12th Annual Summer Organ Series

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Friday, June 7th, 2019
7.30pm

Friday, June 7: Donald Hunt, the Cathedral’s Director of Music, kicks off the series with a program of music by Bach, Mendelssohn and Holst. Brought up in Halifax and a graduate of McGill University in Montréal, Hunt is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists and a former organ scholar at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London; he also held positions in Edinburgh before returning to Canada. For this concert, he’s joined by a special guest: trombonist Heidi Worrall, who is a Cathedral choral scholar and UVic music student.

Friday, June 14: Bruce Neswick is Canon for Music at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, Oregon, and a former Director of Music at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. His program includes works by Olivier Messiaen and the late American organist and composer Larry King. Himself a respected composer and brilliant improviser, Mr. Neswick will offer improvisations on submitted themes – always a treat for organ buffs!

Friday, June 21: Aaron James is a Toronto-born organist holds a double doctorate in organ performance and musicology from the Eastman School of Music in upstate New York. He is now Director of Music at the Toronto Oratory, based out of Holy Family Roman Catholic parish and St. Philip’s Seminary; he also teaches at the University of Toronto. He will play for us music of Mozart, Baroque organ master Georg Muffat, and contemporary American composer David Conte.

Ticket prices for these recitals remain unchanged again this year at an affordable $20 for single seats, or an especially attractive bargain of $45 for the full three-concert series. Tickets can be purchased online at ticketrocket.ca or by phone at 1.855.842.7575. They are also available at Munro’s Books downtown, Ivy’s Book Shop, and at the Cathedral office.

https://www.christchurchcathedral.bc.ca/