Lunch Hour Recitals
Tuesday Lunch Hour Recitals, often featuring St. James’ organ, are offered free of charge during the seasons of Advent and Lent. Recitals begin at 12:15 sharp and last either 30 or 45 minutes as specified below. Bring your lunch if you wish, and stay for coffee or tea and to meet the performer(s) afterward.
Lent 2012 - Tuesday February 28 to Tuesday April 3
The eYe of the ORGAN – Great Music in the World’s History - Lent 2012 Lunchtime Recital Flyer
Christopher Dawes, organist and host, tracks the organ music of the German Masters from the Renaissance to the 20th century, along with the social history that formed both composers and their music.
Tuesday, February 28, 12:15-12:45
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) & Heinrich Scheidemann (1596-1663)
Tuesday, March 6, 12:15-12:45
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) & Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
Tuesday, March 13, 12:15-12:45
Georg Böhm (1661-1733) & Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Tuesday, March 20, 12:15-12:45
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) & Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Tuesday, March 27, 12:15-12:45
Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901) & Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Tuesday, April 3, 12:15-12:45
Max Reger (1873-1916) & Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
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