Feb24

I'll play a concert on the pipe organ recently refurbished by Quimby Pipe Organs in this lovely church.

The program will explore the music of J.S. Bach and composers he has inspired across generations and geography. Planned repertoire includes:

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750): Sinfonia from Cantata No. 29: Wir danken dir, Gott (We Thank Thee, God)

J.S. BACH: Five Chorale Preludes from ClavierÜbung III:

Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr (All Glory Be to God on High), BWV 676

Diess sind die heil’gen zehn Gebot (These Are the Holy Ten Commandments), BWV 678

Diess sind die heil’gen zehn Gebot (These Are the Holy Ten Commandments), BWV 679

Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kamm (Christ, Our Lord, Came to the Jordan), BWV 684

Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (From Deep Distress I Cry to Thee), BWV 676

J.S. BACH: Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 541

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856): Fugue No. 1 from Six Fugues on the Name BACH, Op. 60

Four Hymns:

On This Day, Earth Shall Ring (PERSONET HODIE), arr. Robert A. Hobby (b. 1962)

Many and Great (LACQUIPARLE), arr. Robert Buckley Farlee (b. 1950)

Swing Five (ERHALT UNS, HERR), arr. Johannes Matthias Michel (b. 1962)

King of Kings (traditional spiritual), arr. Ralph Simpson (b. 1933)

NOEL RAWSTHORNE (1929–2019): Dancing Feet

J.S. BACH: Fugue in G Major, “à la Gigue,” BWV 577