Spreckels Organ Society
Promoting the world's largest outdoor musical instrument in San Diego's Balboa Park
Valentine’s Day Online Concert
San Diego Civic Organist Raul Prieto Ramirez offers a St. Valentine’s Day concert on the Spreckels Organ that premieres at 2 p.m. Pacific Time on Sunday February 14. CLICK HERE FOR THE LINK to this special concert.
Musical Program for Valentine’s Day:
Edward MacDowell (1860-1908)
To a Wild Rose (10 woodland sketches)
Glenn Miller (1904-1944)
Moonlight Serenade
-trans. Raúl Prieto Ramírez
Pyotr Ilyic Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Valse Sentimentale Op-51 N.26
-trans. Raúl Prieto Ramírez
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Variation on “Onder een linde groen” SwWV 325
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Consolation S.172 N.3
-trans. Raúl Prieto Ramírez
Félix Mendelssohn-Barholdy (1809-1847)
Sonata IV in B-flat Major Op.65 N.4
III-Allegretto
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
West Side Story (medley)
-arr. Raúl Prieto Ramírez
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Join us online: Sunday Feb. 7 at 2 p.m.
Sunday online concerts continue February 7 at 2 p.m. Pacific Time. CLICK HERE FOR THE LINK to see the one-hour video featuring Raul Prieto Ramirez playing the Spreckels Organ.
Musical Program for Feb 7
Bach – Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV 565
Schostakovich – Lyrical Waltz, from Ballet Suite N.3
Elmore – Rhumba
Buxtehude – Prelude in D BuxWV 140
Saint-Saens
Danse Macabre Op.40
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Online Concert of Raul’s personal Faves on Sunday Jan. 31 at 2 pm Pacific Time
No live concerts are being held at the Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park till further notice. But you can enjoy a new one-hour concert on the Spreckels Organ -presented by San Diego Civic Organist Raul Prieto Ramirez – every Sunday at 2 p.m. online via YouTube. CLICK HERE for the link — to be posted as soon as available.
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Suggestion Diabolique Op.4 N.4
-transcribed for organ by Raúl Prieto Ramírez
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude on the Choral “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland” BWV 659
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude & Fugue in E minor BWV 533
John Kander & Fred Ebb
New York, New York
-arranged for organ by Raúl Prieto Ramírez
Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia (1561-1627)
(Tiento de) Registro bajo de primer tono
Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)
5 variations on the English song “Fortune my Foe”
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Concert Study N.2 “La leggierezza”
-transcribed for organ by Raúl Prieto Ramírez
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Mephisto Waltz N.1 S.514
-transcribed for organ by Raúl Prieto Ramírez
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Photo shoot: Holiday Concerts
Photographer Robert Lang offers an excellent set of photos that show video production at the Pavilion last month. Click here for the link:
http://sosorgan.org/photogallery/2020/201208holiday/index.htm#22
Online Concert: Sunday January 24
Join us for the premiere of this week’s Spreckels Organ Concert video at 2 p.m. Sunday January 24. CLICK HERE FOR THE LINK to this week’s concert by Raúl Prieto Ramírez, San Diego Civic Organist.
Musical Program:
Guilmant – Finale, from Sonata N.2 in D Major Op.50
Bach – Prelude in G Major BWV 561
Widor – I-Allegro, from Symphony N.6 in g minor Op.42/2
Bach – Prelude & Fugue in C Major BWV 531
Liszt – Transcendental Etude “Wild Hunt” S.139 N.8
Turina – Orgia
Liszt – Ave Maria from Arcadelt S.183/2
Guilmant – Finale, from Sonata N.1 in D minor Op.42
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