The Organ Concert
Series
Our annual organ concert series is another way that HPCUMC “throws open [our] doors for…community gatherings.”
2008-2009 HPCUMC
Organ Concert Series Announced
Our fifth season opens on Sunday October 26, 2008 with a performance by Thomas Trotter, one of the United Kingdom’s premier concert organists. On January 25, 2009, Elizabeth and Raymond Chenault perform in a concert for four hands/four feet that is sure to delight the audience. The season closes on April 26, 2009 with a concert by Lynne Davis, professor of organ at Wichita State University, and former First Prize winner of the St. Alban’s International Organ Competition.
October 12, 2008 – An Organ Demo will follow the 11:00 a.m. worship service in the sanctuary. During this 30-minute session, HPCUMC Resident Organist James Walton will demonstrate the unique features of the organ built by Casavant Frères, Opus 3671, and will perform several pieces to showcase the instrument.
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October 26, 2008 – British virtuoso Thomas Trotter is the Birmingham City Organist and organist at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey and visiting Professor of Organ at the Royal College of Music, London. Read full text.
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January 25, 2009 – Elizabeth and Raymond Chenault, America’s Favorite Duo-Organists. Read full text.
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April 26, 2009 – Lynne Davis, professor of Organ and Ann & Dennis Ross Endowed Faculty of Distinction in Organ at Wichita State University. Read
full text.
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We hope you will join us
for these performances.
- Performances are on Sunday afternoons
at 4:00 p.m. in the sanctuary at 1345 Grace Avenue at
the corner of Grace and Observatory Avenues in Hyde Park.
- The concerts are free and open to
the public.
- There is no reserved seating and tickets
are not required.
- Doors open no later than 3:00 p.m.
- Performances generally last 1-1/2
hours.
- You are cordially invited to a reception
to meet the artists immediately following each concert
Your contributions designated
to The Organ Concert Series Fund will enable us to continue
to offer quality concerts to our members and to the community.
Check Out The Organ's Specifications
Organ Concert Series on WGUC (90.9
FM)
A composite program of selected highlights from HPCUMC's
Organ Concert Series over the past two years was presented
on WGUC public radio on Easter evening, April 8. Selected
organ works were performed by Paul Jacobs, Olivier Latry,
Pierre Pincemaille, and Stefan Engels. Interested persons
can listen to this one-hour "Music Cincinnati" program on
their computer by accessing the following WGUC website:
http://www.wguc.org/schedule/musiccincinnati_apr08.asp
October
12, 2008 – WGUC will broadcast a third “Music Cincinnati” special on Sunday evening October 12, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. featuring the artists who appeared on the 2007-2008 Organ Concert Series – Alan Morrison, New York Piano-Organ Duo, and Thierry Escaich.
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