Calendar of events on our organs
Friday, April 9, 2010 at 8 pm Opus 7
John Grew, University Organist at McGill University and chair of the organ area of the Faculty of Music, is artistic director of the McGill Summer Organ Academy. He also established McGill’s Early Music program, the largest of its kind in Canada. He was Dean of the Faculty of Music at McGill from 1991 to 1996. He is cosponsored by the Knoxville Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 4 pm Opus 5
Ludger Lohmann, University Organist and Professor of Organ, Stuttgart University, Stuttgart, Germany, displays his artistry in a program highlighting music of the German Romantics. The program includes the Buxtehude Toccata in d (BuxWV 155), the J. S. Bach Sonata No.5, Prelude and Fugue in D major, the final fugue from The Art of the Fugue, and five of the Six Fugues on BACH by Robert Schumann.
Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 5:30 pm Opus 10
James David Christie, Professor of Music at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, OH, Distinguished Artist in Residence at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, and organist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra performs Organ Fireworks, a showcase of Bach’s most famous organ works. Admission free.
Saturday, March 20, 2010 Starting at 10:30 am Opus 10
Bach’s 325th Birthday A full day of workshops, discussions and concerts in honor of Johann Sebastian Bach’s 325th birthday are planned for March 20th in the heart of Boston’s historic Back Bay. Emmanuel Music and the First Lutheran Church of Boston will celebrate the birth of the great Baroque composer by enlisting the talents of revered musicians from around the world to perform his most famous works. Admission is free to all events. Program 
Friday, February 5, 2010 at 8 pm Opus 7
David Arcus is organist of Duke University Chapel, where he plays for nearly two hundred services a year and serves as accompanist for the Duke Chapel Choir. He is also organist of Duke Divinity School, where he has taught courses in church music and hymnody. In August of 2009 he played the dedication concert on our Opus 16 for Goodson Chapel of the Divinity School.
Friday, January 29, 2010 at 7:30 pm Opus 14
Michael Unger is a doctoral student at Eastman, and is also the instructor of the organ literature courses. His teachers have included David Higgs, William Porter, Ethel Briggs, Sandra Mangsen, Joel Speerstra and Larry Cortner. In 2008 Michael was awarded both First Prize and the Audience Prize in the 2008 AGO National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance, and later that same year, he won First Prize in the Sixth International Organ Competition Musashino-Tokyo, Japan. In 2009, he was awarded Second Prize and Audience Award in the Eighth International Schnitger Organ Competition on the historic organs of Alkmaar, the Netherlands, the first ever North American prize winner in the competition’s history. Michael performs frequently as a soloist and chamber musician on both organ and harpsichord, and is also a teacher and published composer. He currently works as the Visiting Director of Music at Rochester’s Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word. Admission $35/25&10/5.
Friday, November 13, 2009 at 8pm Opus 10
Balint Karosi is the First Prizewinner of the XVI International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition held in Leipzig, Germany. He will play a program of two chorale-based masterpieces by Matthias Weckmann and J. S. Bach. “Weckmann’s Es ist das Heil uns kommen her is one of the most extended and extraordinary organ works of the 17th century.” (Christoph Wolff) The concert is a fundraiser to the installation of the three missing reed stops of the instrument. Tickets: $15 (general admission) $10 for students and seniors. Program
Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 3pm Opus 13
Sharon Porter Shull, Minister of Music at Agnus Dei Lutheran Church, Gig Harbor, WA and a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory of Music with an Organ Performance degree, performs with her brother, David Porter, at The First Church of Deerfield in music of J.S. Bach, Frescobaldi, Haydn, Krebs, Langlais, Mendelssohn, Robbins, Scheidemann, Soler, and Viviani. A suggested donation of $10.00 includes a reception following the concert.
Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 8:30pm Collegedale SDA
Sietze de Vries plays a program of literature, improvisation and hymn singing on the 70 stop Brombaugh organ at Seventh Day Adventist Church in Collegedale, TN. Admission free.
Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 4pm Opus 12
Tom Spacht, Professor of Organ (Emeritus), Towson University, Baltimore in a concert with vespers. Admission free.
Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 3:50pm Opus 10
Reformation Celebration Service. First Lutheran Church of Boston invites you to a unique worship experience celebrating the 492nd anniversary of the Reformation. The service features the Seven Hills Renaissance Wind Ensemble, the early-music ensemble Exsultemus, the First Lutheran Church Choir, and Balint Karosi, organist. Dr. Christopher Boyd Brown, author of the book Singing the Gospel and assistant professor of church history at the Boston University School of Theology, will preach the sermon. First Lutheran Church’s Reformation Celebration Service is an attempt to bring a worship experience typical of the 17th century to today’s worshipers. Liturgical portions of the service – such as the Kyrie, Gloria, and Our Father – will be chanted in unison by the congregation. The hymns, though sung in English, will be accompanied by organ, Renaissance wind instruments, harpsichord and choir. Program
Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 4pm Opus 8
Sietze de Vries performs a concert of literature and improvisation at First Presbyterian Church in Rocky Mount, NC. He is active as a concert organist in the Netherlands, and has also presented concerts and master classes in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, England, and the United States. He has won 15 national organ competitions and in 2002 captured the international improvisation prize.
Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 4pm Opus 12
Joel Martinson, Director of Music Ministry & Organist at Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Dallas, in a concert with vespers. Admission free.
Monday, September 7, 2009 at 7pm Opus 10
Peter Kranefoed plays a Labor Day organ concert at 7 p.m. in the opening of their 2009-2010 season. Peter studied at the Boston Conservatory with James D. Christie and plays concerts in his home of Germany and in the United States. His program will feature composers who have had their birth celebration in 2009: Menddelssohn, Purcell, and Haydn. A root beer-float reception follows the concert with the opportunity to meet the artist. Admission charge is $15 for general admission, $10 for students and seniors. Ticket revenues support the music program at First Lutheran Church. Program
Friday, August 28, 2009 at 7:30pm Opus 2
Robert Parris, Professor of Organ and University Organist at Mercer University, Macon, Georgia in a faculty artist program Music of the Renaissance and Baroque assisted by Christopher Macklin, baritone, and Lauren Parris, soprano. Neva Langley Fickling Hall, McCorkle Music Building. Free admission. Program
Friday, June 12, 2009 Opus 10
Boston Early Music Festival—Organ Mini-Festival Joan Lippincott plays The Art of Fugue, described by Christoph Wolff as “one of the loftiest accomplishments of the human mind”; Balint Karosi and Boyd Brown explore rhetorical connections in 18th century Lutheran worship; and William Porter in music of JS and CPE Bach. More information…
Sunday, April 5, 2009 at 5:30pm Opus 10
Exsultemus, a Boston Renaissance and Baroque Music ensemble, performs Georg Philipp Telemann’s St. John Passion of 1737. Eric Rice conducts with First Lutheran Minister of Music Bálint Karosi playing harpsichord & organ. Admission $35 reserved seating; $25 general admission; $5 off for students & seniors. Program
Sunday, March 29, 2009 at 6pm Opus 12
Mark Trautman, Organist and Music Director at Christ Church, New Brunswick, plays music of Bach, Krebs, Walther, and others. Program follows Vespers. Admission free. Program
Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 4pm Opus 5
Christa Rakich plays music of Bach, Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Woodman in “A Bach Birthday Celebration” at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Stamford, CT. A freewill offering will be taken. A reception follows the program. Program
Saturday, March 21, 2009 10:30am–5:30pm Opus 10
Bach’s 324 Birthday. The First Lutheran Church of Boston and the Boston Chapter, American Guild of Organists celebrate the 324th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach with a free, all-day series of concerts. FLC Minister of Music and 2008 Bach prizewinner Balint Karosi will perform Guy Bovet’s children’s story, “Peep the Piper” at 10:30 AM and 4:30 PM. This narrated, multimedia is designed to introduce the pipe organ to young children and will be enjoyable for families. For those with small children, child care will be provided. During the day, guest organists will perform music of Bach in a series of 30-minute organ concerts at 11:15, 12:00, 1:30, 2:15, 3:00, and 3:45. Artists schedule to appear are: Heinrich Christenson, Janet Hunt, Adam Peithmann, Sean Redrow, Joyce Painter Rice, and Lee Ridgway. Admission free. Program
Sunday, March 15, 2009 at 3pm Opus 13
Thomas Mueller, a native of Freudenstadt, (Black Forest), Germany is an organ builder, self-employed music teacher for keyboards, and is presently conductor and organist at St. Peter Church in Dettingen, and St. Martin Church in Horb Diessen. Mr. Mueller will be playing music of J.S. Bach, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schroeder and Peters. The concert is at The First Church of Deerfield, Old Deerfield, MA, and is part of “The Brick Church” Music Series. Suggested donation is $10, a fundraiser for the church. A reception follows the concert program.
Sunday, March 1, 2009 at 6pm Opus 12
David Kazimir, a native of Caldwell, NJ, currently serves as organist of Ascension Episcopal Church in Ipswich, MA and is on the staff of organbuilders C.B. Fisk in Glocester, MA. He is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory where he studied organ with David Boe. As a recitalist he has performed in major churches and cathedrals in Boston, Cleveland, New York, and Washington, DC and overseas in Cambridge, England; Rhonda, Wales; Lausanne, Switzerland; and at St. George's Cathedral in Jerusalem. Program follows Vespers. Admission free. Program
Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 3pm Opus 13
Thomas Pousont, Organist and Director of Music at The First Church of Deerfield, is pursuing a Master of Music degree in organ performance at McGill University in Montréal, Québec. He is a frequent performer with many musical organizations in the area, and will be playing music of J.S. Bach, de Grigny, and other composers. The concert is at The First Church of Deerfield, Old Deerfield, MA, and is part of “The Brick Church” Music Series. Suggested donation is $10, a fundraiser for the church. A reception follows the concert program.
Tuesday, February 13, 2009 at 8pm Opus 7
Gail Archer is college organist at Vassar College and a member of the organ and history faculty at the Manhattan School of Music. She serves as director of the music program at Barnard College, Columbia University, and conducts the university choirs. Ms. Archer is artistic director of the artist and student organ series at historic Central Synagogue in New York City. Admission free.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 8pm Opus 15
Boyd Jones, University Organist and John E. and Aleise Price Professor of Organ at Stetson University, DeLand, Florida at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Admission free.
Sunday, December 14, 2008 at 5:30pm Opus 7
Robert Clark, Professor emeritus at ASU, AZ, in an Advent Hymn Festival with the many choirs of Westminster Presbyterian Church. Clark plays music of Buxtehude, Weckmann and Bach. This program is part of the 10th anniversary of the organ. Admission free.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 8pm Opus 10
Andrus Madsen, organist, early music keyboardist, and conductor plays music of Pachelbel following the 7pm Advent worship service at the First Lutheran Church of Boston, MA. Admission free.
Friday, November 14, 2008 at 8pm Opus 10
Balint Karosi is the First Prizewinner of the XVI International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition held in Leipzig, Germany. He will perform organ works by J. S. Bach including the winning competition pieces. At the 7pm pre-concert talk Balint will introduce the audience to the world of musical competitions and the organs he played in Germany. Admission free.
Friday, November 14, 2008 at 7:30pm Opus 14
Devon Howard, student of Judy Glass, Aart Bergwerff, Sietze de Vries, and Kimberly Marshall, and former employee of Richards, Fowkes & Co., peforms a graduate recital A Counterpoint in Time, an exploration of counterpoint as it developed in the hands of Buxtehude, Couperin, Bach & Brahms. Admission free.
Sunday, November 9, 2008 at 4pm Opus 14
Brent Hylton takes you on a tour of new and unusual organ music. This performance features such gems as George Ackerley's 2004 award winning A Sweet for Mother Goose with narrator, and Emma Lou Diemer's Psalms for Percussion and Organ. Admission $25/35/5.
Friday, October 24, 2008 at 8pm Opus 10
Sietze de Vries plays an all-improvisation program for his return concert at the First Lutheran Church of Boston, MA. He will give a pre-concert talk at 7pm. Admission $25/20.
Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 7:30pm Collegedale SDA
Sietze de Vries plays a program of literature, improvisation and hymn singing on the 70 stop Brombaugh organ at Seventh Day Adventist Church in Collegedale, TN. Admission free.