about this episode at https://www.kingofinstruments.show/2026/03/22/.

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This week we explore some releases from Raven Recordings. Find complete information about this episode at https://www.kingofinstrument.show/2026/03/15/.

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This week we explore some of the music of two 19th century American composers for organ, Dudley Buck and Horatio Parker. Find complete information about this episode at https://www.kingofinstruments.show/2026/03/08/.

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This week we explore organs built by the Schantz Organ Company of Orrville, Ohio. Find complete information about this episode at https://www.kingofinstruments.show/2026/03/01/.

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We celebrate Rule, Britannia on The King of Instruments today with music by Frank Bridge and Charles Hubert Hastings Parry. Find complete information about this episode at https://www.kingofinstruments.show/2026/02/22/.

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Today we honor another well-known French organist and composer born in 1907. Jean Langlais’ music has been featured on several episodes, but in honor of this occasion we will take a deeper dive into his background and musical career. Find complete information about this episode at https://www.kingofinstruments.show/2026/02/15/.

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Today we are going to focus on what some might describe as a “pinnacle school”, a source of boundless educational and professional opportunities and world-wide connections. We’re referring, of course, to the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester. This week we're listening to some of the extraordinary graduates and faculty of this storied institution. Find complete information about this episode at https://www.kingofinstruments.show/2026/02/08/.

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What happens when two prominent organbuilders merge into one power-house company? Greatness is the result! The merger of the Skinner Company and the Aeolian Company in 1932 to form Aeolian Skinner sparked the development of the “American Classic” style. We’re listening to a few of Aeolian-Skinner’s installations, great and small. Complete information about this episode is available at https://www.kingofinstruments.show/2026/02/01/.

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A driving force in the creation of the Organ Historical Society, few have served and influenced a profession in as many capacities as Barbara Owen. Throughout seven decades she was an organbuilder, organ restorer, researcher, author, advocate, consultant, musician, music editor, lecturer, hymn writer, and librarian. This week on the King of Instruments we will listen to instruments and music for which Barbara Owen had a great passion.

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This week on the King of Instruments we will play music written to be part of an organ suite. Find complete information about this episode at https://www.kingofinstruments.show/2026/01/18/.

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