Recitals from the Cathedral of St. Philip

The recital series is given by Delbert Lowell Jacks in memory of Thomas Ruben Jones.

The Sunday afternoon recital series will return September 13, 2026.

EARLIER THIS Season

Sunday, September 7, 2025

Chase Loomer, organ (The Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta GA) watch

Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697), “Great” Praeludium in E minor
Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Two pieces from Six Canonic Studies, Op. 56
Chase Loomer, Improvisation on Psalm 27:1-5
Rachel Laurin (1961-2023), “Toccata” from Symphonie No. 1

Sunday, September 14, 2025

Ethan Haman, organ (Noroton Presbyterian Church, Darien CT) watch

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707), Praeludium in D Major, BuxWV 139
Jean-Adam Guilain (1680-1739), “Tierce en Taille” from Deuxième Suite
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Wir glauben all an einen Gott, BWV 680
César Franck (1822-1890), Offertoire en mi bémol majeur from Pièces Posthumes
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986), Méditation
Ethan Haman (b. 1997), Improvisation on a given theme

Sunday, September 21, 2025

Sarah Palmer, organ (MMus student, Curtis Institute, Philadelphia PA) watch

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arr. Max Reger (1872-1916), Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor
Louis Vierne (1870-1937), “Scherzo” from Symphony No. 6
Joseph-Ermend Bonnal (1880-1944), “Assez lent” from Symphonie d’après “Media vita”
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986), Choral varié sur “Veni creator”

Sunday, September 28, 2025

Jesús Castro-Balbi, cello (Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw GA) watch

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012

Sunday, October 5, 2025

Alexander Straus-Fausto, organ (Church of the Epiphany, Miami FL) watch

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), “Overture” to Candide
Marcel Dupré (1886-1971), Deux Esquisses
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933), Ave Maria from Cathedral Windows, Op. 106
Richard Wagner (1813-1883), “Overture” to Tannhäuser

Sunday, October 12, 2025

Owen Tellinghuisen, organ (Grace Cathedral, Charleston SC) watch

Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697), Praeludium in G Major
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986), Prelude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain, Op. 7
Keith Emerson (1944-2016), arr. Owen Tellinghuisen, Karn Evil 9, 1st Impression

Sunday, October 19, 2025

Mitchell Miller, organ (DMA student, Eastman School of Music, Rochester NY) watch

Percy Whitlock (1903-1946), Fanfare from Four Extemporizations
Leo Sowerby (1895-1968), Requiescat in Pace
Valéry Aubertin (b. 1970), “Souviens-toi…” from Sonatine pour les étoiles
Robert Schumann (1810-1856), “Adagio” from Sechs Studien in kanonischer Form, Op. 56
Alfred Hollins (1865-1942), Concert Overture in C minor

Sunday, October 26, 2025

Ariana Corbin, organ (Washington National Cathedral, Washington DC) watch

David Hurd (b. 1950), Arioso and Finale
Thomas Kerr (1915–1988), “Reverie for Celestes” from Suite Sebastienne
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912), Impromptu No. 3 in A minor
Herbert Howells (1892-1982), Rhapsody in D-flat Major, Op. 17, No. 1
Jean Langlais (1907–1991), “Cantilène” from Suite Brève
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992), “Transports de joie d’une âme devant la gloire du Christ qui est la sienne” from L’Ascension

Sunday, November 9, 2025

Daniel Chang, organ (DMA student, Eastman School of Music, Rochester NY) watch

Charles-Marie Widor, “Allegro” from Organ Symphony No. 6, Op.42, No.2
Louis Vierne, “Adagio” from Organ Symphony No. 3, Op.28
Maurice Duruflé, Prélude et fugue sur le nom d’Alain, Op. 7

Sunday, November 16, 2025

Valentina Qishan Huang, organ (Christ Church Cathedral, Houston TX) watch

Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1927), “Allegro vivace” from Organ Symphony No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42, No. 1
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), arr. Lemare, Danse Macabre
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582

Sunday, November 23, 2025

Alex Leonardi, organ (Trinity Church, New York, NY) watch

Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937), “Allegro vivace” from Organ Symphony No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42, No.1
Percy Whitlock (1903-1946), “Canzona” from Organ Sonata in C minor
Jean Guillou (1930-2019), Toccata, Op. 9
Alexander Leonardi, Improvisation

Sunday, December 14, 2025

Nolan Anthony, organ (The Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta GA) watch

Nicolaus Bruhns, Praeludium in G Major
Michael Burkhardt, Comfort, Comfort These My People
Burkhardt, Once He Came in Blessing
Burkhardt, Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying
Johann Sebastian Bach, Concerto in G Major

Sunday, January 4, 2026

Iain Quinn, organ (Florida State University, Tallahassee FL) watch

Max Reger, Introduction and Passacaglia, Op. post.
Benjamin Robert Papperitz, Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele
Alexander Glazunov, Prelude and Fugue in D minor, Op. 98
Ivan Moody, Phos (1994)
Jean Langlais, Hymne d’Actions de grâces: “Te Deum,” Op. 5, No. 3 from Trois Paraphrases Grégoriennes

Sunday, January 11, 2026

Reinhardt Chorale (Jacob Augsten, director) watch

Ethan Sperry (b. 1971), Desh
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), “Sicut locutus est” from Magnificat
Don Macdonald (b. 1966), When the Earth Stands Still
Joel Thompson (b. 1988), “Amadou Diallo” from Seven Last Words of the Unarmed
Felice Anerio (1560-1614), Christus factus est
Kahan Taraporevala (b. 1999), Etched in Memory
Ivo Antognini (b. 1963), Every child has known God
Stacey V. Gibbs (b. 1962), Rockin' Jerusalem

Sunday, January 18, 2026

Alvin R. Blount, organ (Atlanta GA) watch

arr. Marianne Kim (b. 1972), Ain’t-a That Good News
Florence Price (1887-1953), Little Pastorale
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Trio Sonata IV in E minor, BWV 528
Florence B. Price, Cantilena
Wayne Wold (b. 1954), “Lift Every Voice and Sing” from Harmonies of Liberty

Sunday, January 25, 2026

Nicholas Halbert, organ (Cathedral of the Nativity, Bethlehem PA) watch

Marcel Dupré (1886-1971), Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major, Op. 36, No. 2
William Bolcom (b. 1938), Jesus Loves Me
Hans Fährmann (1860-1940), “Moderato maestoso” from Organ Sonata No. 1, Op. 5

Sunday, February 1, 2026

Chase Loomer, organ (The Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta) watch

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707), Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223
J.S Bach (1685-1750), Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, BWV 684
Jean Langlais (1907-1991), Ave Maria, Ave Maris Stella
Charles Tournemire (1870-1939), Fantaisie (L’Orgue Mystique, Epiphania Domini, Op. 55)
Improvisation on Brightest and best of the stars of the morning

Sunday, February 8, 2026

Kateri Andress, organ (St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Indianapolis IN) watch

Alexandre Pierre François Boëly (1785-1858), Fantaisie et fugue, Op. 18, No. 6)
Joseph-Ermend Bonnal (1880–1944), “La vallée du Béhorléguy, au matin” from Paysages Euskariens pour Grand Orgue
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), Fantaisie No. 1 in E-flat Major, R. 78
Naji Hakim (b. 1955), “Praeludium” from I Love the Colourful World
Louis Vierne (1870-1937), “Cantilène” and “Final” from Symphonie No. 3, Op. 28

Sunday, February 15, 2026

Karen Black, organ (Wartburg College, Waverly IA) watch

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947), Beside the Still Waters
Kristina Arakelyan (b. 1994), Perpetuum Mobile
Brenda Portman (b. 1980), Prelude and Tarantelle

Sunday, February 22, 2026

Thomas Russell, organ (First Presbyterian Church, Columbia SC) watch

Marcel Dupré, Entrée, Op. 62, No. 1
Johann Sebastian Bach, Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 647
J.S. Bach, Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, BWV 650
Ralph Vaughan Williams, transc. David Briggs, Five Variants of “Dives and Lazarus”
Maurice Duruflé, “Toccata” from Suite pour Orgue, Op. 5

Sunday, March 1, 2026

Christopher Caruso-Lynch, organ (The Madeleine Choir School, Salt Lake City UT)

Louis Vierne (1870–1937), Symphony No. 1, Op. 14
I. Prélude
II. Fugue
III. Pastorale
IV. Allegro vivace
VI. Final

Sunday, March 8, 2026

Robert Poovey, organ (St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Winston-Salem NC) watch

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), Apparition de l’église éternelle (1932)
Ned Rorem (1923-2022), “There is a Spirit that delights to do no evil” from A Quaker Reader (1976)
Ned Rorem (1923-2022), “…No darkness at all…” from A Quaker Reader (1976)
Jehan Alain (1911-1940), Trois danses (JA 120 – 1937)

Sunday, March 22, 2026

Peter Dubois, organ (Third Presbyterian Church, Rochester, NY) watch

Louis Vierne, Deuxième Symphonie, Op. 20

Sunday, April 12, 2026

Alex Lassa, guitar (Regent University, Virginia Beach VA) watch

Napoléon Coste (1805-1883), Le Départ, Fantasie Dramatique, Op. 31
Joaquin Turina (1882-1949), Fandanguillo, Op. 36
Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999), En Los Trigales
Antonio Lauro (1917-1986), “Registro” and “Vals” from Suite Venezolana
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968), Variations Through the Centuries

Sunday, April 19, 2026

Robert Gallagher, organ (Richmond, VA) watch

Guy Weitz (1883-1970), Benedicamus Domino: Grand-Choeur
Mary Beth Bennett (b. 1954), Hommage à Langlais: Song of Peace in a Time of War
César Franck (1822-1890), Choral No. 2 in B minor
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933), Symphonic Chorale on “Ach bleib mit deiner Gnade”

Sunday, April 26, 2026

Sean Vogt, organ – watch

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707), Präludium in D, BwxWV 139
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 599
Keith Chapman (1945-1989), Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella
Max Drischner (1891-1971), Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
J.S. Bach, Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele
Lynnwood Farnam (1885-1930), Toccata on “O filii et filiæ”
Dan Locklair (b. 1949), The Peace May Be Exchanged
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987), Toccata: Inflame and Fire Our Hearts

Sunday, May 3, 2026

Andrew P. Sheranian, organ (Episcopal Parish of the Good Shepherd, Waban, MA) watch

Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901), Sonata XIX, Op. 193

Sunday, May 10, 2026

John Richardson, organ (Providence United Methodist Church, Charlotte NC) watch

Christian Praestholm (b. 1972), Allegro Giacoso
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986), Suite, Op.5

Sunday, May 17, 2026

Elizabeth & Raymond Chenault, duo organ (Organists & Choirmasters Emeriti, All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Atlanta GA) watch

Raymond Chenault, Variations on Urbs Beata Jerusalem (world premiere)
Ronald Arnatt (1930-2018), Sarabande with Variations
David Briggs (b. 1962), Homage to Pierre Cochereau
Chase Loomer, Sortie on Ton-y-Botel (world premiere)