The Cathedral of St. Philip - Atlanta, GA

Recitals from the Cathedral of St. Philip

Sunday afternoon recitals will resume September 10, 2023.

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

 

 

Recitals from earlier this Season:

Sunday, September 11, 2022

Jack Mitchener, organ (The Cathedral of St. Philip)

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  • César Franck, Choral II in B minor
  • J. Guy Ropartz, Thème varié (from Six Pièces)
  • César Franck, Choral I in E Major

Sunday, September 18, 2022

Charles Higgs, organ (St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, Milton, GA)

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  • Douglas E. Wagner (b.1952), Festive Trumpet Tune
  • Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780), Praeludium in D Major
  • William Noll (b. 1958), “Adagio” from Suite for Organ
  • George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 4, No. 2
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), “Adagio” from Concerto in D minor
  • Henri Mulet (1878-1967), Toccata on “Thou Art The Rock”

Sunday, September 25, 2022

Duo Beaux Arts — Catherine Lan & Tao Lin, piano duet

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  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Eight Variations on a Theme by Waldstein, WoO 67
  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Rondo in the Hungarian Style, almost a Caprice, Op. 129
  • Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Marches caractéristiques, D 968b, No. 1
  • Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Andante and Allegro Brillante, Op. 92

Sunday, October 2, 2022

Nathaniel Gumbs, organ (Yale University, New Haven, CT)

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  • Florence Price (1887-1953), “Introduction/Allegro” from First Sonata for Organ
  • John Stoddart (b. 1980), Soon!
  • Cesar Franck (1890-1922), Choral No. 1 in E Major

Sunday, October 9, 2022

Raymond Nagem, organ (The Brick Presbyterian Church, New York, NY)

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  • Louis Vierne (1870-1937), Allegro risoluto and Scherzo. Quasi presto from Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 20
  • Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), Music for Children, Op. 65 (transc. Raymond Nagem)
    • Promenade
    • A Little Story
    • Tarantella
    • Waltz
    • Rain and Rainbow
    • March
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542

Sunday, October 16, 2022

Richard Spotts, organ (Doylestown, PA)

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  • Charles Tournemire (1870–1939), Trois Poèmes pour orgue

Sunday, October 23, 2022

Brian Glikes, organ (St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Albany, NY)

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  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 545
  • César Franck (1822-1890), Choral No. 2 in B minor
  • Jan Welmers (1937-2022), Laudate Dominum

Sunday, October 30, 2022

Maurice Clerc, organ (Cathédrale Saint-Bénigne de Dijon, France)

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  • César Franck (1822-1890), Choral n° 3 en La mineur
  • Louis Vierne (1870-1937), Méditation
  • Charles-Marie Widor (1845-1937), Mattheus-Final de Bach's Memento
  • Pierre Cochereau (1924-1984), Scherzo (Notre-Dame 1974)

Sunday, November 13, 2022

Käthe Wright Kaufman, organ (Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church, Atlanta, GA)

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  • Herbert Howells, “Allegro scherzando” from Six Short Pieces
  • Gerald Finzi, “Prelude” from Requiem da Camera, Op. 3b, transcr. Francis Jackson
  • Francis Jackson, Prelude on “Repton”
  • Percy Whitlock, Plymouth Suite
  • Ghislaine Reece-Trapp, In Paradisum
  • A. Herbert Brewer, March Héroïque

Sunday, November 20, 2022

Carol Williams, organ (Peachtree Christian Church, Atlanta, GA)

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  • Gordon Young (1919-1998), Passacaglia
  • Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697), Praeludium in E Minor
  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) , “Allegretto” from Symphony VII, Op. 92
  • Joel Raney (b. 1956), Meditation on “Deep River”
  • Joel Raney (b. 1956), I want Jesus to Walk With Me
  • Carol Williams, Cantabile
  • Carol Williams, Homage á Vierne
  • Dave Brubeck (1920-2012), Blue Rondo à La Turk

Sunday, December 4, 2022

Christian Schoen, organ (St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI)

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  • James Mansfield, Rejoice in the Lord, a Toccata
  • Hans Zimmer, Time from “Inception” (organ arr. Christian Schoen)
  • Karl Jenkins, Theme from Palladio
  • Louis Vierne, Berceuse from 24 Pièces en style libre, Op. 31
  • Emma Lou Diemer, Fiesta

 

Sunday, January 8, 2023

Andrew Scanlon, organ (Church of the Advent, Boston, MA)

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  • Gaston Litaize, Epiphanie
  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV 614
  • Guy Bovet, Das alte Jahr vergangen ist
  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, BWV 684
  • Guy Bovet, Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam
  • Dietrich Buxtehude, Wie schön leucht uns der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223
  • Guy Bovet, Wie schön leucht uns der Morgenstern
  • Arthur Wills, Carillon on “Orientis Partibus”

Sunday, January 15, 2023

Charles Tompkins, organ (Furman University, Greenville, SC)

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  • César Franck (1822-1890), Pièce Heroique
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Fantasy and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537
  • Marianne Kim (b. 1972), Ain'a that Good News
  • Noel Da Costa (1929-2002), Round About the Mountain
  • Richard Elliott (b. 1957), Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit
  • Florence Price (1887-1953), “Air” from Suite No. 1 for Organ, CN 19
  • Joseph Jongen (1873-1954), Toccata pour Grand Orgue, Op. 104

Sunday, January 22, 2023

Arie Motschman, organ (Midway Presbyterian Church, Powder Springs, GA)

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  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Partita diverse sopra: O Gott, du frommer Gott, BWV 767
  • Louis Vierne (1870-1937), “Adagio” from Symphonie 3 for Organ, Op. 28
  • Dan Locklair (b. 1949), Salem Sonata

Sunday, January 29, 2023

Joseph Russell, organ (St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church, Houston, TX)

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  • John Weaver (1937-2021), Fantasia for Organ
  • Frank Bridge (1879-1941), Adagio in E Major
  • Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933), Clair de lune, Op. 72, No. 2
  • Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933), Rondo alla Campanella, Op. 156
  • Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986), “Toccata” from Suite, Op. 5

Sunday, February 5, 2023

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

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  • César Franck (1822-1890), Choral No. 3 in A minor
  • Thomas H. Kerr, Jr. (1915-1988), Arietta
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 616
  • Calvin Taylor (b. 1948), This Little Light of Mine
  • Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), “Dieu parmi nous” from La Nativité

Sunday, February 12, 2023

Sarah Johnson, organ (Church of the Ascension, Rochester, NY)

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  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
  • Jacques van Oortmerssen (1950-2015), Nun ruhen alle Wälder
  • Percy Whitlock (1903-1946), Fantasie Chorale No. 1 in D-flat Major
  • John Knowles Paine (1839-1906), Fantasia in E minor, Op. 2, No. 1

Sunday, February 19, 2023

Georgia Tech Chamber Choir (Jerry Ulrich, conductor)

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  • Ēriks Ešenvalds (b. 1977, The First Tears
  • Arvo Pärt (b. 1935), The Beatitudes
  • Nijolė Sinkevičiūtė (b. 1956), Švilpynė
  • Lithuanian folk song, Už ežero ugnys dega

Sunday, February 26, 2023

Timothy Olsen, organ (University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC)

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  • Max Reger (1873-1916), Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor
  • Craig Phillips (b. 1961), Musette
  • Ned Rorem (b. 1923), The World of Silence
  • Ned Rorem (b. 1923), “There Is a Spirit that Delights to Do No Evil…”
  • César Franck (1822-1890), Choral I in E Major

Sunday, March 5, 2023

Sarah Hawbecker, organ (Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Atlanta, GA)

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  • Pierre Du Mage (1674-1751), Suite du premier ton
  • Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele
  • Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), O Welt, ich muss dich lassen
  • Mary Beth Bennett (b. 1954), Prelude and Toccata on “Kingsfold”
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582

Sunday, March 12, 2023

Peter DuBois, organ (Third Presbyterian Church, Rochester, NY)

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  • Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Prelude & Fugue in C minor, Op. 37, No. 1
  • Gerre Hancock (1934-2012), Air
  • César Franck (1822-1890), Prière, Op. 20
  • Anton Heiller (1923-1979), Ecce Lignum Crucis — A Meditation
  • Jehan Alain (1911-1940), Litanies

Sunday, March 26, 2023

Steven Wooddell, organ (Peachtree Church, Atlanta, GA)

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  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Fantasia in F minor, K 608
  • Jehan Alain (1911-1940), Deuxième Fantaisie
  • Louis Vierne (1870-1937), “Scherzo" from Symphonie No. 2, Op.20
  • Julius Reubke (1834-1858), Fugue from Sonata on the 94th Psalm

Sunday, April 16, 2023

Kipp Gill, organ (All Saints Episcopal Church, Warner Robbins, GA)

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  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Toccata in F Major, BWV 540
  • Calvin Hampton, “At the Ballet” from 5 Dances for Organ
  • Petr Eben, “Finale” from Sunday Music

Sunday, April 23, 2023

Emmanuel Duperrey, organ (Notre Dame de l’Espérance, Villemomble, France)

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  • Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), Seventeen come Sunday
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Komm, süßer Tod, BWV 478
  • Emmanuel Duperrey (b. 1972), Caelistis
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), “Sinfonia” from Cantata 29, BWV 29
  • Paul Dukas (1865-1935), The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Sunday, April 30, 2023

Mark Valenti, piano (Chicago, IL)

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  • Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Images, Book I
  • Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI:40
  • Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Intermezzo in B minor, Op. 119, No. 1
  • Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Ballade in D minor, Op. 10, No. 1
  • Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2
  • Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Rhapsodie in E flat Major, Op. 119, No. 4
  • Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), Sonata No. 5 in one movement, Op. 53

Sunday, May 7, 2023

Katherine Webb, organ (Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland, OR)

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  • Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951), Church Bells Beyond the Stars
  • Thomas H. Kerr, Jr. (1915-1988), Arietta
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912), Impromptu No. 1, Op. 78
  • Evelyn Simpson-Curenton (b. 1953), Meditation on “Were you there”
  • Emma Lou Diemer (b. 1927), Vruechten (“This joyful Eastertide”)
  • Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941), Adagio and Fugue in F minor
  • Mark A. Miller (b. 1967), Toccata on “Lift every voice”

Sunday, May 14, 2023

Patrick Kreeger, organ (Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, NY)

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  • Elfrida Andrée (1841-1929), Organ Symphony in B minor
  • Joseph Jongen (1873–1953), Sonata Eroïca, Op. 94

Sunday, May 21, 2023

Caroline Robinson, organ (The Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta)

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  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Toccata in E Major, BWV 566
  • Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), "Alleluias sereins d'une âme qui désire le ciel" from L’Ascension
  • Leo Sowerby (1895-1968), "Fast and Sinister" from Symphony for Organ in G
  • Gustav Holst (1874-1934), arr. Jonathan Scott, “Jupiter” from The Planets