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A Recital by Christopher Houlihan organ

Aspen Community Church

Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring and Ravel’s Bolero are two signature works of the OSM’s repertoire. But have you ever heard them played on the organ?

Stravinsky and Ravel on the Organ

Place des Arts

It gives me great pleasure to welcome the UW–Madison Wind Ensemble and their conductor, Scott Teeple, to our organ series in what I hope is one of many future collaborations. Pairing the forces of our Klais with the full band will blow you away in this electrifying program. With large ensemble works such as Grainger’s Irish Tune from County Derry (“Danny Boy”), as well as intimate works like Morricone’s Gabriel’s Oboe arranged for organ and saxophone featuring a soloist from the ensemble, I cannot think of a more powerful way to close out the 23/24 season! – Greg Zelek

Greg Zelek with the UW–Madison Wind Ensemble

Overture Center for the Arts

Study concert with organ students under Sven-Ingvart Mikkelsen, Kristian Krogsøe and Philip Schmidt-Madsen

Study concert with organ students

Jesuskirken

Organist William Peterson will perform music from the WWI era with an emphasis on works that were included in a six-volume anthology published in Brussels after the end of the war. The program features music by Louis Vierne, Camille Saint-Saëns, Joseph Jongen, Jacques Ibert and others.

Organist William Peterson in recital

Pomona College

I was fortunate enough to perform at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Florida back in 2016 through an invite from Chelsea Chen. A fellow Madisonian who winters in Florida (I now understand why!) was in attendance and recommended my name to my predecessor here in Madison, Sam Hutchison. Well, the rest is history, and I am excited to invite Chelsea Chen back to Overture Hall to delight us with a program featuring some of the most captivating standards of the organ repertoire. You won’t want to miss Ms. Chen’s spectacular playing and engaging stage presence that will keep us warm during this chillier month. – Greg Zelek

Chelsea Chen

Study Concert with Organ Students in Jesuskirken

Jesus Church

Organ student Oak Martin will present a program that includes works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Mary Beth Bennett, Herbert Howells, Leslie Adams, Louis Vierne, J.S. Bach and Charles-Marie Widor on Saturday, April 29th at 7:00 PM at All Hallows Episcopal Church in Wyncote. He will be joined by Christopher Correa in a duet for organ and oboe.

Curtis at All Hallows

All Hallows Episcopal Church

Travel through three centuries of French music with organist and composer Jean-Baptiste Robin for a concert that will splendour on the Grand Orgue Pierre-Béique.

Ravel and Debussy on the Organ

He opens with a piece by one of his distinguished predecessors, Francis Jackson, and includes Whitlock’s wonderful Fantasie Choral No. 2. We move to France finally, with Vierne’s celebratory Carillon de Westminster.

Robert Sharpe

Huddersfield Town Hall

York Minster’s Director of Music, Robert Sharpe, makes a welcome return to Huddersfield. He opens with a piece by one of his distinguished predecessors, Francis Jackson, and includes Whitlock’s wonderful Fantasie Choral No. 2. We move to France finally, with Vierne’s celebratory Carillon de Westminster.

Hailing from Adelaide, Alana Brook is Assistant Director of Music at Wakefield Cathedral. Her first recital in Huddersfield Town Hall includes a selection of chorale preludes by women composers. Mendelssohn’s stately Sonata No. 2 is at the heart of the programme, with Vierne’s joyous Final at the close.

Alana Brook

Hailing from Adelaide, Alana Brook is Assistant Director of Music at Wakefield Cathedral.

Louis Vierne

Events

Upcoming events

Feb 23, 2025

Ravel and Debussy on the Organ · Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

Feb 24, 2025

Robert Sharpe · Opera North

Feb 24, 2025

Robert Sharpe · Kirklees Town Halls

Mar 10, 2025

Alana Brook · Kirklees Town Halls

Mar 10, 2025

Alana Brook · Opera North

Past events

Jul 7, 2024

A Recital by Christopher Houlihan organ · Aspen Music Festival

May 25, 2024

Stravinsky and Ravel on the Organ · Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

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