Spreckels Organ Society
Balboa Park, San Diego
Program for Sunday Apr 7 at 2 p.m.
Free hour-long Organ Concert by San Diego Civic Organist Raúl Prieto Ramírez, featuring the following selections:
March 31: The All Bach’s Music Sunday at 2pm
Join San Diego Civic Organist Raúl Prieto Ramírez on a musical-historical journey, Celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach’s birthday
This concert is designed as an accessible way to dive into the music and life of the unquestionably best music composer in history. Concert will include music performed and narration of vicissitudes and real documents surrounding Bach’s daily life –including his own handwritten letters.
The young Bach who lost his job for pursuing his dreams
Prelude and fugue in C BWV 531
The man trying to understand the world with his deep religiousness
Prelude Chorals:
Sorrow: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland BWV 659
Joy: In dir ist Freude BWV 615
The unquestionable virtuoso who scared away the presumptuous French and Italians
Toccata – Adagio – and Fugue in C Major BWV 564
The heartbreaking death of his first wife
Fantasia in g minor BWV 542
Finishing out his last words, blind, dictating notes on his deathbed (according to Forkel, 1802)
Prelude Choral: Vor deinem Thron tret ich BWV 668
But never forget his dark hilarious sense of humor –his antidote for this world of nonsense-
Prelude and fugue in D Major BWV 532
National Anthem
Concert program: Sun. Mar 24
At 2 p.m., enjoy a free hour-long Organ Concert by San Diego Civic Organist Raúl Prieto Ramírez will feature the following musical selections:
Saturday March 23 from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
More than 20 choirs will be offering a free public concert, thanks to the San Diego Choral Consortium. Details here.
Concert Program for Sunday March 17
San Diego Civic Organist Raul Prieto Ramirez will offer a free concert at 2 p.m. featuring the following musical selections:
America
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Improvisation Op. 150 N. 7
J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Fugue in D major BWV 532/2
Movie time!
New York, New York
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Bergamasca
César Franck (1822-1890)
Piece Héroïque
Camille Saint-Saëns
Rhapsody Op. 7 N. 1
-audience favorite from last Sunday-
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
Finale, from Symphony VI Op. 42 N. 2
National Anthem
Insider Brunch and Tour!
Enjoy brunch, a private concert, and an insider tour of the majestic Spreckels Organ on Saturday, May 11 at this exclusive fundraising event. Purchase tickets via EventBrite.
Civic Organist Raúl Prieto Ramírez
Photos from 2001-today
Click to see the Index Page of a photo gallery that documents more than 260 concerts over the years.
