Music from Cinema and Theater Organ Fest goes to the movies! Organists: Michael Gagne, Marianne Kim, Christopher Urban and Gary Wendt team up to provide a dynamic program of film and theater music transcribed for the organ. Selections include: Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Sound of Music and Phantom of the Opera
Friday, February 25, 2022, 7:30pm Madonna della Strada Chapel, Loyola University 1032 W Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60660 We partner with the Chicago Chapter AGO and Loyola University to present organist Colin Andrews playing Olivier Messiaen’s monumental Livre du Saint Sacrement. Colin Andrews is one of only four organists in the world to have recorded […]
Trumpet Tunes Jered Montgomery, trumpet Christopher Urban, organ
Arias and Sacred Songs Megan Hendrickson, soprano Sarah Jenks, piano
Mozart Journey XVI Performers: St. Charles Singers Jeffrey Hunt, music director Metropolis Orchestra Michelle Areyzaga, guest soprano Stephen Uhl, organ Program: Missa Solemnis, K. 139 Missa Brevis, K. 140 Tantum Ergo, K. 197 Two German Hymns, K. 343 Tickets: $40 adults, $35 seniors, $10 students
Mozart Journey XVI Performers: St. Charles Singers Jeffrey Hunt, music director Metropolis Orchestra Michelle Areyzaga, guest soprano Stephen Uhl, organ Program: Missa Solemnis, K. 139 Missa Brevis, K. 140 Tantum Ergo, K. 197 Two German Hymns, K. 343 Tickets: $40 adults, $35 seniors, $10 students
Chamber Music Concert: "Bach and Before" This period-instrument chamber concert opens the Chicago area's 49th annual Bach Week Festival by spotlighting composers who influenced J. S. Bach. Artists: Emi Tanabe, baroque violin Wendy Benner, baroque violin Anna Steinhoff, viola da gamba Jerry Fuller, violone Jason J. Moy, harpsichord Richard Webster, organ and Music Director Program: […]
Vocal, Choir, and Orchestra Concert "Bach: Sacred and Secular Masterworks" Artists: Josefien Stoppelenburg, soprano Lindsay Metzger, mezzo-soprano Susan Platts, mezzo soprano Tyler Lee, tenor David Govertsen, bass Alyce Johnson, flute Jason Moy, organ Bach Week Festival Orchestra and Chorus, Richard Webster, music director Program: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: March for 3 Trumpets and Timpani Johann […]
Favorite Sacred Arias Soloists, Christopher Urban, organ
Sunday, May 22, 2022, 4:30pm Join us for three short organ concerts hosted in succession by three Lake Forest area churches: Church of the Covenants, First Presbyterian Church, and The Church of the Holy Spirit. Celebrate afterward with a delicious dinner together. RSVP for Members Banquet Recital One – 4:30 p.m. Jay Peterson, organist The […]
Saturday, June 18, 2022, 5:00pm Join us at Christ Church in Winnetka for a festive party to close our season together. Please be sure to come to Christ Church at 784 Sheridan Road, not to another building also owned by Christ Church elsewhere in Winnetka. For more information, contact Richard Clemmitt (rclemmitt@christchurchwinnetka.org). Please RSVP Online […]
In celebration of César Franck’s bicentennial in 2022, American concert organist Scott Dettra will undertake a tour of Franck’s 12 major organ works, performed from memory in two 75-minute recitals on a single day, or on consecutive evenings. Franck’s organ music—arguably the most significant contribution to the repertoire after that of Bach—broke new ground and […]
In celebration of César Franck’s bicentennial in 2022, American concert organist Scott Dettra will undertake a tour of Franck’s 12 major organ works, performed from memory in two 75-minute recitals on a single day, or on consecutive evenings. Franck’s organ music—arguably the most significant contribution to the repertoire after that of Bach—broke new ground and […]
Chuck Beech, piano Christopher Urban, organ Favorite hymns for piano and organ
The opening concert of the series features long-time member of First Presbyterian, Bruce Blanck. He brings his inimitable jazz piano stylings coupled with other musicians. This program will include sacred and secular selections.