Events
Michael C. T. Hey is a graduate of Juilliard School and Associate Director of Music and Organist at St Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. His wife, Christiana Liberis, is a violinist of international renown.
Tickets online or at the door: $25; $20 seniors
Annette Richards, University Organist at Cornell University, will perform music of Bach, Buxtehude, and others on the Paul Fritts organ at St. Alban’s. The program includes the Toccata in F and Passacaglia in D minor by Buxtehude, the Fantasia and Fugue in C minor and Pièce d’Orgue (also known as Fantasia in G) by Bach, the Moderato in F by 19th-century English organist Elizabeth Stirling, a chorale prelude by the late Dutch organist Jacques van Oortmerssen, plus the Capriccio sopra il Cucho by Frescobaldi and Il Rossignolo (The Nightingale) by Alessandro Poglietti. Admission is free; donations will be accepted.
From presenter Benjamin Kolodziej: “Rather than listing websites which provide copyright-free music to download, I have gone through these sites to find collections/composers most beneficial to the church organist. I have discovered long-lost sets of lovely chorale preludes and hymn settings which deserve to be heard, and composers who should be better known. I’ve also discovered some living composers whose music is incredibly practical for the organist having to learn new music each week. It is often overwhelming to confront, for example, IMSLP, the main website for copyright-free music which most of us use, if one is looking for a chorale prelude easy enough to learn for the next Sunday’s service. Because online resources are always changing, I’m always adapting my presentation as I make new discoveries.”
Benjamin Kolodziej is former Dean of the Dallas AGO chapter and is organist/choirmaster at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Dallas. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in sacred music and theology from Southern Methodist University.
On the third Sunday of every month St. Philip’s choirs offer a Choral Evensong with a pre-service organ prelude at 4:15 p.m. The pre-service prelude will be performed on the magnificent Holtkamp pipe organ. These services will also be live-streamed on the church’s website: www.stphilipstucson.org/livestream.
Participation is open to all SAAGO members who would like to play a favorite work. If you are interested, please send your choice (or choices)—around 10 minutes total length—to program committee chair David Gay at dgay@math.arizona.edu.
Tickets online or at the door: $25; $20 seniors
SAAGO members admission free
On the third Sunday of every month St. Philip’s choirs offer a Choral Evensong with a pre-service organ prelude at 4:15 p.m. The pre-service prelude will be performed on the magnificent Holtkamp pipe organ. These services will also be live-streamed on the church’s website: www.stphilipstucson.org/livestream.
Dr. Stephen Keyl will discuss the genres of early French organ music and the sounds associated with them, with photos and other materials from a recent study tour in France, demonstrations on the Fritts organ at St. Alban’s, and a brief detour into French organs of the 19th century.
