Jan Kraybill solo organ concert: "Unity in Diversity"
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Methuen Memorial Music Hall, 192 Broadway , Methuen< MA 01844
I can't wait to perform on this pipe organ in this historic venue, which has been on my bucket list for years!
Each of the pipes in an organ can speak at only one pitch, one volume, and one tone color. Each one is different from all of the others in at least one of those aspects, due to difference in sizes, shapes, and materials. By definition, then, a pipe organ is a community of voices. This program celebrates the rich diversity of voices among the 6,088 pipes of this historic pipe organ, and compositional voices for organ across generations and geographies.
Planned repertoire includes:
JOSEPH BONNET (1884-1944): Variations de Concert, Op. 1
ANDREA GABRIELI (c.1533-1585): Canzon detta Qui la dira (Who will say?)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750): Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr (All Glory Be to God on High), BWV 676
GUSTAV HOLST (1818-1893), transcr. by W. T. Best: Chaconne from First Suite for Military Band, Op. 28, No. 1
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR (1844-1937): Intermezzo from Symphony No. 6 for Organ
LIBBY LARSEN (b. 1950): Tambourines, from Aspects of Glory
JOHANNES MATTHIAS MICHEL (b. 1962): Swing Five: ERHALT UNS, HERR (Keep Us, Lord)
GUNNAR IDENSTAM (b. 1961): Menuet nordique from Cathedral Music
RALPH SIMPSON (b. 1933): King of Kings
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD (1852-1924): Intermezzo on an Irish Air ("Danny Boy"), Op. 189, No. 4
LEO SOWERBY (1895-1968): Pageant