Spreckels Organ Society
Balboa Park, San Diego
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A fundraising event for Spreckels Organ Society that’s something new! 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday, August 28. Right next door to the organ pavilion at the Japanese Friendship Garden, celebrate Carol Williams and the finale concert of the 30th International Summer Organ Festival in style! Early Bird pricing at $25 per person.
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Program: Monday August 14
Rising Stars Greg Zelek and Seamus Gethicker play at 7:30 p.m. Monday August 14 (despite the misprint in the printed Season Program that says Aug 16). Here is their program:
Comes Autumn Time Leo Sowerby (1895-1968)
Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Liebestraum No. 3 (Dreams of Love) Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Arr. Potts
Carnival Overture Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) Arr. Lemare/Zelek
Gregory Zelek
Hooray for Hollywood Richard Whiting
Fly Me to the Moon Bart Howard
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square Manning Sherwin
Lullaby of Birdland George Shearing
Seamus Gethicker
Intermission
That’s Entertainment Arthur Schwartz
I Dreamed a Dream Claude- Michel Schönberg
Bohemian Rhapsody Freddie Mercury
I’m Beginning to See the Light Duke Ellington
Seamus Gethicker
Fantasia for Organ John Weaver (b. 1937)
Clair de Lune Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Arr. Greg Zelek
Danza Lucumí, Malagueña Ernesto Lecuona (1895-1963) Arr. Greg Zelek
Gregory Zelek
This Rising Stars concert sponsored by: Ronald and Shirlee Koons; Harold & Beverly Martyn Kenneth and Jacquelyn Hanson; Scott Reaser and Lynn Reaser
Photos – Full Moon Aug 7
Bob Lang and Mike Cox did a great job with photography, capturing not only the Full Mon but also Christian Lane’s fine appearance onstage. Click here:
http://sosorgan.org/photogallery/2017/170807lane/index.htm#34
Sunday, Aug. 13 at 2 p.m. – concert
The free Sunday concert at 2 p.m. on August 13 features the following musical selections:
America the Beautiful
Toccata in Seven – John Rutter (b. 1945)
“Little” Prelude and Fugue in D minor – J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Meditation, from “Thais” – Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Carillon (from 24 Pieces in free Style) – Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Fountain Reverie – Percy E. Fletcher (1879-1932)
Festival Toccata – Percy E. Fletcher
Spanish Military March – Humphrey John Stewart (1856-1932)
San Diego’s first “City Organist”
Toccatina – Ramon Noble (1925-1999)
Two jazz settings of traditional melodies:
Amazing Grace – arr. George Shearing (1919-2011)
The Whole World in His Hands – arr. Joe Utterback (b. 1944)
Toccata (Symphony 5) – Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
The National Anthem
Program for Monday Aug. 7
at 7:30 p.m. organist Christian Lane will present the following selections:
Choral from Symphonie Romane, Op. 73 – Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)
Sonata in C Minor (1936) – Percy Whitlock (1903–1946) Scherzetto
Studien für den pedalflügel, Op. 56 – Robert Schumann IV. Innig (1810–1856)
Concordia Salus: A Fantasy for Organ (2017) – Graham Gordon Ramsay (b. 1962)
Concert Variations on “The Star Spangled Banner,” Op. 4 – John Knowles Paine (1839–1906)
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Adagio for Strings – Samuel Barber (1912–1980)
Theme and Variations in D Major (1844)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Hamburger Totentanz (1970) Guy Bovet (b. 1942)
Gloucester Estampie, Op. 862 (2010) – Carson Cooman (b. 1982)
Tonight’s concert sponsored by:
Bob Kilian and Kathleen Slayton
Download a PDF file of the full Summer Organ Festival book by clicking the icon at right, or pick up a free printed copy at the concert.
Program for Sunday Aug. 6 at 2 p.m.
This Sunday’s concert begins at 2 p.m. and goes for an hour:
Organist: N. Cognito
Guest Artist: Sophie Webber, cello
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America the Beautiful
Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne in C-major; BuxWV 137; Dietrich Buxtehude (1637? – 1707)
Le Cygne ; Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Prière; Saint-Saëns
Arioso; Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Theme from Game of Thrones; Ramin Djawadi (contemporary)
With Sophie Webber, cello
Grand Choeur; Théodore Salomé (1834-1896)
Ave Maria; Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Après un Rêve ; Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Meditation (from Thais); Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
With Sophie Webber, cello
Pièce héroïque; César Franck (1822-1890)
National Anthem
2017 Summer Program Book
Click the image to download the program book for the Centennial International Summer Organ Festival
Photos from 2001-today
Click to see the Index Page of a photo gallery that documents more than 260 concerts over the years.
Artistic Director Carol Williams
Dr. Carol Williams, Civic Organist 2001-2016 and ongoing Artistic Director for the Spreckels Organ Society
