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REcitals from the 2020-2021 Season:

Sunday, September 13, 2020

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Caroline Robinson, organ (The Cathedral of St. Philip)

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The Sunday afternoon recital series kicks off today, and we are thrilled that our new Associate Organist-Choirmaster, Caroline Robinson, will present the opening program. The series will be performed live in the Cathedral nave and livestreamed on the Cathedral website and Facebook pages every Sunday at 3:15 p.m.

Eugène Gigout, Grand Chœur Dialogué (from Six Pièces, 1881)
Herbert Howells, Rhapsody No. 1 in D-flat, Op. 17
Jean-Louis Florentz, Harpe de Marie (from Laudes—Kidân za-nageh, Op. 5)
William Bolcom, What a Friend We Have in Jesus (from Gospel Preludes, Book 1)
Maurice Duruflé, “Toccata” (from Suite for Organ, Op. 5)

Sunday, September 20, 2020

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Sarah Hawbecker, organ (Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Atlanta)

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Felix Mendelssohn, Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 65, No. 4
Leo Sowerby, Meditation on Picardy
Louis Vierne, “Pastorale” from Symphony I in D minor, Op. 14
Rachel Laurin, Finale pour orgue, Op. 78

Sunday, September 27, 2020

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Oak Martin (BMus student at The Curtis Institute of Music)

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Johann Sebastian Bach, Trio Sonata in C Major, BWV 529
Margaret Vardell Sandresky, Sonata No. 1 for Organ (based on Grant Wood’s painting Spring Turning)
William Grant Still, Elegy

Sunday, October 4, 2020
The Feast of St. Francis

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Oliver Brett, organ (Associate Organist & Choirmaster, Peachtree Road United Methodist Church, Atlanta)

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Herbert Howells, Rhapsody No. 3 C sharp minor
John Ireland, Elegiac Romance
Edward Elgar, “Andante espressivo” from Organ Sonata in G
William Walton, Coronation March “Orb and Sceptre”

Sunday, October 11, 2020
The Feast of St. Philip, Deacon & Evangelist

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Raymond & Elizabeth Chenault, duo-organ (Organists Emeriti, All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Atlanta)

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Gaston Litaize, “Choral” (from Sonate à Deux)?
Rachel Laurin, Cantabile à Deux – world première
Gerre Hancock, A Fancy for Two to Play
Philip Moore, Allegro for Organ Duet

Sunday, October 18, 2020

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Theodore Davis, organ (Organist & Choirmaster, St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Baltimore, MD)

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Florentine Price, Suite No. 1 for Organ
Henri Mulet, Esquisses Byzantines

Sunday, October 25, 2020

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Bruce Xu, organ (student at Rice University)

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Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude & Fugue in B minor, BWV 544
Max Reger, Benedictus, Op.59
Olivier Messiaen, “Alleluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel” from L'Ascension
Olivier Messiaen, “Dieu parmi nous” from La Nativité du Seigneur

Sunday, November 8, 2020

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Jacob Montgomery, organ (Bethany Presbyterian Church, Rochester, NY)

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Marcel Dupré, “Allegro deciso” from Évocation
William Bolcom, Jesus Loves Me
Louis Vierne, “Adagio” from Organ Symphony No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 28
Johann Sebastian Bach, Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV 582

Sunday, November 15, 2020

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Julie Andrijeski, violin (Artistic Director, The Atlanta Baroque Orchestra)
Caroline Robinson, harpsichord (Associate Organist-Choirmaster, The Cathedral of St. Philip)

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Giovanni Battista Fontana, Sonata Seconda
Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Violin Sonata No. 3 in F Major
Jean-Féry Rebel, “Caprice” from Violin Suite No. 2 in D Major

 

Sunday, November 22, 2020

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Will Gotmer, organ (Director of Music/Organist, Grace Episcopal Church, Gainesville, GA)

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Felix Mendelssohn, Sonata No. 2 in C minor
Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 531
Charles-Marie Widor, “Andante sostenuto” from Organ Symphony No. 9, Op. 70 (“Gothique”)
Leo Sowerby, Comes Autumn Time

 

Sunday, December 6, 2020
The Second Sunday of Advent

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Matthew Michael Brown, organ (St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Atlanta)

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George Baker, Ricercare on Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
Jehan Alain, Deuxième Fantaisie, JA 117
Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544
Flor Peeters, Toccata, Fugue et Hymne sur Ave Maris Stella, Op. 28

Sunday, January 3, 2021
The Second Sunday After Christmas

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Eugene Lavery, organ (St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, Waco, TX)

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Geoffrey Bush, Trumpet March
Maurice Duruflé, Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain, Op 7
Robin Milford, Pastoral Dance on “On Christmas Night”
Alfred Hollins, Christmas Cradle Song
arr. Keith Chapman, Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (17th-century French carol)

Sunday, January 10, 2021
The First Sunday After the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Cuarteto Orgánico (McDuffie Center for Strings, Townsend School of Music, Mercer University)  

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Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Opus 18

Allegro
Andante con moto
Allegro
Presto

Sunday, January 17, 2021
The Second Sunday After the Epiphany

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Alvin Blount, organ (Organist/Choirmaster, Church of the Good Shepherd, Knoxville, TN)

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Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Opus 18
Grayston Ives, Intrada
Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Harmonies du soir
Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Clair de lune
Dieterich Buxtehude, Präludium, Fuga und Ciacona, BuxWV 137
Adolphus Hailstork, Prelude on “We Shall Overcome”
Adolphus Hailstork, Postlude on “We Shall Overcome”
Adolphus Hailstork, Prelude on “Deep River”
arr. Richard Elliott, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Sunday, January 24, 2021
The Third Sunday After the Epiphany

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Kirk Rich, organ (All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Atlanta)

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Louis Marchand, “Grand Dialogue” from “Troisième Livre d’Orgue”
Jean-Adam Guilain, “Tierce en taille” from “Suite du Deuxième Ton pour le Magnificat”
Guillaume Lasceux, “Judex crederis — Verset du Te Deum”
César Franck, “Pièce héroïque” from “Trois Pièces”

Sunday, January 31, 2021
The Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Brian Parks, organ (First United Methodist Church, Marietta)

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Johann Sebastian Bach, Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582
John Williams, Excerpts from Superman Suite, arr. Brian Parks
Leitmotif (Superman II)
March of the Villains
Love Theme (“Can You Read My Mind?”)
The Planet Krypton
Villains in the Zone
Main Title March

Sunday, February 7, 2021
The Fifth Sunday After the Epiphany

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Justin Maxey, organ (Atlanta)

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Louis Vierne, Movements from Symphony No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 28
Franz Liszt, Liebestraum No. 3 (trans. Harvey Gaul)
Henri Mulet, Tu es petra et portæ inferi non prævalebunt adversus te from Esquisses byzantines

Sunday, February 14, 2021
The Last Sunday After the Epiphany

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Caroline Robinson, organ (Associate Organist/Choirmaster, The Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta)

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Program notes »

Jean-Louis Florentz, Laudes — Kidân za-nageh (Op. 5, 1983-1985)
Dis-moi ton nom…
Prière pour délier les charmes
Harpe de Marie
Chant des fleurs
Pleurs de la Vierge
Rempart de la croix
…Seigneur des lumières

Sunday, February 21, 2021
The First Sunday in Lent

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Elena Dorozhkina, piano

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Johann Sebastian Bach, From The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books 1 (1722) and 2 (1742)

Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 889, Book 2
Prelude and Fugue in B-Flat Major, BWV 866, Book 1
Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 847, Book 1
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 855, Book 1
Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 875, Book 2
Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 881, Book 2
Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 850, Book 1

Sunday, February 28, 2021
The Second Sunday in Lent

3:15 p.m. Recital online
John Coble, organ (First Presbyterian Church, Athens, GA)

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Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 535
J.S. Bach, Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten, BWV 647
Dan Locklair, In Memory – H.H.L.
César Franck, Choral III

In memory of Joyce McLean Coble (1929-2020)

Sunday, March 7, 2021
The Third Sunday in Lent

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Kelsey M. Berg, organ (St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Milledgeville, GA)

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Johann Sebastian Bach, Praeludium et Fuga in B minor, BWV 544
David Conte, Recollection (Soliloquy No. 2)
Marcel Dupré, Cortège et Litanie from 4 Pièces, Op.19

Sunday, March 14, 2021
The Fourth Sunday in Lent

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Evan Few & Jeanne Johnson, violin, with Caroline Robinson, continuo

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Heinrich Schmelzer, Sonata Quarta (from 6 Sonate, 1664)
Antonio Bertali, Sonata Violino Solo (Partiturbuch Ludwig)

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Partita VI (from Harmonia Artificiosa-Ariosa)

Sunday, March 21, 2021
The Fifth Sunday in Lent

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Jack Mitchener (Organist & Artist-in-Residence, The Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta)
A recital in honor of the 336th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach’s birth (March 21, 1685 – July 28, 1750)

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Fuga à 5 con pedale pro Organo pleno, BWV 552, 2 (‘St. Anne Fugue’)
Dies sind die heilgen zehen Gebot, BWV 678 – à 2 Clav. et Ped., Canto fermo in Canone
Trio super Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWV 655 – à 2 claviers et pédale
Valet wir ich dir geben, BWV 736 – choralis in pedale
Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 641 – à 2 Clav. & Ped.
Movements 2 and 3 from the Pastorella, BWV 590
Toccata in F Major, BWV 540, 1

Sunday, April 11, 2021
The Second Sunday of Easter

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Jeff Johnson (Pastor, First Lutheran Church, Brockton, MA)

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Peter Planyavsky, Toccata a la Rumba
Nicholaus Bruhns, Praeludium in G Major
Louis Vierne, Pastorale from Vingt-quatre pièces en style libre
César Franck, Pièce Héroïque

In memory of Dr. Tommy K. Johnson

Sunday, April 18, 2021
The Third Sunday of Easter

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Will Buthod, (Minister of Music, Holy Trinity Episcopal Parish, Decatur, GA)

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Aaron Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man (transcr. Will Buthod)
Florence Price, Retrospection
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Impromptu No. 2 (from Three Impromptus for the Organ)
arr. William Farley Smith, Wade in duh Wadduh!
arr. Eurydice V. Osterman, Give Me Jesus
John Williams, Selections from Star Wars

Sunday, April 25, 2021
The Fourth Sunday of Easter

3:15 p.m. Recital online
David Brensinger

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Dieterich Buxtehude, Präludium in D, BuxWV 139
Ennis Fruhauf, Chorale Prelude on “Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele”
Enjott Schneider, Chorale Prelude on “Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele”
Denis Bédard, Dialogue sur Te Deum
Charles Hubert H. Parry, Two chorale preludes
Billy Nalle, Trio in a style of Bach: Alles was du bist
Albert Alain, Final sur le Carillon de Luçon, Op. 324

Sunday, May 2, 2021
The Fifth Sunday of Easter

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Richard Gress (MMus student at Yale University)

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Jehan Alain, Trois Danses
Healey Willan, Introduction, Passacaglia & Fugue

Sunday, May 9, 2021
The Sixth Sunday of Easter

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Malcolm Matthews, (Associate Organist and Choirmaster, Christ Church Cathedral, Nashville, Tennessee)

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Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Movements from Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 65
Louis Vierne, “Scherzo” from Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 20
Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in A Major, BWV 536
César Franck, Cantabile from Trois Pièces pour grand orgue
Maurice Duruflé, Fugue sur le nom d’Alain, Op. 7

Sunday, May 16, 2021
The Seventh Sunday of Easter

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Zachary Zwahlen (Assistant University Organist at the University of the South (Sewanee))

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Judith Bingham, St. Bride, assisted by angels
Olivier Messiaen, L’Ascension

Sunday, May 23, 2021
The Day of Pentecost

3:15 p.m. Recital online
Jack Mitchener (Organist & Artist-in-Residence, The Cathedral of St. Philip)

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Program notes »

Works by Margaret Vardell Sandresky, in celebration of the composer’s 100th birthday

Helena’s Wedding March—Organ Solo on the Bride’s Name (2005)
“Agnus Dei” from L’homme armé Organ Mass (1979)
Victimae Paschali Laudes (2021)
Veni Sancte Spiritus—Five versets on the Golden Sequence (2017)
Toccata: Veni Creator Spiritus (1989, rev. 1992)

 


Recitals from the 2021-2022 Season:

Sunday, September 12, 2021

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

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Alexandre Boëly, Fantasie et Fugue, Op. 18, No. 6
Louis Vierne, “Choral” from Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 20
Nico Muhly, The Revd Mustard his Installation Prelude (2013)
Joseph Jongen, Sonata Eroica, Op. 94

Sunday, September 19, 2021

Gail Archer, organ (Barnard College, New York, NY)

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Viktor Goncharenko, Fantasia
Svitlana Ostrova, Chaconna
Mykola Kolessa, Passacaglia
Nadia Boulanger, Prelude
Nadia Boulanger, Petit Canon
Nadia Boulanger, Improvisation
Jeanne Demessieux, Te Deum

Sunday, September 26, 2021

Dock Anderson, organ (St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Carrollton, GA)

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Jean Langlais, Chant de Paix
Calvin Hampton, Five Dances
Dan Locklair, “The peace may be exchanged” from Rubrics
Dock Anderson, Postlude on “Foundation”

Sunday, October 3, 2021

Clara Gerdes, organ (Most Holy Redeemer Nativity Church, New York, NY)

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William Walton, Orb and Sceptre
Maurice Durufle, Scherzo, Op. 2
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Idyll (from Organ Album, Vol. 1)
Rachel Laurin, Impromptu
Franz Liszt, Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S514

Sunday, October 10, 2021

Jack Mitchener, organ (Organist and Artist-in-Residence, The Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta)

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Franz Liszt, Fantasie und Fuge über den Choral “Ad nos, ad salutarem undam”

Sunday, October 17, 2021

Stephen Price, organ (Ball State University, Muncie, IN)

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Daniel Gawthrop, “Passacaglia” from Sketchbook I
William Grant Still, Summerland from Three Visions
Brenda Portman, Psalm Sonata No.1
Rachel Laurin, Trois Impressions sur “Kingsfold,” Op.75 (from Douze Courtes Pièces)
Ned Rorem, “Sunday Night” from Views from the Oldest House

Sunday, October 24, 2021

William Callaway, organ (First United Methodist Church, Chamblee, GA)

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Johann Sebastian Bach, “Sinfonia” from Cantata 29
Sigfrid Karg-Elert, “Canzone” from Symphonic Chorale on “Jesu, Meine Freude,” Op. 87, No. 2
Karl Jenkins, Theme from Palladio
Leo Delibes, Flower Duet from Lakme
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian Easter Festival Overture

Sunday, October 31, 2021

Jonathan Gregoire, organ (St. Andrew United Methodist Church, Dallas, TX)

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Marcel Dupré, Cortège et Litanie, Op. 19, No. 2
César Franck, Choral No. 2 in B minor
Maurice Duruflé, Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain, Op. 7

Sunday, November 14, 2021

Daniel Brondel, organ (St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York, NY)

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Johann Sebastian Bach, “Sinfonia” from Cantata No. 29
Camille Saint-Saëns arr. Virgil Fox, “Poco adagio” from Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78
Georges Bizet arr. Daniel Brondel, “Entr’acte II” from Carmen
Johannes Brahms arr. Edwin Lemare, Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F-sharp minor
Louis Vierne, Carillon de Westminster from 24 Pièces de fantaisie, Op. 54

Sunday, November 21, 2021

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

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Frederick Bridge, Sonata in D minor
   
Allegro moderato
   Andante
   Introduction & Fugue
Wilfred Josephs, Sonata for Organ, Op. 165 (composed for Iain Quinn)
   Poco allegro
   Andante
   Vivo
Iain Quinn, Toccata on Victimae Paschali Laudes

Sunday, December 5, 2021

Julie Andrijeski, violin (Atlanta Baroque Orchestra), Elisabeth Swanson, soprano (The Cathedral of St. Philip), & Caroline Robinson, organ (The Cathedral of St. Philip)

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Heinrich Biber (1644-1704), Sonata “La Pastorella”
Heinrich Biber, Mystery Sonata No. 1 “The Annunciation”
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707), Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BuxWV 98
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Fuga sopra il Magnificat, BWV 733

Sunday, January 2, 2022

Adam Detzner, organ (Christ Church [Episcopal], Columbia, MD)

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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Puer nobis nascitur, SwWV 315
Johann Sebastian Bach, Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 664
Heinrich Scheidemann, Magnificat Tertii Toni
Olivier Messiaen,  “Dieu parmi nous” (God Among Us)from La Nativité du Seigneur

Sunday, January 9, 2022

Adam Jaffe, piano (Atlanta)

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Maurice Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin

Sunday, January 16, 2022

Nathaniel Gumbs, organ (Yale University)

Alfred Hollins, Concert Overture in C minor
Uzee Brown, Jr., Triumphal March of Heritage
Florence Price, Retrospection
Carl Haywood, 
Spirit Fantasy
Florence Price, "Andantino" & “Finale” from First Sonata for Organ

Sunday, January 23, 2022

Raymond Chenault, organ (Organist Emeritus, All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Atlanta)

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Marius Monnikendam (1896-1977), Toccata No. 1
Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911), “Adagio” from Organ Sonata 3, Op. 56
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937), “Salve Regina” from Organ Symphony No. 2, Op. 13, No. 2
Jean Langlais (1907-1991), Ave Maria, Ave Maris Stella from Trois Paraphrases Grégoriennes, Op, 5
Hendrik Andriessen (1892-1981), Premier Choral

Sunday, January 30, 2022

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

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Naji Hakim (b. 1955), Rhapsody
Stephen Paulus (1949-2014), Saint Anthony in Meditation (The Triumph of the Saint)
Rachel Laurin (b. 1961), Fantaisie a Deux (2018)

Sunday, February 6, 2022

James Kealey, organ (Third Presbyterian Church, Rochester, NY)

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Edward Elgar, “Allegro maestoso” from Organ Sonata in G Major, Op. 28
Cecila McDowall, Church bells beyond the stars
Rachel Laurin (b. 1961), Humoresque, Op. 77
Charles-Marie Widor, “Choral” from Symphonie Romane, Op. 73
Louis Vierne, “Final” from Symphonie VI, Op. 59

Sunday, February 13, 2022

H. David Pulliam, organ (St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Darien, CT)

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Jean-Adam Guilain, Suite du deuxième ton
Gerald Near, Ave Maria
Gerald Near, Ave Maris Stella
Marcel Dupré, Antiphon on “How fair and pleasant thou art” Op. 18, No. 5
William Bolcom, “What a friend we have in Jesus” from Gospel Preludes, Book 1

Sunday, February 20, 2022

Damin Spritzer, organ (University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, and St. Matthew’s Cathedral, Dallas, TX)

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René Louis Becker, Marche Triomphale: Ite missa est
Pierre Kunc, Piéce Funebre
Harvey Grace, Meditation from Ten Compositions for Organ, Vol. II
Harvey Grace, Fantasia alla Marcia

Sunday, February 27, 2022

Calvert Johnson, organ

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Program Notes

Fela Sowand, Sacred Idioms of the Negro
Carl R. Diton, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Op. 2
Billy Strayhorn, Lotus Blossom
Trevor Weston, Pools of Living Water
Florence Beatrice Price, Suite No. 1 for Organ

Sunday, March 6, 2022

Scott Atchison, organ (Peachtree Road United Methodist Church, Atlanta)

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An Improvisational Journey: The Stations of the Cross
I.   Jesus in the Garden
II.  Jesus is betrayed and arrested
III. Jesus is judged by Pilate
IV. Jesus is scourged and crowned with thorns
V.  Jesus is crucified

Sunday, March 13, 2022

Emily Amos, student at the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia

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Percy Whitlock (1903-1946), Exultemus
David Hurd (b. 1950), Evening Song
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986), Suite, Op.5

Sunday, March 20, 2022

Alan Lewis, organ (Calvary Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh, PA)

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Fantasie & Fugue in C minor, BWV 537
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Sonata in E-flat Major, BWV 525
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Prelude & Fugue in C minor, BWV 546

Sunday, March 27, 2022

Mario Buchanan, organ (Christ Church Episcopal, Hudson, Ohio)

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Calvin Hampton (1938-1984), Trumpet Tunes from Suite No.1
David Hurd (b. 1950), Were You There
Brenda Portman (b. 1980), Chorale Prelude on “St Helena”
Leo Sowerby (1895-1968), Air with Variations
Gerre Hancock (1934-2012), Improvisation on St Clement (transc. Peter S. Burton)
Dan Locklair (b. 1949), “The people respond – Amen!” from Rubrics

Sunday, April 3, 2022

Stephan Griffin, organ (All Saints Parish [Episcopal], Brookline, MA)

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Florence Price (1887-1953), “Introduction-Allegro” from First Sonata for Organ
Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Rhapsody in D-flat, Op. 17, No.1
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933), Valse Mignonne, Op. 124, No.2
Iain Farrington (b. 1977), Steal Away from Lay my burden down
Florence Price, “Finale” from First Sonata for Organ

Sunday, April 24, 2022

Karl Robson, organ (St. John’s [Episcopal], Norwood Parish, Chevy Chase, MD)

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Louis Vierne, Movements from Symphonie No. 3, Op. 28
Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Harmonies du Soir from Trois Impressions, Op. 72
Nico Muhly, The Rev’d Mustard his Installation Prelude
Charles-Marie Widor, “Finale” from Symphonie VIII, Op. 42

Sunday, May 1, 2022

Robin Ericksen, organ (St. Mark's Episcopal Church, LaGrange, GA)

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Vincent Lübeck (1654-1740), Praeambulum in E Major
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Prelude and Fugue in G minor
Calvin Hampton (1938-1984), America the Beautiful (Materna)
Rowan Draper (b. 1979), Reflection
Calvin Taylor (b. 1948), This Little Light of Mine
Calvin Taylor, Soon I Will Be Done

 

Sunday, May 8, 2022

Janet Yieh, organ (Church of Heavenly Rest, New York, NY)

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Gerre Hancock (1934-2012), Prelude on ‘Slane’
Samuel Coleridge Taylor (1875-1912), Arietta
Christa Rakich (b. 1952, Hommage à Pachelbel: Ten Variations on “Lobe den Herren”
Amy Beach (1867-1944), Prelude on an Old Folk Tune
William Grant Still (1895-1978), Reverie
arr. Carl Haywood (b. 1949), His Eye is On the Sparrow
Rachel Laurin (b. 1961), Épilogue, Op. 50

Sunday, May 15, 2022

Kenneth Miller, organ (The University of the South, Sewanee, TN)

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George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), “Overture” to Solomon, HWV 67
Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Six Canonic Etudes, Op. 56
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Sonata in D Major, Op. 65, No. 5

Sunday, May 22, 2022

Jens Korndörfer, organ (First Presbyterian Church, Atlanta)

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Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937), Symphonie pour orgue No. 6 en Sol Mineur, Op. 42, No. 2

 


RECITALS FROM THE 2022-2023 SEASON:

Sunday, September 11, 2022

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

WATCH THIS RECITAL

  • 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

 


RECITALS FROM THE 2023-2024 SEASON

Sunday, September 10, 2023

Caroline Robinson, organ (The Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta)  watch
  • Anne Wilson, Toccata
  • Camille Saint-Saëns, Fantaisie No. 2 in D-flat, Op. 101
  • Jehan Alain, Deuxième Fantaisie
  • Jeanne Demessieux, Te Deum, Op. 11

Sunday, September 17, 2023

Andrew Risinger, organ (West End United Methodist Church, Nashville, TN)  watch
  • Simon Preston (b. 1938), Alleluyas
  • Harold E. Darke (1888-1976), A Fantasy for Organ, Op 39
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Dies sind die heiligen zehn Geboten, BWV 678
  • David Conte (b. 1955), Recollection (Soliloquy No. 2)
  • Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937), “Allegro vivace” from Symphony No. 5, Op. 42

Sunday, September 24, 2023

Jinhee Kim, organ (Shallowford Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA)  watch
  • Leo Sowerby (1895-1968), Comes Autumn Time
  • Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986), “Sicilienne” from Suite pour Orgue, Op. 5
  • Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Organ Sonata No. 1, Op. 65

Sunday, October 1, 2023

Grant Wareham, organ (St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Dallas, TX)  watch
  • Karim Al-Zand (b. 1970), Toccata for Organ (2020)
  • Jean Roger-Ducasse (1873-1954), Pastorale
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), “Finale: Andante Maestoso; Allegro Vivace” from Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

Sunday, October 8, 2023

Joseph O’Berry, organ (St. John’s Cathedral, Denver, CO)  watch
  • Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934), “Allegro Maestoso” from Sonata in G, Op. 28
  • Robert Elmore (1913-1985), “Pavanne” from Rhythmic Suite
  • Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Rhapsody No. 1
  • Herbert Howells, Paean from Six Pieces for Organ

Sunday, October 15, 2023

George Fergus, organ (Christ Episcopal Church, Savannah, GA)  watch
  • Marcel Dupré (1886-1971), Symphonie-Passion, Op. 23

Sunday, October 22, 2023

Joshua Ehlebracht, organ (St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT)  watch
  • Horatio Parker (1863-1919), Festival Prelude, Op. 67, No. 1
  • Florence B. Price (1887-1953), Retrospection
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Fantasia in F minor, K. 608
  • George Shearing (1919-2011), There is a Happy Land from Sacred Sounds
  • Louis Vierne (1870-1937), “Final” from Symphony No. 6

Sunday, October 29, 2023

Monique Arar, piano (Atlanta, GA)  watch
  • Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Sonata in B minor

Sunday, November 12, 2023

Adam Pajan, organ (St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church, Norman, OK)  watch
  • Ola Gjeilo, Sinfonietta
  • Edward Shippen Barnes, Chanson, Esquisse, & Caprice,from Seven Sketches
  • Joseph Jongen (1873-1953), Sonata Eroïca, Op. 94

Sunday, November 19, 2023

Bryan Anderson, organ (St. Thomas Episcopal Church and School, Houston, TX)  watch
  • Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), Overture to La forza del destino
  • Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Psalm prelude, Set 2, No 1 “De profundis”
  • John Ireland (1879-1962), “Villanella” from Miniature Suite
  • William Bolcom (b. 1938), Jesus Loves Me, from 12 Gospel Preludes
  • Marcel Dupré (1886-1971), Deux Esquisses

Sunday, November 26, 2023

JoEllen West, organ (Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Cleveland, OH)  watch
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 541
  • Thomas Kerr (1915-1988), Arietta
  • Ad Wammes (b. 1953), Miroir
  • Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937), “Allegro” & “Adagio” from Organ Symphony No. 6

Sunday, January 7, 2024

Brennan Szafron, organ (Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Tryon, NC)  watch
  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Alla breve in D Major, BWV 589
  • Dietrich Buxtehude, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223
  • Erik Santos, Star Rising, from The Philadelphia Organ Book
  • Théodore Dubois, Marche des Rois Mages, from Douze pièces pour orgue
  • Olivier Messiaen, “Les mages” from La nativité du Seigneur
  • Denis Bédard, Petite valse and Postlude from Deux pieces

Sunday, January 14, 2024

Wesley Parrott, organ (Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, Philadelphia, PA)  watch
  • Max Reger (1873-1916), Introduction und Passacaglia in D minor
  • Florence Beatrice Price (1887-1953), “Andantino” from First Sonata for Organ
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Toccata and Fugue in E Major
  • George Baker (b. 1951), Berceuse sur le nom de Swann
  • John Cook (1918-1984), PÆAN on ‘Divinum Mysterium’

Sunday, January 21, 2024

Colin Lynch, organ (Trinity Episcopal Church, Boston, MA)  watch
  • Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901),“Passacaglia” from Sonata No. 8, Op. 132
  • Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995), Intermezzo
  • Percy Whitlock (1903-1946), Five Short Pieces

Sunday, January 28, 2024

Nicole Marane, organ (First United Methodist Church, Marietta, GA)  watch
  • Kristina Arakelyan (b. 1994), Star Fantasy (Alleluia - vidimus stellam)
  • Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707), Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223
  • Graeme Koehne (b. 1956), To his servant Bach God grants a final glimpse- the morning star
  • Heinrich Reimann (1850-1906), Phantasie für Orgel über den Choral Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, Op. 25

 

Sunday, February 4, 2024

Jesús Castro-Balbi, cello, and Gloria Lin, piano (Kennesaw GA)  watch
  • Franz Schubert (1797-1828), “Allegro moderato" from “Arpeggione” Sonata in A minor, D. 821
  • Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992), Le Grand Tango
  • Ernest Bloch (1880-1959), Prayer

Sunday, February 11, 2024

Georgia Boy Choir (David R. White, director)  watch
  • Walford Davies (1869-1941), Psalm 121
  • Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Like As the Hart
  • Kim André Arnesen (b. 1980), The Lamb
  • Howard Goodall (b. 1958), The Lord is My Shepherd
  • Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Ave Maris Stella
  • Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978), Ubi Caritas
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Cherubic Hymn
  • Gerald Finzi (1901-1956), God is Gone Up

Sunday, February 18, 2024

Frederick Teardo, organ (Cathedral Church of the Advent, Birmingham AL)  watch 
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Fantasia in G (Pièce d’Orgue), BWV 572
  • Jeanne Demessieux (1921-1968), Attende Domine from 12 Chorale Preludes on Gregorian Themes, Op. 8
  • Nadia Boulanger(1887-1979), Prélude from Trois Improvisations
  • Max Richter (b. 1966), on the nature of daylight
  • Edward Elgar (1857-1934), “Allegro maestoso” from Sonata for Organ, Op. 28

Sunday, February 25, 2024

Susanna Valleau, organ (St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church, Shoreline, WA)  watch
  • Margaret Vardell Sandresky, Five Sacred Dances
  • Thomas H. Kerr, Arietta
  • Jessica French, Variations on “Jesu, Dulcis Memoria”

Sunday, March 3, 2024

Kyle Ritter, organ (The Cathedral of All Souls, Asheville NC) watch
  • Alec Wyton (1921-2007), Fanfare (1956)
  • Leo Sowerby (1895-1968), Requiescat in Pace
  • Georg Bohm (1661-1733), Praeludium in C
  • Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901), “Introduction and Passacaglia” from Sonata 8, Op. 132

Sunday, March 10, 2024

Brendan Conner, organ (St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Wilmington NC) watch
  • Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937), Symphonie Romane, Op. 73

Sunday, April 7, 2024

Jordan Prescott, organ (Grace and St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Baltimore, MD) watch
  • Herbert Howells, Paean
  • Jeanne Demessieux, Prélude et Fugue en Ut
  • César Franck, Choral in E

Sunday, April 14, 2024

Joseph Arndt, organ (St. John’s Episcopal Church, Tulsa, OK) watch
  • Rebecca Groom te Velde (b. 1956), Paean (2022)
  • Samuel Barber (1910-1981), Wondrous Love: Variations on a Shape-note Hymn
  • Charles Callahan (1951-2023), Partita on Kingsfold
  • Percy Whitlock (1903-1946), Plymouth Suite for Organ

Sunday, April 21, 2024

Isabella Wu, organ (The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia PA)   watch
  • Marcel Dupré, (1886-1971), Five antiphons from 15 Versets pour les Vêpres du Commun des Fêtes de la Sainte Vierge
  • Robert Harris (b. 1938), Elegy for a Time of Change
  • Percy Whitlock (1903-1946), “Allegro Risoluto,” “Lantana,” and “Toccata” from Plymouth Suite

Sunday, April 28, 2024

Ben Weaver, organ (St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Atlanta, GA)  watch
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 547
  • Dan Locklair (b. 1949), “...beside the still waters.” from Windows of Comfort, Book 1
  • Louis Vierne (1870-1937), Arabesque
  • César Franck (1822-1890), Pièce Heroïque

Sunday, May 5, 2024

Edward Landin Senn, organ (Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, Bryn Mawr, PA)  watch
  • Pamela Decker (b. 1955), Praeludium
  • Edward Landin Senn (b. 1988), Suite Brève
  • Craig Phillips (b. 1961), Prelude on the Carillon d’Alet
  • Gerre Hancock (1934-2012), Air; Prelude for Organ
  • Edward Landin Senn (b. 1988), Psalm Prelude
  • Jeffrey Brillhart (b. 1955), Philadelphia Flourish

Sunday, May 12, 2024

Christopher Reynolds, organ (St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Richmond, VA)  watch
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 547
  • César Franck (1822-1890), Cantabile
  • Gerald Near (b. 1942), Prelude on Picardy
  • John Cook (1918-1984), Fanfare

Sunday, May 19, 2024

Herbert Buffington, organ (The Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta)  watch
  • César Franck (1822-1890), Prélude, Fugue et Variation
  • Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), Apparition de l’église éternelle
  • César Franck (1822-1890), Pièce Heroïque
  • Herbert Buffington (b. 1958), Improvisation on Veni Creator Spiritus

 


 

RECITALS FROM THE 2024-2025 SEASON

Sunday, September 8, 2024

3:15 p.m. Chase Loomer, organ (The Cathedral of St. Philip) watch

  • Florence Price (1887-1953), “Fantasy” from Suite No. 1 for Organ
  • Brenda Portman (b. 1980), Scherzo
  • Louis Vierne (1870-1937), “Adagio” from Symphony No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 28
  • Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), arr. Chase Loomer, “Forlane” from Le Tombeau de Couperin
  • Chase Loomer, Improvisation on Engelberg

Sunday, September 15, 2024

3:15 p.m. Mason Copeland, organ (Central Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA) watch

  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 541
  • J. S. Bach, Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 662
  • Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Andante in D Major
  • Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Canon in C Major, Op. 56, No. 1
  • Robert Schumann, Fugue on BACH, Op. 60, No.2

Sunday, September 22, 2024

3:15 p.m. John Sherer, organ (St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Rochester, NY)  watch

  • Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937), Symphony No. 6 in G minor, Op. 42

Sunday, September 29, 2024

3:15 p.m. Justin Maxey, organ (All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Atlanta, GA)  watch

  • Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933), “Praise the Lord with Drum and Cymbal” from Ein Siegesgesang Israels, Op. 101, No. 5
  • Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), arr. Robert Hebble (1934-2020) “Romanza” from Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 45
  • Richard Wagner (1813-1883), transc. Preston Ware Orem (1865-1938), “Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral” from Act II, Scene 4, Lohengrin
  • César Franck (1822-1890), Pièce héroïque from Trios Pièces pour grand orgue, M37
  • David Bednall (b. 1979), Toccata on Aberystwyth

Sunday, October 6, 2024

3:15 p.m. Andy Harnsberger and Caitlin Jones, marimba duo (Lee University, Cleveland, TN) watch

  • Andy Harnsberger (b. 1967), In the Midst of Darkness
  • Gordon Stout (b. 1952), Bossacatta
  • Alex Stopa (b. 1985), Sequoia

Sunday, October 13, 2024

3:15 p.m. Nicole Keller, organ (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI) watch

  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Toccata in F, BWV 540
  • William Grant Still (1895-1978), Reverie
  • Ethel Smyth (1858-1944), Prelude and Fugue on “O Trauerigkeit, O Herzeleid”
  • Charles Tournemire (1870-1939), Choral-Improvisation sur le “Vichtimae paschali”

Sunday, October 20, 2024

3:15 p.m. Scott Lamlein, organ (All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Atlanta, GA) watch

  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542
  • Florence Price (1887-1953), “Air” & “Toccato” from Suite No. 1 for Organ
  • Dan Locklair (b. 1949), “The peace may be exchanged” from Rubrics
  • Henri Mulet (1878-1967), Carillon-Sortie

Sunday, October 27, 2024

3:15 p.m. Dina Foster-Osbourne, organ — watch

  • Brenda Portman (b. 1980), Day of Delight and Beauty Unbounded (In Thee is Gladness) Festival Fanfare
  • C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918) arr. Aubrey Tucker, I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me
  • Carl Haywood (b. 1949), Improvisation on “We Shall Overcome”
  • Raymond H. Haan (b. 1938), Organ Hymn “For God Alone My Soul in Silence Waits”
  • arr. Marianne Kim, Every Time I Feel the Spirit
  • Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911), “Finale” from Sonata No. 1, Op. 42

Sunday, November 10, 2024

3:15 p.m. Jennifer Shin, organ (DMA student at The Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY) watch

  • Louis Vierne (1870-1937), “Allegro maestoso” & “Intermezzo” from Symphonie No. 3, Op. 28
  • Paul Hindemith (1895-1963), Sonata for Organ No. 2
  • Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933), “La Nuit” from Trois Impressions, Op. 72
  • Edward Bairstow (1874-1946), “Allegro giocoso” from Sonata in E-flat Major

Sunday, November 17, 2024

3:15 p.m. Kevin Neel, organ (All Saints Episcopal Church, Worcester, MA) watch

  • Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 65, No. 4
  • Alec Rowley (1892-1958), Benedictus
  • Florence Price (1887-1953), Adoration
  • David Briggs (b. 1962), Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Gustav Holst (2011/2001)

Sunday, November 24, 2024

3:15 p.m. Aaron Patterson, organ (Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA) watch

  • Dorothy Papadakos (b. 1960), Fantasia on ‘Veni Creator’
  • Charles Callahan (1951-2023), Prelude in C Major
  • John Weaver (1937-2021), Introduction and Fugue on St. Denio
  • Dorothy Papadakos (b. 1960), The Women at the Tomb 

Sunday, December 15, 2024

3:15 p.m. Junwen Liang, piano (Philadelphia, PA) watch 

  • Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Selections from Images, Book 2
  • Wanghua Chu (b. 1941), Jasmine Flower Fantasia (2003)
  • Catherine Likhuta (b. 1981), Rondo For Piano (2001)
  • Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C-sharp minor, S.244/12

 

Sunday, January 5, 2025

3:15 p.m. Victoria Shorokhova, organ (student at University of Houston, TX) watch

  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 532
  • Khristophor Kushnaryov (1890-1960), Passacaglia in F-sharp minor (1924)
  • Calvin Hampton (1938-1984), “Lullaby” from Suite No. 2
  • Anton Heiller (1923-1979), Tanz-Toccata

Sunday, January 12, 2025

3:15 p.m. Chase Loomer, organ (The Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta) watch

Today's recital was originally scheduled as Andrew Sheranian of the Parish of All Saints, Ashmont, MA, but was changed due to weather and travel limitations.

Sunday, January 19, 2025

3:15 p.m. Joseph Ripka, organ (St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, Oklahoma City, OK) watch 

  • Marcel Dupré (1886-1971), Prelude & Fugue, Op. 7, No. 1
  • Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986), Prélude, Adagio, et Choral Varié, Op. 4

Sunday, January 26, 2025

3:15 p.m. Brian Parks, organ (First United Methodist Church, Marietta, GA) watch

  • Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901), “Passacaglia” from Sonata No. 8
  • Tom Johnson (1939-2024), Organ and Silence No. 3
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), transc. Brian Parks, Movements from Scheherazade, Op. 35 

Sunday, February 2, 2025

3:15 p.m. Benji Stegner, organ (Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Athens, GA) watch

  • Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941), Adagio and Fugue in F minor
  • George Walker (1922-2018), Chorale Prelude on “Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier” from Three Pieces for Organ
  • Thomas H. Kerr (1915-1988), “Reverie” (for Celestes) from Suite Sebastienne
  • Thomas H. Kerr (1915-1988), “Procession of the Gargoyles” from Suite Sebastienne
  • David Hurd (b. 1950), Evening Song
  • Florence Beatrice Price (1887-1953), Variations on a Folksong

Sunday, February 9, 2025

3:15 p.m. Jerrick Cavagnaro (Trinity Episcopal Church, Boston, MA) watch

  • Florence Price (1887-1953), First Sonata for Organ
  • Connor Chee (b. 1987), Hózhó
  • Louis Vierne (1870-1937), “Scherzo” from Organ Symphony No. 2, Op. 20
  • Jerrick Cavagnaro, Improvisation on a submitted theme

Sunday, February 16, 2025

3:15 p.m. Käthe Wright Kaufman, organ (Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church, Atlanta, GA) watch

  • Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Prelude in D minor, Op. 37, No. 3/i
  • Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Rhapsody in D flat, Op. 17, No. 1
  • Jehan Alain (1911-1940), Deux Chorals (Choral dorien & Choral phrygien)
  • Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924), Postlude in D minor, Op. 105, No. 6
  • Iain Farrington (b. 1977), Voices of the World

Sunday, February 23, 2025

3:15 p.m. Nicholas Quardokus, organ (Grace Church Cathedral, Charleston, SC) watch

  • Louis Vierne (1870-1937), Symphony No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 28

Sunday, March 2, 2025

3:15 p.m. Carolyn Hoff, organ (student at the Cleveland Institute of Music, OH) watch 

  • Jonathan Dove (b. 1959), Niagara
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Pièce d’Orgue
  • Cèsar Franck (1822-1890), Chorale III in A minor 

Sunday, March 9, 2025

3:15 p.m. Geoffrey Ward, organ (University of the South, Sewanee, TN) watch

  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Fantasy in G minor, BWV 542
  • Florence Price (1887-1953), Adoration
  • Jehan Alain (1911-1940), Trois pieces
  • Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986), Fugue sur le nom d’Alain, Op. 7

Sunday, March 23, 2025

3:15 p.m. David Jernigan, organ (Christ Church, Raleigh, NC) watch

  • Marcel Dupré (1886-1971), Cortège et Litanie, Op. 19, No. 2
  • Marcel Dupré , Trois Préludes et Fugues, Op. 7

Sunday, March 30, 2025

3:15 p.m. Raymond Chenault, organ (Organist Emeritus, All Saints' Episcopal Church, Atlanta, GA) watch

  • Dom Paul Benoit (1893-1979), Allegro vivo e maestoso (Esquisses Liturgiques)
  • Pierre Cochereau (1924-1984) trans. Frédéric Blanc, Berceuse à la mémoire de Louis Vierne
  • Joseph Jongen (1873-1953), Choral, Op. 37, No. 4 (Quatre Pièces pour Orgue)
  • Francois-Charles Widor (1811-1899), Prière
  • Raymond Chenault (b. 1950), Fantasie Mystique

Sunday, April 6, 2025

3:15 p.m. Mallory Haney, organ (La Cañada Congregational Church, Flintridge, CA) watch

  • Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Master Tallis’s Testament
  • Los Jaivas (1963) trans. Mallory Haney Loo, La Poderosa Muerte
  • Charles Tournemire (1870-1939), Improvisation sur le Te Deum

Sunday, May 4, 2025

3:15 p.m. Joseph Causby, organ (The Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill, NC) watch

  • Gordon Jacob (1895-1984), Festal Flourish
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue, BWV 564
  • Louis Vierne (1870-1937), “Adagio” and “Final” from Symphonie No. 3

Sunday, May 11, 2025

3:15 p.m. Davis Badaszewski¸organ (St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Shaker Heights, OH) watch

  • Harold Friedell (1905-1958), Verses for the Nunc Dimittis: Based on a Chant by Croft
  • Friedell, Processional
  • Friedell, Prelude on St. Columba
  • Friedell, Prelude on Two Hymn Tunes

Sunday, May 18, 2025

3:15 p.m. Herbert Buffington, organ (The Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta) watch 

  • Arthur Bliss (1891-1975), Three Fanfares from Royal Fanfares and Interludes
  • Charles Tournemire (1870-1939), L’Orgue Mystique: Cycle de Pâques: Quasimodo
  • Herbert Buffington (b. 1958), Hymn Tune Improvisation on St. Clement