Jan Kraybill solo organ concert for Mothers' Day: "Music from the Heart"
First Presbyterian Church, 125 S 3rd St, Wilmington, NC 28401
Let's honor Mothers' Day together with music celebrating love! You’ll hear compositions from Bach to the Beatles, inspired by and written on themes of love of friends, family, neighbors, country, and peace, and reminding us that connections to each other are gifts to treasure.
This event is sponsored by the Wilmington chapter of the American Guild of Organists. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/349589860400302?ref=newsfeed for details. Admission is free! I hope to see you on May 8.
Planned repertoire:
PAUL AYRES (b. 1970): Toccata on All You Need Is Love (based on the song by Paul McCartney and John Lennon)
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD (1852-1924): Intermezzo on an Irish Air ("Danny Boy"), Op. 189, No. 4
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750): Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 541
LOUIS VIERNE (1870-1937): Berceuse (Lullaby)
LEO SOWERBY (1895-1968): Carillon
GEOFFREY WILCKEN (b. 1972): The Love Amazing, Op. 74, No. 1
BENJAMIN CORNELIUS-BATES (b. 1978): Meditation, from Fantasia on "I Wonder..."
PAUL AYRES (b. 1970): Prelude, Aria, and Intermezzo from Suite for Eric
MARY BETH BENNETT (b. 1954): Hommage à Langlais: Song of Peace in a Time of War
LOUIS VIERNE (1870-1937): Carillon de Westminster