Organ – Past Concerts
PLU Organ Series: Yuko Sakiyama
Sunday, September 17, 2017 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
Richard D. Moe Organ Series presents Yuko Sakiyama.
$17 / $10 / $5
Music at St. James Cathedral: French Concert Organist Christophe Mantoux
Saturday, September 16, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Franck – Choral No. 1 in E Major
Widor – Allegro vivace from Organ Symphony No. 5
Dupont – Méditation
Vierne – Allegro from Symphony No. 2
Duruflé – Prélude, Adagio et Choral varié sur le thème du Veni Creator
$18 suggested donation
Music at St. James Cathedral: Summer Organ Recital Series – Richard Elliott
Friday, August 18, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Richard Elliott, Principal Organist for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir:
J.S. Bach, arr. Hebble – Sinfonia from Cantata No. 29, Wir danken dir, Gott
Mozart, arr. Dupré – Fantasie in F minor, K. 608
Vierne – Berceuse, from 24 Pieces in Free Style, Op. 31, No. 19
Franck – Final in B-flat Major, Op. 21
Purvis – St. Francis Suite
Three Civil War Songs
- Traditional, arr. R. Elliott – When Johnny Comes Marching Home
- Traditional, arr. Leonardo Ciampa – Shenandoah
- melody by George Root; arr. R. Elliott – The Battle Cry of Freedom
arr. R. Elliott – Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above
Weaver – Sine Nomine (For All the Saints - When the Saints Go Marching In)
Wagner, arr. Lemare – The Ride of the Valkyries
$15 suggested donation
Music at St. James Cathedral: Organ Scholar Matthew Johnson Senior Recital
Monday, August 14, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Matthew Johnson, Organ Scholar at St. James Cathedral and high school senior, will play the complete organ cycle La Nativité du Seigneur by Olivier Messiaen.
Free
Whidbey Island Music Festival presents Stylus Fantasticus: The free & fantastic style
Saturday, August 5, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
The musicians’ instrumental and improvisational agility is on display in this program of music from Italy and Austria.
$20 ($10 students/military)
Whidbey Island Music Festival: Music of Missions & Mysteries: Latin American Baroque
Friday, August 4, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Music by Esteban Salas, Manuel José de Quiroz, Manuel de Zumaya, and others.
$20 ($10 students/military)
Music at St. James Cathedral: Summer Organ Recital Series – Renée Anne Louprette
Friday, July 28, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Bach – Pièce d’orgue, BWV 572
Marais (organ transcription by Louprette) – Alcyone, Suite des Airs À Joüer (1706)
Isoir – Six Variations sur un Psaume Huguenot, Op. 1
Boulanger – Trois Pièces pour Orgue ou Harmonium: III. Improvisation
Ibert – Trois Pièces: III. Fugue
Vierne – Pièces de Fantaisie, Deuxième Suite, Op. 53
$15 suggested donation
Watjen Concert Organ Recital: Free Demonstration
Monday, July 17, 2017 @ 12:30pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Selections from the vast organ repertoire highlight the special nuances, interesting performance practices and stunning acoustics of the Watjen Concert Organ housed in Benaroya Hall.
Free
Music at St. James Cathedral: Summer Organ Recital Series – Robert Huw Morgan
Friday, July 14, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Robert Huw Morgan, University Organist at Stanford University in recital.
J.S. Bach, arr. Jean Guillou – Ricercar à 6 (BWV 1079)
Richard Wynslate (d. 1572) – Antiphon: Lucem tuam
Thomas Preston (d. after 1559) – Antiphon: Beatus Laurentius
Thomas Tomkins (1572–1656) – Fancy: for ye Viols
Rachmaninoff, arr. Robert Huw Morgan – Symphonic Dances (Opus 45): 1. Non allegro
Robert Schumann – Sechs Fugen über den Namen Bach
$15 suggested donation
UCC Mass Choir: Fauré Requiem
Sunday, June 4, 2017 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
First Congregational Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Fauré – Requiem Op. 48
Additional works for chamber ensemble
Additional works for chamber ensemble
Free
Duo Student Organ Recital: Samuel Libra & Wyatt Smith
Tuesday, May 30, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Works for four hands and four feet on the instruments of St. James Cathedral.
Free
Music at St. James Cathedral: A Choral Celebration of the Friends of Cathedral Music
Sunday, May 21, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of music presented by the St. James Cathedral Choir, selected from favorite pieces from the church year.
Free
Epiphany Choir: Gala Spring Concert – Hommage á Duruflé
Sunday, May 21, 2017 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Epiphany Parish of Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Epiphany Choir Orchestra and Joseph Adam, organist, in a program of Duruflé's Requiem and other works.
Free (Free)
OSSCS: Organ Symphony
Sunday, May 21, 2017 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Vivaldi – Gloria in D major, RV 589
2016 –2017 OSSCS Composer Contest winning composition
Saint-Saëns – Symphony No. 3 in C minor (“Organ”), Op. 78
2016 –2017 OSSCS Composer Contest winning composition
Saint-Saëns – Symphony No. 3 in C minor (“Organ”), Op. 78
$10-$25, youth free
Thalia Symphony Orchestra: Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony
Friday, May 12, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein – Overture to Candide
Ives – The Unanswered Question
Ives – Symphony No. 3, 2nd movement: "Children's Day"
Copland – Rodeo
Saint-Saëns – Symphony No. 3, "Organ"
Ives – The Unanswered Question
Ives – Symphony No. 3, 2nd movement: "Children's Day"
Copland – Rodeo
Saint-Saëns – Symphony No. 3, "Organ"
$24 ($18 students/seniors)
Watjen Concert Organ Recital: Free Demonstration
Monday, May 8, 2017 @ 12:30pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Selections from the vast organ repertoire highlight the special nuances, interesting performance practices and stunning acoustics of the Watjen Concert Organ housed in Benaroya Hall.
Free
All-Bach Flentrop Concert: Bálint Karosi
Friday, May 5, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
The first-prize winner of the Leipzig International J.S. Bach Competition presents an all-Bach organ concert.
$15-$20
Music at St. James Cathedral: Organist Vincent Dubois in Concert
Friday, April 28, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Newly appointed as a titular organist of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, Vincent Dubois is one of France’s leading young organists.
Suggested donation $15
Littlefield Organ Series: Julia Brown
Sunday, April 23, 2017 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Walker-Ames room Kane Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Naxos recording artist Julia Brown performs a recital on the UW’s Littlefield Organ.
Free (Free)
Seattle Symphony: Christian Wilson, organ
Monday, April 10, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:50pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
An innovator amongst musicians, Christian Wilson has forged a unique path in the organ world, showcasing trailblazing virtuosity and profound musicianship through inspired and unorthodox programming.
$21