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Pipedreams originated as a discrete series of fourteen broadcasts (offered January-April 1982), with content primarily derived from concerts recorded during the 1980 A.G.O. convention. These programs, produced at Minnesota Public Radio and distributed by American Public Radio (now PRI), were made possible in cooperation with National Public Radio. Funding came from the Corporation of Public Broadcasting, the Dayton Hudson Foundation, the Episcopal Choirmasters Handbook (John C. Grant), and Mr. & Mrs. Wesley C. Dudley (the Dudleys, thankfully, having continued as program underwriters through the entire history of Pipedreams).
A.G.O. 1980
the very first Pipedreams broadcast features highlights from the 1980 National Convention of the American Guild of Organists held in the Minnesota Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
Program Broadcast date:
- January 3, 1982
Listen to the program
The audio from this show is divided into four parts that correspond to the music list below.
Part 1 (includes Robinson, Hillert, Brahms, Argento, Robinson)
Part 4 (includes Britten, Bainton, Goss, Mulet)
Music played in the program
McNEIL ROBINSON: Festival Improvisation and Hymn, O That I had a thousand voices –McNeil Robinson (1963 Casavant/Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 6/16/80)
RICHARD HILLERT: Venite Exultemus (premiere) –Festival Liturgical Choir and Ensemble, John Ferguson, organist and conductor (1963 Casavant/Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 6/16/80)
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Motet, Op.74, no. 1, Warum ist das Licht gegeben? –Dale Warland Singers, Dale Warland, conductor (1963 Casavant/Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 6/16/80)
RICHARD HILLERT : Te Deum (premiere) –Festival Liturgical Choir and Ensemble, John Ferguson, organist and conductor (1963 Casavant/Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 6/16/80)
DOMINIC ARGENTO: Hymn, Let all the world in every corner sing –Festival Liturgical Choir and Ensemble (plus a congregation of 2000+ church musicians), John Ferguson, organist and conductor (1963 Casavant/Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 6/16/80)
McNEIL ROBINSON: Festival Improvisation on a Hymn by Dominick Argento –McNeil Robinson (1963 Casavant/Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 6/16/80)
CALVIN HAMPTON: Variations on The Old Hundredth –Calvin Hampton (1932 Aeolian-Skinner/Northrop Auditorium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 6/16/80)
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU: Harpsichord Suite in a (1728) –Larry Palmer, harpsichord (Dowd) at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis; Pipedreams Archive (recorded 6/18/80)
BENJAMIN BRITTEN: Te Deum and Jubilate in C. EDGAR BAINTON : Anthem, And I saw a new heaven. JOHN GOSS : Hymn, Praise my soul the king of heaven (Lauda Anima). HENRI MULET: Toccata, Tu es Petra, from Byzantine Sketches –Choir of Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London, Barry Rose, conductor; John Scott (1949 Wicks/Basilica of Saint Mary, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive (recorded 6/17/80)