The Joy Of Music with Diane Bish

The Joy Of Music with Diane Bish

The Joy of Music is an international television series featuring great sacred and classical masterpieces performed by world-renown artists and ensembles in great cathedrals and concert halls around the world. Hosted by Diane Bish, known as "The First Lady of the Organ", viewers enjoy great music, spectacular scenery, historic sites and local traditions. Over 500 programs have been made that combine incredible sights, sounds and musical journeys.

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The Joy Of Music with Diane Bish
  • Flowers Of The Field

  • Holy, Holy, Holy

    Diane Bish performs music with the theme "Holy". Music includes Gounod "Sanctus," with Greg Kunde and The Joy of Music Chorale, Bach "Alleluia, O Praise the Lord Most Holy," Handel "Largo","Holy God, We Praise Thy Name","Holy Spirit, Light Divine,"and "The Holy City',"Take Time to Be Holy."

  • Glory

    Diane Bish performs music on organs from Salzburg, Ollon, and Ft. Lauderdale, and is joined by the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Concert Choir, and The Joy of Music Chorale. Playing music with a central theme of "Glory"; selections include Mozart "Glorious is Thy Name", Handel's "Glory to God", Marcel...

  • Favorite Sacred Classics

    Diane Bish performs sacred music of the great composers in churches around the world. Featured guests include tenors Greg Kunde & Jonathan Welsh. Music includes Marcello "Psalm XIX," Mendelssohn "If With All Your Hearts," Bach "In Thee is Gladness," Mozart "Gloria in Excelsis," Farnum "Toccata ...

  • A Musical Journey Of Spain featuring Montserrat Monastery

    Diane Bish visits the Montserrat Monastery which was founded by Benedictine Monks in the 9th century, destroyed in 1812 and then rebuilt with the completion in 1968. In the Basilica with its ornate Shrine of the Black Virgin, she plays the largest of the shrine organs which was built in the late...

  • A Musical Visit To Paris, France 1

    Diane Bish visits Paris, with performances in The American Church where she is joined by guest Susann McDonald, Harp; Eglise Saint-Marie Madeleine, St. Clotilde Church and Notre-Dame Cathedral, where as a student Diane worshipped and played many concerts. Sights of “the city of lights” at night ...

  • A Musical Visit To Paris, France 2

  • Music And Mountains From Germany And Austria

    "And the Mountains shall break forth"—join Diane as she visits Switzerland with it towering Alps and spectacular scenery. Diane is joined by the Innsbruck Chamber Orchestra, Stacy Blair, trumpeter, the Wiltner Boy choir and the Chamber Choir of Worgl. Music includes: Bach "Sheep May Safely Gra...

  • Sights And Sounds On The Danube 2

    On this journey, Diane Bish travels down the Danube River. On this trip, Diane Bish gives magical performances, such as, “Jesus Shall Reign”, “Praeludium” by Arnefelt, “Gothique Suite” and many more. Chuck Seipp accompanies Miss Bish while playing “Trumpet Tune”, “Wauket Auf”, and “Bist Du Bei Mir”.

  • Musical Journey Of Germany 4

    Join Diane in the sights and sound of Germany as she travels from Ulm to Munich. Music: Ulm Cathedral, Bish “Praise to the Lord”, D. Bedard “Toccata”; in Dinklsbuhl Muenster of St. George, D. Bedard “Noel Huron”, G. Young “Trumpet Tune”; in the Frauen Kirche in Munich D. Durkop “Trumpet Tune an...

  • A Danube Christmas Celebration

    Join Diane as she travels along the Danube River with stops in the Christmas Markets of Budapest, Vienna & Melk with its monastery high above the Danube. Music includes traditional Christmas music including Hungarian Christmas Carols. Special guest: Irene More, flute.

  • The Joy Of Christmas In Germany

    Join Diane as she travels through snowy Germany with its picturesque towns along the way. Diane plays her arrangement of “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” in Ulm Cathedral, in Rothenburg “We Three Kings”, in the St. George Munster of Dinkelsbuhl with it’s “Pretzel Window” Diane plays “Joy to the Wo...

  • Music And Mountains Of Switzerland

    DianeBish visit great monasteries and churches of Switzerland including Mariastein Abbey, Town Church, in Zermatt, and St. Urban Monastery in St. Urban. Music includes Vivaldi-Bach, “Aria”, S.Karg-Elert, “Praise Him with Drums & Cymbals”, J.S. Bach, “We All Believe in One God”, P. Fumagalli, “Ca...

  • A Musical Journey Of Normandy 1

    Visit the beautiful sites of Normandy, France with Diane Bish as she travels to the cities of Rouen, Caudebec-en-Caux, and LeHavre in the musical adventure to France. Selections include Widor’s “Allegro from Symphony 4,” Boellmann’s “Ronde Francais,” “Come Thou Almighty King,” “Savior Like A Shep...

  • Handel: Noble Prince Of Music

    Diane Bish presents a musical biography of this great English composer featuring performances of Handel pieces from around the world:"Sonata in F," "Processional," "The Cuckoo & theNightingale," "Hornpipe & Air" from Water Music,"The Rejoicing" from Royal Fireworks Suite, "HallelujahChorus" & "Am...

  • A Musical Visit To Monaco

    Diane Bish visits Monaco and performs at the Monaco Cathedral with the "Les Petits Chanteurs deMonaco" Boy Choir and trumpeter C. Bousquet. Selections include "When Morning Gildsthe Skies" Diane Bish, "Scherzo" Mendelssohn, "Suite Gothique" L. Boellmann, "For the Beauty of the Earth","March Trio...

  • A Musical Journey Of France 2

    Music fromOrleans Cathedral and the Abbeys of Beaugency and Ebersmunster with a special visit to Chateau de Colliers in the Loire Valley. Diane Bish plays Dubois "Toccata,""Holy God We Praise Thy Name," Palestrina "Gloria Patrie,"Bach "I Call to Thee, Lord Jesus Christ" with the Francis PoulencC...

  • A Musical Visit To Verona, Italy

    Diane Bish visits Verona, the ancient city of Shakespeare's"Romeo and Juliet" in this delightful program featuring Sung SookLee, soprano and the Verona String Ensemble. Music comes to us from the Ruffatti Organ of St. Teresa del JesuBambino.

  • Musical Journey On The MS Mariner - Part 1

    Diane Bish travels aboard the Radisson Seven Seas Mariner visiting Nassau, Bahamas where she plays at ChristChurch Cathedral. She also does a concert on board ship on a Diane BishSignature Allen Organ. She is joined by guest Susann McDonald, harpist. Music includes: A. Zabel "The Fountain", ...

  • Favorite Hymns And Gospel Songs - Part 2

    Diane Bish is joined by pianist Darryl Miller at Coral Ridge
    Presbyterian Church for gospel and traditional favorites. Music includes Oh How He Loves You and Me, & Praise to the
    Lord, & And Can it Be, Majesty&, & I Will Sing of my Redeemer&, & Jesus Loves Me& and Bach & Joyful, Joyful&.

  • A Musical Journey Of Germany 2: The Sachsen-Anhalt Region

    Diane Bish continues her tour ofEastern Germany with visits to Merseberg Cathedral and Halle, birthplace ofHandel. A local artisan explains and demonstrates a folk instrument, the hurdy-gurdy. Music includes Handel "Allegretto,""Hornpipe & Air" & "Processional," Lizst "AdNos, Ad Salutarem" & "N...

  • A Musical Journey On The St. Lawrence Seaway

    Diane Bish hosts a delightful journey up theSt. Lawrence aboard the MS Dreamward, one of the most luxurious ships of theNorwegian Cruise Lines. Along the way she visits Boston, MA; Portland, ME; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Montreal and QuebecCity. Music includes: "The StarSpangled Banner," "Trumpet T...

  • Favorite Marches - Part 1

    Diane plays her arrangement of marches by John Philip Sousa, march hymns and other well-known marches on world famous organs including WestPoint, Naval Academy, Air Force Academy, Budapest, Strasbourg, Munich, CoralRidge Presbyterian Church. Guests include: St. Andrews Bagpipe Band, West Point S...

  • A Musical Journey Of England - Part 2

    Diane Bish continues her journey through England with stops at York Cathedral, LincolnCathedral, Canterbury Cathedral, and Epworth, the birthplace of the Wesleys, founders of Methodism. Music includes: Elgar "Pomp andCircumstance No. 3," Bach "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring," Handel"Overture from ...