Album: J.S. Bach Eighteen Choral Preludes Vol 2Vanguard VCS-10040Artist: Anton Heiller Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach BWV 659 Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland [Come now, Saviour of the heathen]BWV 660 Trio super Nun komm’ der Heiden HeilandBWV 661

Episode 186 – Max Reger – Selected Organ Works, Vol. 1 Disc 4

Feb 17th, 2023 53m 17s

Album: Max Reger Selected Organ Works, Volume 1 – Disc 2MHS 1563 Artist: Werner Jacob Composer: Max Reger Phantasie “Wie schön leucht’t uns der Morgenstern” op. 40, no. 1Phantasie und Fuge über B-A-C-H, op. 46Introduktion und Passacaglia F-moll

Episode 185 – Max Reger – Selected Organ Works, Vol. 1 Disc 3

Feb 10th, 2023 46m 53s

Album: Max Reger Selected Organ Works, Volume 1 – Disc 2MHS 1563 Artist: Werner Jacob Composer: Max Reger Symphonic Fantasia and Fugue “Inferno Phantasie,” op. 57Canzona in E-flat major from op. 65, no. 9Fantasia on “Wachet auf, ruft uns die St

Episode 184 – Max Reger – Selected Organ Works, Vol. 1 Disc 2

Feb 3rd, 2023 54m 24s

Album: Max Reger Selected Organ Works, Volume 1 – Disc 1MHS 1563 Artist: Werner Jacob Composer: Max Reger Variations and Fugue on an Original Theme, Op. 73Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit, op 79b no. 4Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahein, op. 79b no 5We

Episode 183 – Max Reger – Selected Organ Works, Vol. 1 Disc 1

Jan 27th, 2023 49m 29s

Album: Max Reger Selected Organ Works, Volume 1 – Disc 1MHS 1563 Artist: Werner Jacob Composer: Max Reger Fantasia On “Straf’ Mich Nicht In Deinem Zorn,” Op. 40 No. 2Fantasia and Fugue In D Minor, Op. 135bFantasia On “Ein’ Feste Burg Ist Unser

Episode 182 – J.S. Bach Three Concertos

Jan 20th, 2023 57m 14s

We’re back! And with another episode of Brent’s scratchy records. This time We pull out a recording made by Marie-Claire Alain Album: Johann Sebastian Bach Three ConcertosMHS 800Artist: Marie-Claire Alain Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach Concert

Episode 181 – J.S. Bach Eighteen Choral Preludes, Vol. 1

Jan 13th, 2023 57m 2s

Album: J.S. Bach Eighteen Choral Preludes Vol 1Vanguard VCS-10039Artist: Anton Heiller Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach BWV 651 Fantasia super Komm, Heiliger Geist [Come, Holy Ghost]BWV 652 Komm, Heiliger Geist [Come, Holy Ghost]BWV 653 An Wasse

At The Organ - Orgelbüchlein (The Little Organ Book) Volume 1

Jan 6th, 2023 51m 53s

We’re back! And with another episode of Brent’s scratchy records. We pull out a recording made by Anton Heiller in 1968 and the first half of the Orgelbuchlein. Album: J.S. Bach Orgelbuchlein (Little Organ Book) Vol 1Vanguard VCS-10026Artist: A

Episode 179 – What I did this summer Part 10

Apr 23rd, 2021 28m 36s

Brent Johnson and Keith Williams of Buzard Organ Company explore The Reuter-Schwartz Opus 1, the very first Reuter organ installed in Trinity Episcopal Church in Mattoon, Illinois. They’re joined by organist Alan Webern.

Episode 178 – Mario Salvador at the St. Louis Cathedral part 2

Apr 10th, 2021 31m 51s

This scratchy record episode brings us another 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:César Franck

Episode 177 – What I did this summer Part 9b

Apr 2nd, 2021 36m 4s

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.

Episode 176 – What I did this summer Part 9

Mar 26th, 2021 28m 26s

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:

Episode 175 – Mario Salvador at the St. Louis Cathedral

Mar 20th, 2021 36m 4s

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 –

Episode 174 – Helmut Walcha Plays Bach

Dec 18th, 2020 52m 10s

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:

Episode 173 – The Works of Johann Sebastian Bach Series F ARC 3030

Oct 16th, 2020 43m 42s

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. Alb

Episode 172 – Paul Manz

Oct 2nd, 2020 40m 45s

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

Episode 171 – Johann Sebastian Bach Vol. XIII, Part 2

Sep 25th, 2020 1h

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-Cl

Episode 170 – Johann Sebastian Bach Vol. XIII, Part 1

Sep 21st, 2020 1h

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 Marcuss

Episode 169 – What I did this summer Part 8

Sep 11th, 2020

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

Episode 168 – Johann Sebastian Bach Vol. XII, Part 2

Sep 4th, 2020 52m 58s

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 Cope

Episode 167 – Johann Sebastian Bach Vol. XII

Aug 28th, 2020 53m 55s

This week we randomly pull an LP out of our collection for another episode of Brent’s Scratchy records. This time it’s the first disc from a multi-volume set of the works of Bach performed by Marie-Claire Alain on the 1965 Marcussen organ at th

Episode 166 – What I did this summer Part 7

Aug 21st, 2020 42m 24s

Specification of the Organ St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Music performed by Bruce Ludwick Recognize the one of the three works by Antonio Cabezón? Leave a comment and the first person to guess each one of the works will get a couple of our extra

Episode 165 – Carl Weinrich Performs the Complete Works of Bach, Vol. 2

Jul 31st, 2020 46m 5s

This week we randomly pull an LP out of our collection for another episode of Brent’s Scratchy records. This time it’s 4 works of Bach performed by Carl Weinrich on the the 1939 Marcussen and Son instrument at the Vårfrukyrka in Skänninge, Swed

Episode 164 – What I did this summer Part 6

Jul 24th, 2020 43m 41s

We return to First Presbyterian Church of Kirkwood where we visited the 76-rank 2013 Casavant organ.Specification of the organFirst Presbyterian Facebook PageYour Sunday Service VideosMusic performed by Bill Stein and Jeremy Tar

Episode 163 – The Organ

Jul 17th, 2020 49m 50s

Our next installment of Brent’s Scratchy Records brings us another from E. Power Biggs. The Organ was a 1958 album about the history and design of the pipe organ with narration and playing examples by Biggs, and which included a book with writ