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October 3, 2013
From the Dean    

 

Jennings, Fern
Fern Jennings

 

It was wonderful to see so many members and friends at the Holtkamp Organ Company tour on Saturday. Many thanks to Chris Holtkamp for his excellent tour and demonstration.

We had a total of 40 people for the tour. In addition to our chapter members we had guests from Akron, Youngstown and Dayton chapters and 5 college organ students. The large group was divided into two sections for tours of the office area, pipe making room, and voicing room. We got to see a demonstration of pipe casting. Chris demonstrated various flute and reed pipes. We viewed a working model of a tracker action. We are fortunate to have this gem in our midst. Despite parking difficulties in the West Side Market area, a large group enjoyed good food and conversation during lunch at the Market Garden Brewery.

Thanks to Sub-Dean Barbara MacGregor for arranging the tour and the lunch. Be sure to mark your calendar for our next chapter event our Young Artist Showcase on October 27.


Best to you,

Fern

 

 



 

 

 

CHAPTER OCTOBER PROGRAM   

Young Organist Showcase

Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013 - 4 pm
Fairmount Presbyterian Church
2757 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Heights
Miller, Mitchell
Mitchell Miller
 

Meixner, Emily
Emily Meixner
Competition winner,
Mitchell Miller - Oberlin Conservatory and 
Scholarship
winner,
Emily Meixner - Cleveland Institute of Music, play the Ruggles tracker organ in the Chapel and the Schantz pipe organ in the sanctuary.



Program:

Trio Sonata III - J.S. Bach

Chorale Prelude: Allein Gott - J. S. Bach
Praeludium in f# - D. Buxtehude

Evocation, Op. 37 - M. Dupré
Chorale II - C. Franck
Prelude and Fugue on ALAIN - M. Duruflé

plus an organ duet with both players

Free-will offering to benefit the Cleveland AGO Organ Scholarship Fund.

Greet-the-artists reception follows the concert.

For further information contact Robert Moncrief, Minister of Music, Fairmount Presbyterian Church (music@fairmountchurch.org) (216) 321-5800


NEXT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

Monday, October 7, 7:30 PM
Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland 
 

FEATURED CONCERT

Stile Antico - The Phoenix Rising

Cathedral of St John the Evangelist
Helen D. Schubert Concert Series
1007 Superior Ave (at E 9th St); Cleveland Ohio 44114-2582
October 11, Friday, 7:30pm

Works by Byrd, Tallis, Morley, Gibbons, White, Weelkes, Taverner.

Stile Antico is an ensemble of young British singers, now established as one of the most original and exciting new voices in its field. The group performs regularly throughout Europe and North America. Their recordings on the Harmonia Mundi label have enjoyed great success, receiving the Diapason d'or de l'anne and the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, and have acquired multiple GRAMMY nominations. Their performances have repeatedly been praised for their vitality and commitment, expressive lucidity and imaginative response to text. The Phoenix Rising is the ensembles eighth project (CD) on the Harmonia Mundi label, celebrating the glory of English Tudor music. Of notable interest on this program is the five-part Mass of William Byrd. Experience Sitle Antico on YouTube:
 
Video Stile Antico - Passion & Resurrection
Video Stile Antico - Passion & Resurrection


FREE admission; Free secure parking: Cathedral Garage on Rockwell Ave at E 9th St. 

TODAY IN CLASSICAL MUSIC HISTORY

In the year 1795 German-English composer and organist John Christopher Smith aka Johann Christoph Schmidt, died in Bath, England. Born in 1712 he became Handel's secretary, musical assistant and amanuensis, when blindness prevented Handel from writing or conducting in his later years. From 1753 to 1759, he conducted Handel's oratorios that were to be performed in those years. The last year where Handel conducted performances of his oratorios was 1752. Handel bequeathed to the Smith family his collection of keyboard instruments in his house at 25 Brook Street. (Wikipedia) Here is a link to a performance of a Suite by Smith: 
Georg Friedrich H??ndel e il suo copista John Christopher Smith VI Suite in re min
Georg Friedrich Händel e il suo copista John Christopher Smith VI Suite in re min






Concerts and Events of Interest

  

Remember to send us your concert listings for our Google calendar and weekly updates. Send them to  newsletter@agocleveland.org. Some of our concert listings have been gleaned from ClevelandClassical. For a complete list of concerts plus previews, reviews and more from Cleveland's classical music scene click the link www.clevelandclassical.com.   

 

 

Ensemble Belvedere. Sunday, October 6, 2 p.m. The Cleveland-based early music group will present a program of Baroque chamber music. Church of the Saviour, 2537 Lee Road in Cleveland Heights. Free-will offering. 


Verdi Requiem and film. Sunday, October  6, 5:00 pm. An ecumenical choir will collaborate with Chagrin Valley Film Festival and the Chagrin Studio Orchestra, Steve Eva, conductor to perform a selection of the Verdi Requiem following a powerful documentary about 150 prisoners in a concentration camp who sang the entire Requiem by memory in an act of defiance against their captors. Federated Church, 76 Bell Street, Chagrin Falls.  Tickets: $20.


Silent film accompaniment. Clark Wilson, organ. 1920 movie Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde starring John Barrymore. Sunday, October 6, 7:00 pm. St. John's Lutheran Church, 209 Southwest Street, Bellevue, Ohio 44811. Free and Open to the Public


Elizabeth Lenti, Organ. Tuesday, October 8 12:15-12:45pm. FREE noon-time concert. Church of the Covenant 12:15-12:45. 11205 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland

Florence Mustric, Organ. Wednesday, October 9, 12:15pm. "Tao and how," featuring music by Buxtehude, Bach, Healey, and others. Trinity Lutheran Church, West 30th Street at Lorain Avenue, Cleveland


Choral Evensong. Wednesday, October 9, 6:00 pm. Choristers from the Cathedral of St. Paul, Erie, PA. Service: Dyson in C minor. Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland.


The Phoenix Rising. Friday, October 11, 7:30pm. STILE ANTICO - an ensemble of young British singers, established as one of the most original and exciting new voices in its field, presents , celebrates the glory of English Tudor music. Works by Byrd, Tallis, Morley, Gibbons, White, Weelkes, Taverner. Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Helen D Schubert Concert Series, 1007 Superior Ave (at E 9th St), downtown Cleveland. FREEWILL offering; Free secure parking.

 

"DISPELLING THE MYTHS OF BACH" Friday, October 11, 7:30 pm. Lecture by Dr. Paul Barte , Ohio University, Akron Chapter AGO Meeting. Redeemer North Hill United Methodist Church, 265 E. Cuyahoga Falls Avenue, Akron, Ohio 


Dave Brubeck Tribute Concert. Sun, October 13, 3:00pm - 4:30pm. Jeff Meyers and his jazz quartet will join First Lutheran's Adult Choir to perform sacred and secular works of this great American composer. The combined forces will perform portions of Brubeck's rarely-heard pieces To Hope! A Celebration and Pange Lingua Variations. The quartet will also play some of Brubeck's well-known tunes, such as Take Five. First Lutheran Church 603 Washington Ave Lorain OH
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