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Category: Organ
CFAGO Spooktacular
Event Description:
Central Florida AGO invites you to an Organ Recital by our members playing in costume. Come hear the Ruffatti organ, a little harpsichord music, and perhaps even some piano playing. Get out your costume and join us for a fun evening.
A reception given by Chapel at the Towers will follow the recital
Event Date
Tuesday 10/30/2012
Event Time
7:00pm
Event Venue
Chapel at the Towers
Rev. Norton Rosebrock, pastor
300 E. Church Street
Orlando, Florida 32801
Organ Concert
Event Description:
A concert of organ music at St. Patrick Catholic Community in Mount Dora. The program will include works of Bach, Tournemire, Eben, Bolcom, and Mulet. More information may now be found here.
Rutter Gloria
Event Description:
Members of Central Florida Community Choir are proud to present A Night of John Rutter as the second installment of their annual Summer Classical Series. Pieces such as Gloria, A Gaelic Blessing and The Lord Bless You And Keep You will be just some of the works showcased during this concert.The concert will be free, with donations to CFCA, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, gratefully accepted.
Chris Barletta, conductorWm. Glenn Osborne, organist
Event Date
08/11/2012
Event Time
7:00 pm
Event Venue
First Presbyterian Church of Maitland341 North Orlando AvenueMaitland, FL 32751
Faure Requiem at Holy Redeemer
Event Description:
As part of the 100th Anniversary of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Kissimmee, the choir will present the Requiem of Gabriel Faure in concert and in memory of all the members of the parish who have died.
Event Date
11/04/2012
Event Time
From: 4:00 – To: 5:00 pm
Event Venue
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church
1603 N. Thacker Ave.Kissimmee, FL
Woodland Presbyterian Church
I had my first organ lesson at Woodland Presbyterian Church during the fall of my freshman year of high school. The instrument is Op. 758 of the Austin Organ Co. from 1917 with some revisions in the 1980’s by Milnar Organ Co. Though I haven’t played regularly at Woodland for over twenty years, because my parents are still active members there, I still get to stop by and play the instrument when I go home to visit. This time, we brought along a video camera and recorded a few repertoire selections. Below is a piece by American composer Dan Locklair: “The Peace may be exhanged.” from Rubrics.
CFAGO Installation Dinner
Event Description:
The final event of the Central Florida chapter of the American Guild of Organists is a dinner, installation ceremony and concert. I will be installed as the new Dean of the chapter that evening. After dinner, our host, Tom De Witt, has planned a Festive concert for everyone to enjoy.
Event Date
05/15/2012
Event Time
Dinner from: 6:00 – To: 7:30pm
Concert begins at 7:30
Event Venue
Morrison United Methodist Church1005 West Main Street Leesburg FL
Additional Wedding Music Selections
This is a second video with excerpts from wedding music selections. It offers some alternative traditional selections. I made these two videos for couples who are preparing to get married at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, especially those who reside out of town. The first video presents the most popular traditional music options.
Vierne Kyrie
Here’s a clip from the recent Vierne concert at St. James Cathedral.
Dividing the organ into the grande orgue and orgue de choeur proved to be challenging. While planning for the installation of the instrument, this was one of the pieces that I envisioned performing in order to work out all the little details necessary for the two consoles to function at the same time. How thrilling it was to actually hear the piece come to life. Thanks to David Brunner, Ben Lane, the CFAGO and all the singers for making this vision a reality.
Kyrie from Messe Solennelle by Louis Vierne from Karen Osborne on Vimeo.
The audio is from the in-camera microphones. Once I get the professional audio, I’ll update this with better sound.
Vexilla Regis
Written by Venantius Fortunatus (530-609), Vexilla Regis is one of the great chant hymns of the church. Appropriately sung at vespers from Passion Sunday until Holy Thursday, on the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross and even on Good Friday, the hymn was originally written to celebrate the arrival of a large relic of the True Cross in Poitiers, France.
In the French Classical tradition when singing hymns, the organ alternated verses with the choir. Having always enjoyed the sounds of the French Classical organs, when I had the opportunity to play a recital at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Albany, NY on Palm Sunday, I decided to write a suite for organ on this great hymn of the cross. The suite contains six movements and uses traditional tonal language and registrations of the period.
Vexilla Regis
- Plein jeu
- Duo
- Récit de voix humaine
- Basse de trompette
- Tierce en Taille
- Grand jeu
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