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Midnight Pipes

The Midnight Pipes television series was a tangential production of the Pro Organo label, spanning the years 1996-2003.  The series ran for 24 half-hour episodes.  It was hosted by organist Frederick Hohman, and aired over approximately 20 affiliates with American public television, with broadcast markets in Los Angeles, the upper midwest and New England.  Several Midnight Pipes episodes were produced concurrently with Compact Disc album productions featuring the same artists and venues, and those t.v. episodes served to cross-promote the sale and marketing of the related Pro Organo label audio recordings. Complete episodes of the series are posted at the video-sharing platform Vimeo.com on the ProOrgano channel:  vimeo.com/ProOrgano.  The series was acquired in the standard definition television format.  As episodes are upconverted to high-definition, the posted programs are uploaded to Vimeo and are being linked from this page, with episodes arranged in the original broadcast order, for easy reference and viewing.  Currently, in 2023, fragments of several uncompleted additional video episodes – #25 and beyond – which were never aired or otherwise distributed, shall be completed to the best of the producer’s ability using survining video footage, and then uploaded.  Many segments in these un-aired episodes are being made available for viewing for the first time in 2023, some 25 years after the series production start date.

 


EPISODE 1
https://vimeo.com/785486594
JOHN & ISABEL HENDRICKSON, FREDERICK HOHMAN
SANTA IGLESIA CATEDRAL DE SAN IDELFONZO, MÉRIDA, YUCATAN, MEXICO


EPISODE 2
https://vimeo.com/320537210
JUSTIN HARTZ
LONGWOOD GARDENS, KENNETT SQUARE PA


EPISODE 3
https://vimeo.com/329129443
KATHARINE PARDEE
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, CROUSE AUDITORIUM, NY


EPISODE 4
https://vimeo.com/318852923
FREDERICK HOHMAN, PATRICK J MURPHY & ASSOCIATES
ST. JAMES PARISH, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA


EPISODE 5
https://vimeo.com/329166113
CLAUDIA DUMSCHAT
CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN CHURCH, HOUSTON TX


EPISODE 6
https://vimeo.com/315246151
FREDERICK HOHMAN
WINSTON CHURCHILL MEMORIAL, FULTON MO


EPISODE 7
https://vimeo.com/328319839
RAY CORNILS, DAVID WALLACE
PORTLAND, MAINE CITY HALL AUDITORIUM


EPISODE 8
https://vimeo.com/317382990
MARK LAUBACH
GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH, RIVER FOREST IL


EPISODE 9
https://vimeo.com/317351079
ROBERT BATES, FREDERICK HOHMAN
STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEMORIAL CHURCH, PALO ALTO CA


EPISODE 10
https://vimeo.com/329489018
JANETTE FISHELL, COLIN ANDREWS
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH, AKRON OH


EPISODE 11
https://vimeo.com/784789611
FREDERICK HOHMAN
ST. MARY’S CHURCH, DAYTON OH


EPISODE 12
https://vimeo.com/785988164
FREDERICK HOHMAN
THE OLD CATHEDRAL, ST LOUIS MO


EPISODE 13
https://vimeo.com/331555276
FREDERICK HOHMAN, LYLE BLACKINTON, ROBERT PLIMPTON
SPRECKELS ORGAN, BALBOA PARK, SAN DIEGO CA


EPISODE 14
https://vimeo.com/315768061
NEAL CAMPBELL, ROBERT MURRAY, MELBA WILLIAMS
ST. STEPHEN’S CHURCH, RICHMOND, VA


EPISODE 15
https://vimeo.com/320619883
JEFFREY SMITH
SAINT PAUL’S PARISH K STREET, WASHINGTON DC


EPISODE 16
https://vimeo.com/320502683
SUSAN MARCHANT
PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERISTY KS


EPISODE 17
https://vimeo.com/315480522
JOHN BALKA
MEYERSON SYMPHONY HALL, DALLAS TX


EPISODE 18
https://vimeo.com/327828123
FREDERICK HOHMAN
CATHEDRAL BASILICA OF SACRED HEART, NEWARK NJ


EPISODE 19
https://vimeo.com/317482802
MATT CURLEE
SHADYSIDE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, PITTSBURGH PA


EPISODE 20
https://vimeo.com/316285474
FREDERICK HOHMAN, IRV LAWLESS
WILSON COLLEGE, CHAMBERSBURG PA


EPISODE 21
https://vimeo.com/318888718
FREDERICK HOHMAN
METHUEN MEMORIAL MUSIC HALL, METHUEN MA


EPISODE 22
https://vimeo.com/330150368
FREDERICK HOHMAN, REV. ARTHUR C. SZIEMEISTER
FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH, LYONS NY


EPISODE 23
https://vimeo.com/316141645
MURRAY SOMERVILLE
BUSCH HALL, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, MA


EPISODE 24
https://vimeo.com/318809547
BOB CASTLE, BRUCE BELSHAW
BELSHAW RESIDENCE, DENVER CO


EPISODE 24 – Unaired Segment from May 3, 1999.
https://vimeo.com/851839889
FREDERICK HOHMAN plays JESSE CRAWFORD’s
1927 arrangement of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”
BELSHAW RESIDENCE, DENVER COLORADO
Footage cut from episode 24.


EPISODE 25
https://vimeo.com/791453595
FREDERICK HOHMAN, JOHN & JEANNIE BRIGGS
ZION EPISCOPAL CHURCH, MORRIS, NEW YORK / COOPERSTOWN PETTING ZOO


EPISODE 26
https://vimeo.com/792248984
FREDERICK HOHMAN
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, NASHVILLE, TN


EPISODE 27
https://vimeo.com/793974230
FREDERICK HOHMAN, ERIC JOHNSON, MICHAEL QUIMBY
1912, E. M. SKINNER ORGAN, OPUS 190.
GRAND AVENUE TEMPLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, KANSAS CITY, MO


EPISODE 28
https://vimeo.com/796304853
FREDERICK HOHMAN, OHS NATIONAL CONVENTION, JUNE 22, 1998.
CATHEDRAL OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, DENVER, COLORADO.
1911 KIMBALL ORGAN, MAINTAINED BY MOREL & ASSOCIATES, DENVER.


EPISODE 29
https://vimeo.com/787153994
FREDERICK HOHMAN, 1916 HOOK & HASTINGS ORGAN.
METRO DENVER BAHÁÍ CENTER, DENVER CO


EPISODE 30
https://vimeo.com/800987948
FREDERICK HOHMAN, GORDON SCHULTZ (organ technician).
CONCERT: MAY 19. 1997.
AEOLIAN-SKINNER ORGAN, OPUS 892 (1936)
NORTHROP AUDITORIUM, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS


EPISODE 31
https://vimeo.com/807157212
FREDERICK HOHMAN as host.  PAUL KLEMME (organ)
GERALD WEBSTER (trumpet): MAY 22. 1997.
REUTER ORGAN
HEINZ MEMORIAL CHAPEL, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, PA.


Posting of incomplete or un-aired episodes are forthcoming.