Spreckels Organ Society
Balboa Park, San Diego
Concert program for Sunday Oct. 15
At 2 p.m., the one-hour concert will consist of the following selections:
America
Der Erlkönig, Op. 1 – Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Transcription: Thomas Mellan
Études d’exécution transcendante, S. 139- Franz Liszt (1811-1886) No. 5, Feux Follets – Transcription: Thomas Mellan
Phantasie und Fuge über des Thema B-A-C-H – Franz Liszt
(syncretic version by Jean Guillou)
Ballade de l’Impossible – Thomas Mellan
(contemporaryGrande Pièce Symphonique, Op. 17 – César Franck (1822-1890)
The National Anthem
Program for Sunday Oct 8
At 2 p.m. there is a one-hour concert, featuring the following musical selections:
America
Grand Chœur William Faulkes (1863-1933)
Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 532
J. S. Bach (1685 – 1750)
Pavane, from Rhythmic Suite
Robert Elmore (1913-1985)
Gigue Fugue J. S. Bach
Fountain Reverie Percy Fletcher (1879-1932)
Under the Christmas Mistletoe
Richard Leibert (1903-1976)
Wedding Processional from The Sound of Music
Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)
Tico-Tico Zequinha Abreu (1880-1935)
Toccata in D Major Marcel Lanquetuit (1894-1985)
Finale (from Sonata N.1 Op.42)
Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
The Star Spangled Banner
Program for Sunday Sept 24 at 2 p.m.
This week: A Salute to Broadway and Hollywood!
America
There’s No Business Like Show Business Irving Berlin
42nd Street Harry Warren
Medley from Fiddler on the Roof Jerry Bock
The Trolley Song Mortin & Blane
New York, New York John Kander
That’s Entertainment Arthur Schwartz
Medley from West Side Story Leonard Bernstein
Medley from The Sound of Music Richard Rodgers
Medley from A Chorus Line Marvin hamlisch
The Star Spangled Banner
Program for Sunday Sept 17
At 2 p.m. the weekly concert will feature the following musical selections:
America – Samuel Ward
Crown Imperial – William Walton (1902-1983)
Outer Hebrides – Paul Halley (b. 1952)
Marche Militaire – Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Hommage a Frescobaldi: Epilogue – Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
Aria – Charles Callahan (b. 1951)
Concerto in G: i. Allegro – J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Washington Post – Sousa-Linger (1854-1932)
Disney Medley:
“The Bare Necessities” from The Jungle Book – Terry Gilkyson (1967 & 2016)
“When you Wish Upon a Star” from Pinocchio – Washington and Leigh Harline
(1940)
“Let it Go” from Frozen (2013) – arr. Rob Stefanussen
Symphonie I: Final – Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Star Spangled Banner – Key and Smith
Introduction by Mary Beth Bennett (b. 1954)
Sunday Sept 10 at 2 p.m. – Concert Program
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this week’s musical selections include:
America
From Peer Gynt Suite Op. 46 Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Transcription Harvey B. Gaul (1881-1945)
IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King
Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Tuba Tune for Organ – Norman Cocker (1889-1953)
Three jazz organ preludes- Johannes Matthias Michel (b.1962)
I. Swing Five (Sustain us, Lord with your word)
II. Bossa Nova (Wonderful King)
III. Afro-Cuban (In Thee Is Gladness)
From Suite Modale for Organ Op. 43 – Flor Peeters (1903-1986)
II. Scherzo
From the Fantasy Pieces for Organ Op. 54 – Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
VI. Carillon De Westminster
National Anthem
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Artistic Director Carol Williams
Dr. Carol Williams, Civic Organist 2001-2016 and ongoing Artistic Director for the Spreckels Organ Society
2017 Summer Program Book
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