Organist Schuyler Robinson tours nine pipe organs near Lexington, Kentucky -- the Bluegrass region of central Kentucky with rolling hills, countless horse farms outlined with white fences and 18th-century stone fences, horse racing, and Bluegrass music. Less known is the wealth of churches and institutions that house great pipe organs of historic and modern vintage. Schuyler Robinson is professor of organ at the University of Kentucky and assistant organist at Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal) in Lexington.

Reviews James Hildreth in the The American Organist:
"Dr. Robinson's performances are distinguished by their elegance, clarity, and stylistic integrity. This is a fine documentation of the wealth of organ culture in the Bluegrass State.  . . . Significantly, the Persichetti work was commissioned by the University of Kentucky in 1966 and first performned on the 1952 Holtkamp in Memorial Hall."

Music Played and Organs Heard

Ronald Arnatt: Fanfare
Reuter Organ, op. 2157, 1992, 2005-06
Centenary United Methodist, Lexington

Dieterich Buxtehude: Chorale Prelude Komm heiliger Geist
Taylor and Boody Organ, op. 35, 1999
The Presbyterian Church, Danville

William Boyce: Trumpet Voluntary No. 1 in D
Jaeckel Organ, op. 50, 2005
Church of the Advent, Cynthiana

J. G. Walther: Concerto in B Minor after Vivaldi, Movement I Allegro
Flentrop Organ, 1975
St. Augustine’s Chapel (Lutheran/Episcopal), University of Kentucky, Lexington


J. S. Bach: Chorale Prelude Nun danket alle Gott
Rieger Organ, 1961
Maxwell Street Presbyterian, Lexington

J. S. Bach: Prelude & Fugue in G, BWV 541
Taylor and Boody Organ, op. 35, 1999
The Presbyterian Church, Danville

Robert Schumann: Fugue No. 1, Langsam
Fugue No. 5, Lebhaft, from Six Fugues on B-A-C-H, op. 60
W. W. Kimball, 1897 & 1936, rebuilt by John-Paul Buzard, 2007
First Presbyterian Church, Lexington

Brahms: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen from Eleven Chorale Preludes, op. 122
Holtkamp Organ, 1949, renovated 1999
Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington

Vincent Persichetti: Chorale Prelude Drop, drop slow tears, op. 104
Holtkamp Organ, 1952
Memorial Hall, Univ. Kentucky, Lexington

George Shearing: Chorale Prelude Amazing Grace
Holtkamp Organ, 1949
Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington

Jehan Alain: Litanies (1937)
Möller Organ, op. 11,192, 1979
Singletary Center for the Arts, University of Kentucky, Lexington

Dan Locklair: Rubrics (1988), "Peace may be exchanged"
Jaeckel Organ, op. 50, 2005
Church of the Advent, Cynthiana

William Albright: Sweet Sixteenths: A Concert Rag for Organ (1975)
Möller Organ, 1979, Singletary Center, U. K., Lexington

Alexandre Guilmant: Sonata No.2 in D major, op. 50, Mvt. III Allegro vivace
Möller Organ, 1979, Singletary Center