Spreckels Organ Society

The International Summer Organ Festival continues this Monday with Ken Cowan, Organ and Lisa Shihoten, Violin, offering the following selections:

The Stars and Stripes Forever John-Philip Sousa (1854-1932) (arr. Cowan)

Garden Scene from Much Ado About Nothing Erich Korngold (1897-1957)

Violin Concerto in E minor Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) Allegro molto appassionato Andante Allegretto non troppo-Allegro molto vivace

Chaconne in G minor Tommaso Antonio Vitali (1663-1745) (Arr. Leopold Auer)

Sinfonia, from Cantata No. 2 Johann Sebastian Bach (1695-1750) (arr. Marcel Dupré)

Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 2
Eugene Ysaÿe (1858-1931) I: Obsession

Improvisation on “Nearer My God, To Thee,” W.17 Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)

Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

This concert is sponsored by Jerry and Lily Lang and Children, continuing the support of  their grandparents, Vivian and Oberlin Evenson, who gave so much of themselves to the Spreckels Organ Society and to this Festival. See the Program Book (right-hand column) for more information about the Festival concerts.