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Recitals from the Cathedral of St. Philip

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

Sunday, September 20, 2026

Ralph Holtzhauser, organ (St. Columba Cathedral, Youngstown, OH)

  • Alfred Hollins, Triumphal March
  • Iain Farrington, When I lay my burden down
  • Iain Farrington, Steal Away
  • Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Harmonies du Soir
  • Alexandre Guilmant, Sonata 5

Sunday, September 27, 2026

University of Georgia Choral Project, Athens, GA

Colin Mann, conductor 
Andrew Voelker, organ 
Mía Mangano, violone


Sunday, October 4, 2026

Brink Bush, organ (Boston, MA)

  • Sister Clare Bocard, Te Deum Laudamus
  • Susan J. Clearman, Springs in the Desert
  • Edna Frida Pietsch, Largo Eroico
  • Max Reger, Prelude and Fugue in F Major, Op. 84, No. 3
  • Robert Elmore, Fantasy on Nursery Tunes

Sunday, October 11, 2026

Katherine Jolliff, organ (Student, Rice University, Houston,TX)

  • Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Ken Cowan, Danse Macabre
  • Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Stimmen der Nacht, Op. 142, No. 1
  • Aaron David Miller, Fireflies
  • Sergei Prokofiev, arr. Jean Guillou, Toccata in D minor

Sunday, October 18, 2026

Daniel Carroll, organ (Student, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, PA)

  • Daniel Carroll, Improvisation
          1. Dialogue in the French style
          2. Aria
          3. Prelude and Fugue modale
          4. Scherzo
          5. Symphonic Adagio
          6. Final

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Abbie Wood, organ (Student, Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, MD)

  • Abbie Wood, Improvisation
  • Marcel Dupré, Cortège et Litanie
  • Liv-Benedicte Bjørneboe, Barndommens Dans
  • Herbert Howells, Master Tallis’s Testament
  • Maurice Duruflé, Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain, Op. 7

Sunday, November 8, 2026

Ronald Ebrecht, organ (Organist Emeritus, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT)

  • Maurice Duruflé, Scherzo, Op. 2
  • Maurice Duruflé, Prélude, Adagio et Choral varié sur le thème du Veni Creator, Op. 4

Sunday, November 15, 2026

Jacqueline Farrell, organ (Student, Eastman School of Music, Rochester NY)

  • John Weaver, Toccata for Organ
  • John Weaver, Diptych for Organ
  • Maurice Duruflé, Prélude et fugue sur le nom d’Alain, Op. 7

Sunday, November 22, 2026

Patrick Hawkins, organ (Palm Springs, CA)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Partite diverse sopra: Christ, der du bist, BWV 766
  • Olivier Messiaen, “Le Dieu caché” (The Hidden God) from Livre du Saint Sacrement
  • Josef Rheinberger, Movements from Sonata in G Major, Op. 88

Sunday, December 13, 2026

Carolyn Hoff, organ (The Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, GA)

  • Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Fantasia Chromatica
  • Ad Wammes, Rejoice! from Interludes
  • Max Reger, Chorale Fantasia on “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme”

Sunday, January 3, 2027

Will Buthod, organ (Holy Trinity Episcopal Parish, Decatur, GA)

  • Richard Wagner, “Evening Star” from Tannhäuser
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Twelve Variations on “Ah! Vous dirai-je, Maman,” K 265/300e
  • Hans-André Stamm, Under the Starry Sky
  • Philip Glass, Étoile polaire (North Star)
  • John Williams, Selections from Star Wars

Sunday, January 10, 2027

Abigail Crafton, organ (Student, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 541
  • César Franck, Choral No. 2 in B minor
  • Calvin Hampton, At the Ballet from Five Dances
  • Louis Vierne, “Final” from Symphony No. 6

Sunday, January 17, 2027

Owen Metz, organ (Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Cleveland, OH)

  • Percy Whitlock, Fantasie Choral No. 1 in D-flat Major
  • Jean-Louis Florentz, “Prélude” from L’enfant noir, Op. 17
  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542

Sunday, January 24, 2027

Samuel Holmberg, organ (The Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, MN)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Toccata in E, BWV 566
  • Pierre Cochereau, “Sarabande” from Suite de Danses Improvisées
  • Marcel Dupré, Choral et Fugue, Op. 57
  • Igor Stravinsky, “Berceuse” and “Finale” from The Firebird (L’oiseau de feu)

Sunday, January 31, 2027

Jeremy S. Bruns, organ (Parish of the Epiphany, Winchester, VA)

  • Henri Mulet, Carillon-Sortie
  • Alexandre Guilmant, “Pastorale” from First Sonata, Op. 42
  • Charles-Marie Widor, “Intermezzo” from Symphonie VI, Op. 42, No. 2
  • Louis Vierne, “Adagio” from Symphonie III, Op. 28
  • Marcel Dupré, Prelude and Fugue in G minor, Op. 7

Sunday, February 7, 2027

Bethany Dame, organ (St. Thomas Church, New York, NY)

  • Robert Schumann, Four Sketches, Op. 58
  • Daniel Gawthrop, Four Noble Gases
  • Iain Farrington, Every time I feel the spirit from Lay my burden down

Sunday, February 14, 2027

Patrick Scott, organ (Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Memphis, TN)

  • Giacomo Meyerbeer, “Coronation March” from Le prophète
  • Florence Price, Retrospection (An Elf on a Moonbeam)
  • Gerre Hancock, A Paraphrase of ‘St. Elizabeth’
  • Craig Phillips, Sarabande and Ode & Salutation
  • Patrick Scott, Improvisation

Sunday, February 21, 2027

Georgia Boy Choir, David White, director (Atlanta, GA)


Sunday, February 28, 2027

Richard Gray, organ (Grace & St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Colorado Springs, CO)

  • Louis Marchand, Grand Dialogue in C, from Troisième Livre d’orgue
  • François Couperin, “Élevation — Tierce en taille” from Messe pour les Couvents
  • André J. Thomas, arr. Douglas Wagner, “I Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray” from I’m Gonna Sing: Spirituals and Hymns for Organ
  • Joseph Jongen, Choral from Quatre pièces pour orgue, Op. 37
  • Craig Phillips, “Raphael” and “Uriel” from Archangel Suite

Sunday, March 14, 2027

Nicholas Stigall, organ (St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chattanooga, TN)

  • Pamela Decker, Kairos
  • Joseph Jongen, Prière
  • Petr Eben, “Finale” from Sunday Music

Sunday, April 4, 2027

Carolyn Craig, organ (Wells Cathedral, England, UK)

  • Marcel Dupré, Cortège et Litanie
  • Maurice Duruflé, Suite pour Orgue, Op. 5

Sunday, April 11, 2027

James Kibbie, organ (Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude, Largo and Fugue in C Major, BWV 545
  • Fela Sowande, Go Down Moses
  • Jehan Alain, Deuxième Fantaisie
  • Charles-Marie Widor, “Finale” from Symphonie VI, Op. 42, No. 2

Sunday, April 18, 2027

Ben Carlisle, harpsichord (St. Paul’s Episcopal Church & Montessori School, San Antonio, TX)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach, “Chaconne” from Partita in D minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1004
  • William Byrd, “The Bells” from My Ladye Nevells Booke
  • J.S. Bach, Concerto in the Italian Style, BWV 971

Sunday, April 25, 2027

Alex Jones, organ (St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Milwaukee, WI)

  • Percy Whitlock, “Allegro risoluto” from Plymouth Suite
  • Jehan Alain, Variations sur un thème de Clément Jannequin
  • Julius Reubke, Sonata in C minor on the 94th Psalm

Sunday, May 2, 2027

Viktor Billa, organ (The Reformed Church of Bronxville, Bronxville, NY)

  • Marcel Dupré, Prelude and Fugue in G minor, Op. 7, No. 3
  • Viktor Honcharenko, Chaconne
  • Klement Slavický, “Allegro impetuoso” from Frescoes
  • Lesia Dychko, “Scherzo” from Carpathian Frescoes
  • Lyudmila German, Variations on Ukrainian Song

Sunday, May 9, 2027

Ali Santos, organ (Student, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY)

  • Naji Hakim, I Love the Colourful World
  • Calvin Hampton, “Lullaby” from Suite No. 2
  • Olivier Messiaen, “Alleluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel” (Serene alleluias of a soul longing for heaven) from L’Ascension
  • Marcel Dupré, Prelude and Fugue in B Major, Op. 7, No. 1

Sunday, May 16, 2027

JoEllen West, organ (Student, Yale University, New Haven, CT)

  • Franz Liszt, Fantasy and Fugue on Ad Nos, ad Salutarem Undam

Sunday, May 23, 2027

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

  • Chase Loomer, Suite for Organ
  • Jehan Alain, Fantasie No. 1, JA 72
  • Jehan Alain, Fantasie No. 2, JA 117
  • Chase Loomer, Improvisation on the Te Deum

EARLIER THIS Season

Sunday, September 13, 2026

David Baskeyfield, organ (Christ Episcopal Church, Elizabeth City, NC) watch

  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Toccata in F, BWV 540
  • J.S. Bach, Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele, BWV 654
  • Charles Tournemire (1870-1939), Improvisation sur le Te Deum
  • Louis Vierne (1870-1937), “Adagio” from Symphonie 3, Op. 28
  • Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937), “Final” from Symphonie 6, Op. 42. No. 2