Well, he delivered!
Thursday evening, December 22.
The ancient organ in our church hadn't had that much pulled from it for a long time. He worked with a definate handicap...the "choir" manual was not functioning, besides the general elderliness of the instrument.
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| Pre-concert practice |
To quote from the notes on his program, "Two traditional Lutheran Advent Chorals were selected as the musical ideas to tie everything together....Both chorals were very popular in Lutheran Germany and many great musicians wrote works, both large and small, based on the tunes." He played a selection of these works written by Sweelinck, Kauffmann, JS Bach, Pachelbel, Heiller, Bohm, and Schack. Again quoting, "Bookending the program are two works from the Romantic time period in France. Both are showpieces, designed for the large and grand symphonic organs in the large cathedrals of Paris." The opening piece was Gigout's Grand Choeur Dialogue and he closed with Widor's Symphony No. 5, Op.42 - v. Toccata....very cool!
Concert attenders:
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| Grandparents Schwinn |
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| Granparents Herber |
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| K with Bonnie L, organ teacher of high school years |
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| Aunt KS and cousins |
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| Okay, what's going on? |
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| N & M friends |
Photo Credits: Starr
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