June 24 Raúl Prieto Ramírez and Band Tribute to Pink Floyd & Led Zeppelin 17

July 1 Raúl Prieto Ramírez 19

July 8 Dave Wickerham 21

July 15 Rising Stars: Aaron Tan 23 Luke Staisiunas

July 22 Peter Richard Conte, Organ 27 Andrew Ennis, Organ/Flugelhorn

July 29 Hector Olivera 28

August 5 Thomas Ospital 30

August 12 Isabel Demers 35

August 19 Gunnar Idenstam 36

August 26 Raúl Prieto Ramírez, Organ 39 Symphonic Quartet

Saturday, Movie Night: Chasing Choo Choos 43 August 31 and Sherlock, Jr. (Buster Keaton) Clark Wilson, Organist

San Diego International Organ Festival

2019—32nd Season

Concert Programs and Artists

Date Artist Page

The Spreckels Organ Society gratefully acknowledges the major bequest of Warren M. Nichols,

who wished to ensure the continuance of the Summer Organ Festival.

Graphic Layout: Ross Porter Festival Publicity: Lizbeth Persons Price

Special Assistance June 24: John Roy Sound VISA immigration attorney Peter D. Chu

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OFFICE OF COUNCILMEMBER CHRIS WARD

THIRD COUNCIL DISTRICT

Dear Friends,

It is my pleasure to welcome you to the 32nd an-nual International Summer Organ Festival here in Balboa Park.

As the Councilmember for San Diego’s 3rd Coun-cil District, it is an honor to represent the crown jewel of our City, Balboa Park. Among its many historic assets, Balboa Park is graced with the world’s largest outdoor musical instrument – an engineering marvel that entertains thousands of visitors each year through concert series such as this one.

On behalf of the 3rd Council District, I would like to congratulate Artistic Director and Civic Organist Raul Prieto Ramirez for assembling the range of talent represented in this year’s concert series, and to the Spreckels Organ Society for producing this series with volunteer power and through its cultivation of community resources, including members and sponsors.

Warm Regards,

Christopher Ward

Councilmember, 3rd District

City of San Diego

Welcome to the 32nd

Annual International

Summer Organ Festi-

val! As the County Su-

pervisor for District 4,

which includes Balboa

Park, I’m especially

proud that the County

of San Diego is sup-

porting these free con-

certs through its program of Community Enhancement Funds. The

Spreckels Organ Pavilion and Balboa Park are beloved destinations for

locals and tourists alike. Many people look forward to this festival every

year and plan their vacations to attend. I enjoy the spirit of these eve-

nings when audiences are lifted by the shared emotional ride created by

the talented organists. Thank you to the many volunteers and members

of the Spreckels Organ Society for their dedication. Without passionate

volunteers, these unique concerts would not be possible. Thank you also

to the generous underwriters and patrons for bringing music to our parks.

Nathan Fletcher

Supervisor, Fourth District

County of San Diego

SPRECKELS ORGAN SOCIETY 1549 El Prado, Suite 10, San Diego CA 92101-1661 (619) 702-8138 / SOSorgan@gmail.com www.SpreckelsOrgan.org

MISSION

The Spreckels Organ Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 1988 to preserve, program, and promote the Spreckels Organ

as a world treasure for all people.

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Raúl Prieto Ramírez—San Diego Civic Organist

EXECUTIVE BOARD

President - Jean Samuels Vice President - Dang Nguyen Treasurer - Tom Warschauer

Secretary - Paul Saunders

TRUSTEES Manuel Aguilar Jared Jacobsen Gary Allard Robert Kilian Charles Ballinger Alfred Lewis Mitch Beauchamp Robert Plimpton

Andrea Card Paulette Rodgers-Leahy Brandon Carpenter Gordon Stanley Ron De Fields Tony Uribe Bill Galante Tony Valencia Dwight Gordon Antonia Villafranca Charles Gunther Randy Ward Ralph Hughes Arlene Way

EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEES

Lyle Blackinton—Curator Emeritus Ross Porter—Executive Director

Dale Sorenson—Curator

KEY VOLUNTEER POSITIONS Volunteer Coordinator – Andrea Card

Photography – Bob Lang Stage – Len Filomeo, Dennis Fox, Dale Sorenson, Gordon Stanley

Sponsorship Coordinator—Ronald De Fields Coffee and more—Gary Allard

Sales Coordinator—Manuel Aguilar Cleanup Crew Chief—Mitch Beauchamp

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From the President

Dear Friends, Welcome to the 32nd annual summer festival! We have renamed it the San Diego Internation-al Organ Festival, as each year we bring inter-nationally known organists from all over the world to play the fabulous Spreckels Organ - the world’s largest open-air musical instru-ment. We want to promote San Diego as part

of the festival’s identity. And what a diverse range of concerts we have this summer - there is something for everyone. The Spreckels Organ Pavilion and the Spreckels Organ have been recognized as the heart of Balboa Park by the City of San Diego and many media outlets. We have been featured in video news segments by TV outlets in Hawaii, Arizona, Mexico, and even Australia. Peo-ple come from all over the world to hear the Spreckels Organ! We are so grateful to this season’s generous sponsors, and to the vol-unteers who are the heart of the Spreckels Organ Society. We count on all of our members and contributors to help us continue to bring concerts to San Diego residents and visitors. Thank you for joining us!

Jean Samuels President, Spreckels Organ Society

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Key Dates for Spreckels Organ Society —

August 13—Raúl will play at the Pavilion’s Twilight concert, 6:30 p.m.

August 31—Beer/Wine Taste Fundraiser on Silent Movie Night (see pg. 16)

October 26—Spreckels Members Trip to Baja! (see pg. 44)

October 31—Halloween Silent Movie at Spreckels Organ Pavilion

LIKE us on Facebook—FOLLOW us on Twitter—SEE us on Instagram!

www.SpreckelsOrgan.org

Dear Friends,

Special thanks to concert sponsors, who are listed on each of the concert pages, and to these sponsors of the season as a whole:

Lyle and Barbara Blackinton Robert and Elaine Culverhouse

Dr. Edgar and Eugenia Sack Nathan and Evette Weiss

Welcome to the 32nd San Diego International Organ Festival. On behalf of the Spreckels Organ Society, I present this summer season with a combination of excitement and responsibility. It is a great responsibility indeed to program an 11-concert Festival at the largest open-air musical instrument in the entire world. You guessed which one – the majestic Spreckels Organ, the

musical jewel of San Diego that provides live music free of charge to our fellow citizens and visitors for 104 years “and counting.” Generation after generation of San Diegans have gathered at this world class facility to feel the power and joy of live music all together in the heart of our beloved Balboa Park. This instrument speaks for our City like nothing else, and this explains my excitement at inviting all of you to come, sit back and enjoy a wide variety of musical styles, groups and artistic proposals designed to serve our community. Music has the power to bring up to our eyes those emotions that daily life forces all of us to hide; the true beauty of our souls rumbles deep in our hearts when live music starts its call. What a treat to open our hearts to the Art of Music on these Summer Nights of Musical Magic, and be part of what Living San Diego has to offer. For me, it’s an honor! Please enjoy, and consider becoming a member or supporter of this Fes-tival through the Spreckels Organ Society, a non-profit organization joined by more than 1,300 music lovers and enthusiasts whose kind sup-port makes it possible to bring some of the best international talent to America’s Finest City. Thank you all for what you are making possible!

Raúl Prieto Ramírez San Diego Civic Organist – Artistic Director Spreckels Organ Society

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Major Contributors to the Spreckels Organ Society

State Trumpets

$500-$999

Tutti $5,000 + John M. Fiscella

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry T. Lang Mr. and Mrs. Phiillip Smith, Jr.

Jean Samuels and Chester Yamaga

Charles and Venita Ballinger Linda and Frederick Bartz

Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Blackinton Dean Crowder

Joseph Lee deRamus Richard Forsyth and Kate Leonard

George Hardy and Michael Tassiello Ralph Hughes & Jerrie Stringer

Robert Kilian and Kathleen Slayton Dr. and Mrs. C. Ronald Koons Dr. and Mrs. Morton LaPittus Harold and Beverly Martyn

Sheila Moss Mr. and Mrs. William Nagy

Tan and Anh Nguyen Dr. and Mrs. Owen C. Peck

Lynn Reaser Scott Reaser

Reinhart Engineering Mr. and Mrs. Jerome D. Ryan Dr. Edgar and Eugenia Sack

Ms. Beverly Stebbins Judith Trento and Michael Drummy

Connie and Peter Van Putten Randy Ward

David Akers American Guild of Organists,

San Diego Chapter Daniel and Jennifer Atkinson

Elaine Baldwin & Carl Nelson Vic and Geri Beattie

David Bevilaqua & Craig Caldwell Ron and Ann De Fields

Matthew and Tracy Eyer John Fankhauser & Bob Fullerton

William and Nancy Homeyer Mr. Brian H. Kantor

Martin and Joanne Marugg Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Miller

Michael O’Brien The Alan Pitcairn Family Fund

Point Loma Rotary Leslie Wolf Robb

Paulette Rodgers-Leahy Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schmidt Wayne and Cheryl Seppala

Dale Sorenson Carolyn Stamey

Arlene and Peter Way Roger Zellmer and Linda Willingham

Bombarde

$1,000-$4,999

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City of San Diego Parks & Recreation Department City of San Diego Commission for Arts & Culture

County of San Diego Community Enhancement Program Oberlin & Vivian Evenson Fund

Dr. Dwight W. Gordon Herbert McPherson Bequest

Hervey Family Fund at The San Diego Foundation Warren M. Nichols Bequest

The Estate of Jack and Irma Redfern The Ryan Family Foundation

Thearle-Trepte Fund at The San Diego Foundation

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Pleno $250-$499

Mr. Gary Allard Kraig Anderson

Anonymous Matthew Bietz & Daniel Rogalski

Mr. and Mrs. Sutton Chen Mr. and Mrs. William Colburn

Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Collier Mr. David Coup

Cdr. And Mrs. Robert Culverhouse, Jr. Mary Curry

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Daggett Mr. and Mrs. John Edgington

Ms. Connie Eitzen Dr. John Ferguson & Mrs. Elizabeth

Zimmerman Mr. and Mrs. Neil Finn

Frank Gaertner & Nancy McCarthy Barbara and David Groce Fund

Ms. Ruth Hayward William Lange

Mr. and Mrs. John Lee

-continued

Magnaton $100-249

Ms. Judith Allday Lee and Traute Anke

Mr. Roy Attridge Mr. Chris Bailey

Patricia Sue Baker Elaine Baldwin & Carl Nelson

Kenneth and Verla Batson Thomas and Mary Bauer

Wayne and Delores Bauman Tom and Sally Benge Mr. William Bobbe Mr. Kenneth Boddy

Mr. Roy Bohrer Bob and Liz Breen

Leo and Marilyn Brown Richard and Eileen Brown

Teddie Brown Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Buchmeier

Mr. and Mrs. J. Dennis Burks Ms. Jeanette Cain

Bruce and Rebecca Carlquist Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Carrier

Ms. Helena Chan

Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Charfauros Mr. Michael Chesebro

Ted and Sumie Childers Mrs. J. Brockway Clark

Ms. Donna Clayton Mr. and Mrs. James Coleman

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Cowen Charles and Ana Marie Cuccaro Dr. and Mrs. Emery Cummins

Mr. Audun Davik Mr. Alan DesRoches

Ms. Elizabeth Downie Mr. Mark Dunajcik Ms. Vickie Durham

Mr. John Eckels Ms. Jane Egüez

Ms. Barbara Ellis Ms Evelyn Elson

Mr. Luciano Emanuele Mr. and Mrs. George Falk

Chuck and Sally Fay Mr. Bruce Fischer

Ms. Margaret Flickinger

Ms. Linell Maloney Patti Matchett

Ms. Ellen Miles Jon Monda and Robert Johnson

Cindy Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Radisch

Mr. Adolph S. Rosekrans Ms. Maria Saldivar

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Sangiorgio Dr. and Mrs. Ken Schreder

Mrs. Helen Seiler Kenneth Spindler

Michael and Linda Sutherland Paula Taylor and Bernard Kulchin

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Thum Dr. and Mrs. Howard Toole Mr. and Mrs. Gary Toops

Mr. and Mrs. Burton Vasche Mrs. Helen Wagner

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Warschauer Janet and Joel Weber

Mr. Joseph McQuaide Mr. Richard Mellien Mr. Robert Meyer

Dr. John S. Morrison Dr. J. Stephen Munzinger

Jane Nesvig Mr. Dang Nguyen Ms. Sara Oswald

Ms. Melody Padget Terry Paik

Walt and Jo Pankratz Mr. George Pappas

Lizbeth Persons Price Dr. and Mrs. Charles Persons

Tony Piñon Ms. Cynthia Poole

Ross Porter and Roy deVries Mr. Donald Rabe

Scott and Linda Roleson Gordon and Cathy Romanas

Ms. Laura Roost Barbara Rosner

Michael Schaefer & Paula Simon

Bill and Mary Scheffel Mr. Russell Schertle

Mr. Philip Schey Ms. Kathy Schneider

Richard and Pat Schonfeld Ms. Ellen Warner Scott

Helen Seiler Dennis and Verena Seisun

Frederick Simson and Robert Zelmer

Dale Skinner & Randall Grabowski

Dr. and Mrs. Alan Spector Mr. and Mrs. David Stang

Mr. Gordon Stanley Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Stef-

anatz Ms. Barbara Stevenson

Marilyn and Karen Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stewart

Patricia Stickels Mr. David Stout

Mr. Donald Stroebel Mr. J. Theodore Struck

Mr. and Mrs. David Thatcher John Eric Thomas

Magnaton $100-249

Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Foelber Bill Galante

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gerard Kenneth and Barbara Glaze

Stu and Dawn Goldberg Mr. Charles Gunther Mr. Clifford Halliday Ms. Marty Hambright

Kenneth and Jackie Hanson Eric L. Hedegaard

Stephen Heffler Philip Heintz

Dale Hess Mary Hobson & Paul Hartloff

Mr. and Mrs. Derek Hook Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hopkins

Mr. Handy Horiye Carl and Greet Hostetler

Mr. James M. Hunt Mrs. Judith M. James

Mr. David Jordan Mr. Robert Kennett

Mr. and Mrs. Charles King Mr. and Mrs. William Krantz

Mr. and Mrs. F. LeRoy Lafferty Mr. Robert Landry Ms. Kristin Lang Michele Larrecou Mr. Paul Larson

Dave and Cheryl Leedom Alfred Lewis

RaeAnn LoCicero Ms. Joan London

Lynn and Dian Loufek Mr. Steven Love Ms. Sheri Lowe

Drs. Alison Luedecke and Bill Paxton

Drs. Flavio Marsiglia and Stephen Kulis

Bernard and Lorraine Marstall Charles and Beverly Marvin

Ms. Eileen Mason Jerry Massey Ian Mausner

Mrs. Maureen J. McBreen Mr. Robert McBride Ms. Ann McDonald Ms. May McLean

Craig and Marilyn McPhie

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Educational Programs

With the American Guild of Organists / San Diego Chapter, the Spreckels Or-gan Society awards scholarships to students of the organ each year, in addition to offering performance opportunities for outstanding students at Spreckels Or-gan Sunday concerts. This year’s scholarships will be awarded on July 15 to:

Blake Bundschuh—Novice Division Spreckels Award * Shane Cowell—Intermediate Division Spreckels Award Stephen Priest—Advanced Division Spreckels Award

* The San Diego Civic Organist has augmented the scholarship award in this year’s Novice Division. You too can contribute to the Spreckels Scholarship

Fund—just ask at the Membership Table.

In Memoriam John Eitzen

William Fullerton III Audrey Geisel Joan Klauber

John Henry Mark

Don and Martha Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Thompson

Mr. Richard Thorn Bill and Judy Tippets

Jane Tipton & David Freeman Mrs. V. Claudene Todhunter Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Vacala

Richard and Diane VandeNoord Ms. Roberta VanWart

Lee E. Wahlert & David Machado Dr. Robert D. Wallace

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Ward Donald Washburn

Fifth Grade Heritage Program

The Spreckels Organ Society regularly hosts 5th graders of the San Diego Unified School District for visits that include a demonstration of the great Spreckels Organ. So far in 2019, fourteen such sessions have been held. Thanks to the supporters of this program:

Fred and Linda Bartz Richard Forsyth and Kate Leonard

Adolph S. Rosekrans

Magnaton $100-249

Michael Wasilewski & Stephen Miller Peter and Arlene Way

Ms. Suzy Webster Drs. Barry and Kathy Weiss

Nathan and Evette Weiss Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wennerholt

Dennis Wenzel and Frederick Sramek Mr. and Mrs. Stowell Werden

Mr. Stan Wicks Mr. and Mrs. William Wilcox

Mr. Ty Woodward Stephen and Mary Zawadzki

David Nesvig VADM Scot McCauley

Robert Palmer Jack and Irma Redfern

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S O L O !

SPRECKELS ORGAN LEGACY OPPORTUNITY

The Spreckels Organ Society manages three endowment funds that help to

underwrite the expenses for the Artistic Director, support the Internation-

al Organ Festival, and fund the ongoing operation of the Society.

Contact 619-702-8138 or sosorgan@gmail.com to learn more.

Your giving today will help preserve, program, and promote the

Spreckels Organ as a world treasure for all people.

Thanks to SOLO members to date:

Elaine Baldwin

Tedd Bunce

* James Capoletti Trust

Jean Wright Elson

Eric-Paul Erickson

* Oberlin and Vivian Evenson

George Hardy

* Kempton Family Trust

Bernard Kulchin & Paula Taylor

Jack Lasher

* John Henry Mark

* Herbert McPherson

June Mertz

* Murray H. Mott

* Warren M. Nichols

* Leroy N. Phelps, PhD

Robert Plimpton

Lynn Reaser

* Mr. and Mrs. Jack Redfern

Mr. Alden Rollins

David Leigh Shearer

George & Dorothy Shumway

Family Trust

* Donald Snowden

Dale Sorenson

Utazca Trust

Barry and Kathy Weiss

Nan and Stowell Werden

* deceased

Twilight in the Park Concert Series Free Concerts by local bands at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion

6:30 to 7:30 p.m.—Summer 2019

Produced by San Diego Parks & Recreation Department

June

Tue. 25 Rachel Aldous &

the Road Home Bluegrass/

Folk

Wed. 26 Piracy Conspiracy

Reggae

Thur. 27 Bump City Brass

Soul / Funk

July

Tues. 2 The New Catillacs

Wed. 3 Atomic Wave—80s

tribute band

Tue. 9 8-Track Highway

Wed. 10 Stoney B Blues

Thur. 11 Breez’n—Jazz,

Blues, R&B

Tue. 16 145th Street

Wed. 17 Ginger Cowgirl

Thur. 18 SD Civic Dance,

Park & Recreation Dept.

Tue. 23 San Diego Youth

Symphony

Wed. 24 Mariachi Estrellas

de Chula Vista traditional

Mexican music

Thur. 25 Bayou Brothers

Cajun / Zydeco; Family Day

Tue. 30 Pomerado Commu-

nity Concert Band

Wed. 31 Santana Ways

Tribute Band

August

Thurs. 1 Back Pocket

Whiskey Fellas—Irish

folk, bluegrass

Tue. 6 San Diego Concert

Band

Wed. 7 Jazz Jammers /

Dixieland-Swing

Thur. 8 Marine Band

San Diego

Tue. 13 Raúl Prieto

Ramírez plays the

Spreckels Organ - Ice

Cream Social (see box)

Wed. 14 Harvey & 52nd

Street Jive

Thur. 15 Moxie—Rock

Tue. 20 Coronado Con-

cert Band

Wed. 21 Elvis Tribute!

Thur. 22 Moonlight Ser-

enade Orchestra

Tue. 27 Lady J—Blues

Wed. 28 Stars on the

Water—Tropical Rock

Thur. 29 Legends—San

Diego Original Oldies

Show Band

Ice Cream Social

Tuesday August 13

Thanks to Friends

of Balboa Park for

the Free Ice Cream

while supplies last!

Come at 5:30 p.m.

and stay for the

Spreckels Organ

Concert by Civic

Organist Raúl

Prieto Ramírez!

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Join us for a Wine and Beer Tasting event on Saturday, Aug. 31 at 5:30 p.m.

Enjoy tastes of great local beers and wines, with

light pre-movie hors d’ouvres, just next door to the

Organ Pavilion at the Japanese Friendship Garden.

$45 per person; $50 at the door. Members: 10%

discount when you purchase admission in advance

at the Membership Table. Tickets available online

via www.SpreckelsOrgan.org

It’s Movie Night—we’ll save your seat!

Your admission to this special fundraising event includes reserved

seating for Movie Night in the Pavilion.

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Tonight’s concert sponsored by:

John Fankhauser and Robert Fullerton Tan and Anh Nguyen

Beverly Stebbins

June 24

TRIBUTE NIGHT AT THE SPRECKELS ORGAN PAVILION

Pink Floyd & Led Zeppelin

Raúl Prieto Ramírez, organ and vocals

Richard Larson, drums and vocals

Andrew McKeag, guitar and vocals

Ariel Levine, guitar and vocals

Kenseth Thibideau, bass guitar and vocals

Lauren Leigh Martin, vocals

Light and Sound by John Roy Sound

Live visual light show using video and analog projectors with oil, water, and digitally created film reels is provided by ‘Operation: MINDBLOW’

Eugene Gigout: Toccata in B minor, organ solo Led Zeppelin: Communication breakdown Led Zeppelin: Kashmir Led Zeppelin: Thank you Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody, organ solo Led Zeppelin: The Immigrant Song Led Zeppelin: Stairway to Heaven

Intermission

Intermezzo for pedal solo

Pink Floyd:

Shine On You Crazy Diamond Us and Them Any Colour You Like Brain Damage Eclipse

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With words such as “sizzling” and “transcendent” used to describe his per-formances, Raúl Prieto Ramírez en-joys a busy global performing schedule that takes him to major music festivals, churches and cathedrals, concert halls (from Russia to major venues through Europe and the U.S .), universities, and, as juror, to international competitions. In December 2017, Raúl Prieto Ramírez was appointed the San Diego Civic Organist and Artistic Director of the Spreckels Organ Society, where he presides over the famed Austin organ at the city’s Balboa Park Pavilion – the largest outdoor musi-cal instrument in the world. Mr. Ramírez is the eighth Civic Organist to serve San Diego on the Spreckels organ bench. After studies in Spain, Mr. Ramírez moved to Stuttgart to study organ with Ludger Lohmann and, concurrently, piano with Leonid Sintsev at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg. He also studied organ under Marie-Claire Alain, Guy Bovet, Eric Lebrun, Lionel Rogg, and Luigi Ferdi-nando Tagliavini. His compositions for chamber ensemble, pipe organ, and solo instruments have been broadcast through-out Spain and his concerto for organ and orchestra premiered in Barcelona. His transcriptions of Liszt’s piano études and Mephisto Waltz and his interpretations of the music of Buxte-hude, Bach, Franck, and Reger have been highly praised by audience and critics alike. From 2013-2016, Mr. Ramírez served as organist-in-residence at Sursa Concert Hall and the professor of organ at Ball State University, Indiana. He con-tinues as the Artistic Director and Founder of the Barcelona Summer Organ Festival and Academy. Mr. Ramírez has been widely recorded and interviewed for radio and television in several European countries and in the U.S. His first two com-pact discs, on the Brilliant Classics label, were recorded at Mi-lan Cathedral in Italy (music of Franck, Liszt, Reger, and Saint-Saëns) and at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barce-lona (music for piano and organ duet). Mr. Ramirez and his wife, Spanish pianist Maria Teresa Sierra, perform frequently in concert together.

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July 1

Raúl Prieto Ramírez

San Diego Civic Organist

Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) VI-Allegro from Symphony N.6 Op.42 N.2 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Pasacaglia in C minor BWV 582 Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) Angle Scene from “Hansel and Gretel”, a Fairy Opera (arr. Ed-win Lemare) John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) The Stars and Stripes Forever (arr. Raul Prieto Ramírez)

Intermission

Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911) Sonate N.1 in D minor Op.42 I-Allegro II-Pastoral III-Finale

Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) Prélude at Fugue sur le nom d’Alain Op.7

Tonight’s concert sponsored by:

Jerry and Lily Lang and Children

Continuing the support of our grandparents, Vivian and Oberlin Evenson, who gave so much of themselves

To the Spreckels Organ Society and to this Festival

Dave Wickerham is no stranger to the Theatre Organ world. Born in Encino, Cal-ifornia in 1962, he began playing the elec-tronic organ at the age of four and had his first pipe organ experience at age 10. His musical instructors were many, including Roseamond Crowley, one of the few re-maining descendants of the Louis Vierne line of organists. He attended the Universi-ty of Arizona in Tucson on a full four-year scholarship, pursuing classical organ stud-ies. He studied there under Dr. Roy John-son for six years.

For 32 years uninterrupted, Dave performed as “Featured Or-ganist” in a number of “Pizza & Pipes” type restaurants In Cali-fornia, Arizona, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Las Vegas. He is still known to ask for a request from time to time. In addition, he concertized frequently, as well as ministering musically and serving at various churches. In 2011, Dave was honored with the “Organist of the Year” award by the American Theatre Or-gan Society.

He enjoys concertizing frequently to many audiences, including various chapters of the American Theatre Organ Society. In April of 1999, he took great pleasure in being a feature artist in Melbourne, Australia for the convention of the Theatre Organ Society of Australia for which he received rave reviews.

He has since returned “Down Under” for three separate six-week tours. After seven years as Organist-Curator with the leg-endary Milhous Collection in South Florida, Dave, his wife Rhonda, and youngest daughter moved north in 2012 and cur-rently enjoy living in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

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Tonight’s concert sponsored by: Ronald and Ann De Fields

The Organ Stop - Wayne & Cheryl Seppala

July 8

Dave Wickerham, Organ

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The Liberty Bell (March)

The Easy Winners Rag

Gershwin “Treasures” (medley)

Echoes from “Out West” (American Folk Songs)

George M. Cohan (1878-1942) “First Half Finale”

~~INTERMISSION~~

The Washington Post March

The Maple Leaf Rag

Duke Ellington “Treasures” (medley)

Battle Hymn of the Republic Fantasy

United States Armed Service & Grand Americana Finale

First Prize and Audience Prize winner of the 2018 American Guild of Organists National Young Artist Competition, Aaron Tan is a Canadian concert organist and pianist who en-joys multi-faceted careers both as a musician and scientist.

His musical upbringing started on the piano and later on the violin. He received his Associate (ARCT) diplo-ma from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto at the age of twelve and went on to earn his Licentiate (LTCL) and Fellow-ship (FTCL) diplomas from Trinity College of Music, London. When he was 18, he also completed his ARCT diploma in Violin Performance. In 2004, he began organ studies with John Tuttle while concurrently a freshman in Engineering at the University of Toronto, later earning Ph.D. in materials science from the Univer-sity of Michigan.

Currently Aaron is studying at the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University and also serves as Organ Scholar at Church of the Resurrection, New York City. More at www.AaronTan.org.

Luke Staisiunas, 22, is completing his BM in Organ Performance at the University of Okla-homa and is also active in the school’s Pipe Or-gan Technology program, the only one of its kind in the country. He is comfortable across a wide variety of genres and styles, from Ba-roque to Theatre Organ, as well as silent film accompaniment.

While at OU, he studied with Dr. Adam Pajan, as well as coach-ing in theatre organ and silent film accompaniment from Clark Wilson. He also studied improvisation and continuo with Dr. John Schwandt and is the current harpsichordist and assistant con-ductor for the Vitam Musica Foundation, a chamber orchestra based in the Oklahoma City area.

He has performed for numerous ATOS chapter events and was a Finalist in the 2016 and 2018 ATOS competitions, earning first place in the 2018 competition. He also serves on the ATOS Board of Directors as Youth Representative.

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July 15

RISING STARS NIGHT:

Aaron Tan and Luke Staisiunas

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Tonight’s concert sponsored by: Harold and Beverly Martyn

Charles and Venita Ballinger Carolyn Stamey, in memory of her brother, William Fullerton III

Joseph Jongen—Toccata, op. 104 Jongen Prière (from Quatre Pièces pour Orgue, op. 37) Georges Bizet—Farandole (from L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2) trans. Joel Hastings Joseph Ermend Bonnal La Vallée du Béhorléguy, au matin (from Paysages Euskariens) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky from The Nutcracker, op. 71 trans. Aaron Tan i. The Christmas Tree ii. March Robert Schumann—Fugue No. 6 in B-flat (from Sechs Fugen über den Namen BACH, op. 60)

Intermission

SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATION: Spreckels Awards

Blake Bundschuh—Novice Division Spreckels Award

Shane Cowell—Intermediate Division Spreckels Award

Stephen Priest—Advanced Division Spreckels Award

I Don’t Need Anything But You, from “Annie”— Charles Strause Life on Mars— David Bowie March Militaire— Reneé Becker In Dir ist Freude— J.S. Bach Hamburger Totentanz Bolero De Concert—Lefebure Wely Lover Come Back to Me— Romberg Overture to ‘Orpheus in the Underworld’— Offenbach

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Peter Richard Conte &

Andrew Ennis

The nearly unparalleled ear for lush tonal color and innovative programming style have made Pe-ter Richard Conte one of the most revered “orchestral” organists of this era. He is the Wanamaker Grand Court Organist and presides

over the world’s largest fully-functioning musical instrument, at over 29,000 pipes, in the Macy’s Department Store in Philadelph-ia. He is also one of the producers and lead artist in the popular Macy’s Christmas holiday shows and the annual Organ Day every June. Mr. Conte is also Principal Organist at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA and Choirmaster and Organist of Saint Clement’s Church, Philadelphia. Highly regarded as a skillful per-former of the standard organ repertoire, arranger of orchestral and popular transcriptions, and silent film accompanist, his recitals can include such diverse works as Bernstein’s Overture to Candide, Dupré’s Symphonie Passion, and “period pieces” such as London-derry Air. His numerous recordings appear on the Gothic, JAV, Pro Organo, Dorian, and Raven labels.

Frequently collaborating with Mr. Conte is flugelhornist and or-ganist Andrew Ennis. Mr. Ennis is an accomplished brass player, organist, music educator, and transcriptionist. He is organist of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Camden, NJ, and Di-rector of Bands at the Upper Pittsgrove School in Monroeville, NJ. He works side-by-side with Mr. Conte to create arrangements of popular works for organ and the voluptuous sound of the flu-gelhorn. The duo’s first CD recording, My Heart With Thy Sweet Voice (Gothic #G-49294), received a Critic’s Choice Award from the American Record Guide in 2017. A second CD will be re-leased during the 2019-2020 season. As a duo organist, Mr. Ennis also arranges and performs with Peter Conte large-scale transcrip-tions of symphonic works such as Respighi’s Pines of Rome and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade. For more, go to: www.prcajeduo.com Peter Richard Conte and Andrew Ennis are represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC.

Tonight’s concert sponsored by: Dr. Dwight W. Gordon

Dr. Ron and Shirlee Koons

July 22

Dual Organists

Richard Conte, organ

Andrew Ennis, organ and flugelhorn

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Overture to Candide Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) transcribed by PRC Funeral March of a Marionette Charles Gounod (1818-1893) transcribed for Flugelhorn & Organ by PRC Scherzo, from Sonata VIII Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911) Procession of the Nobles, from Mlada—Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) transcribed for Flugelhorn & Organ by PRC Finlandia Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Organ solo transcribed by Herbert Frick / edited by PRC

Intermission

Nessun Dorma, from Turandot Giacommo Puccini (1858-1924) transcribed for Flugelhorn & Organ by Andrew Ennis Vilja Leid, from The Merry Widow Franz Lehár (1870-1948) transcribed for Flugelhorn & Organ by AJE Variations on a Theme of Arcangelo Corelli—Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) transcribed for Organ solo by PRC From Pines of Rome Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) ii. Pines Near a Catacomb transcribed for Organ Duet by AJE iv. Pines of the Appian Way

July 29

Hector Olivera, Organ

Tonight’s concert sponsored by: Jerome and Anne Evenson Ryan

Bill and Jean Nagy Robert Kilian and Kathleen Slayton

Coronation March from “Le Prophéte”— G. Meyerbeer

Largo from Xerxes—G.F. Handel

Toccata in C Major BWV 564—J.S. Bach

Scherzo in G minor op 49 No 2—M.E. Bossi

Choral No 1 in E Major—C. Franck

Paraphrases and Improvisations

Could it be magic Tribute to B. Manillow

Root beer Rag Tribute to B. Joel

Jesus Christ Superstar Tribute to A.L. Webber

Bohemian Rhapsody Tribute to Freddy Mercury

Improvisation on a submitted theme H.J. Olivera

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Intermission

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Since entering Buenos Aires Conservatory at the age of six, Maestro Hector Olivera has become one of the most sought after and revered international concert organists of the present time. The Times Re-porter describes an evening with Mr. Oli-vera as “an event, a happening, a joyful cel-ebration of the sheer power and pressure that a true virtuoso like Hector Olivera can unleash in a concert hall.” Born in Buenos Aires, Mr. Olivera began playing the pipe organ when he was three. At age five he played for the legendary Eva Perón; at twelve he entered the University of Buenos Aires and by eighteen had performed for heads of state and celebrities throughout Latin America. When offered a scholarship at the re-nowned Juilliard School of Music in New York, he moved to the United States. Three years later, Mr. Olivera’s outstanding pro-fessional concert career was launched when he won the AGO’s National Improvisation Contest. Mr. Olivera has performed solo concerts throughout the USA, Europe, Asia, Australia, Central and Latin America, and as guest soloist with prominent symphony orchestras worldwide. Whether in a prestigious venue like Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, Constitution Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, or in conjunction with a cel-ebrated event like the Olympic games or the Classical Newport Music Festival, the most sophisticated and demanding organ afi-cionados claim that Maestro Hector Olivera is “one of the greatest organists in the world today.” For more on Mr. Olivera, go to http://hectorolivera.com/

August 5

Thomas Ospital, Organ

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Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Prélude et fugue en Ré Majeur BWV 532

Choral : Erbam’ dich mein, o Herre Gott BWV 721

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

Andante KW 616

Fantaisia KW 608

Intermission

Franz LISZT (1811-1886)

Prélude et Fugue sur BACH

Béla BARTOK (1881-1945) 6 danses roumaines (transcription de Thomas Ospital)

Gabriel FAURE (1845-1924) Sicilienne extrait de la suite Pélleas et Mélisande (transcription

Louis Robilliard)

Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Danse-tarantelle styrienne transcription Thierry Hirsch

Tonight’s concert sponsored by: Lynn Reaser Scott Reaser

George Hardy and Michael Tassiello Dr. Morton and Susan La Pittus

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Titulaire of the grand organ at St. Eustache Church in Paris and newly appointed Organist in Residence at Maison de la Radio (Radio France Concert Hall), Thomas Ospital is a young artist who has quickly earned a place amongst the world’s finest concert organists. He was award-ed First Prize at the 2009 Inter-national Competition of Organ in Saragossa, Spain, the Duruflé Prize and the Audience Prize at the 2012 International Chartres

Competition, and Second Prize at the 2013 International Xavier Darasse Competition in Toulouse. In May of 2014 he took the Grand Prize, the Jean Louis Florentz Prize, and the Audience Prize at the International Organ Competition of Angers. In No-vember of 2014, he was awarded Second Prize, Audience Prize and the Florentz Prize at the International Chartres Competition. Mr. Ospital is equally at home performing as a solo recitalist or with choir or orchestra. He is also eager to perpetuate the art of improvisation in all of its forms, including the accompaniment of silent films. His performances have taken him throughout Eu-rope, Russia, and North America, where in 2012 he served for six months as Young Artist in Residence at the Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis King of France in New Orleans. Born in 1990, Thomas Ospital began his musical studies at the Conserv-atoire Maurice Ravel in Bayonne, France. From 2008 until 2015 he was a student at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Mu-sique de Paris where he earned five First Place prizes in organ, improvisation, harmony, counterpoint and fugue. His teachers at the Paris Conservatoire included Olivier Latry, Michel Bou-vard, Thierry Escaich, Philippe Lefebvre, László Fassang, Isabelle Duha, Pierre Pincemaille and Jean-François Zygel. Mr. Ospital currently serves as Titular Organist of the largest pipe organ in France, the Grand Organ at St. Eustache in Paris, taking up the post in 2015. More information at: www.thomasospital.fr

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Halloween

Silent Movie

Thursday,

October 31, 2019

Spreckels Organ

Pavilion

Don’t miss it!

Www.spreckelsorgan.org

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Isabel Demers

“There is no shortage of organists who make their instruments roar; and while her power was never in question, Demers made the instrument sing.” - Peter Reed, Classical Source.com, 2016.

With playing described as having “bracing vir-tuosity” (Chicago Classical Review) and being “fearless and extraordinary” (Amarillo Globe News), Isabelle Demers has enraptured listeners around the globe. Her 2010 recital for the Inter-national Society of Organbuilders-American Institute of Or-ganbuilders convention “left the entire congress in an atmosphere of ‘Demers fever.’”

She has appeared in recital in Germany, Great Britain, Oman, Aus-tralia, New Zealand, and coast to coast in the United States and Canada. 2018-2019 season highlights include performances at the Maison Symphonique (Montréal), the Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg), City Hall (Stockholm), the Forbidden City Concert Hall (Beijing), and Westminster Abbey (London).

Dr. Demers is in continual demand by her fellow colleagues as wit-nessed by performances for numerous regional and national con-ventions of the American Guild of Organists, the Institute of Or-ganbuilders and International Society of Organbuilders, the Royal Canadian College of Organists, and the Organ Historical Society.

Her first recording on the Acis label, The Old and the New, was met with critical acclaim. Fanfare Magazine called it a “brilliantly played program.” Her second disc, featuring the organ works of Rachel Laurin, was released in June 2011, and her recording of Max Reger’s Seven Chorale Fantasias in November 2012. Bach, Bull, and Bombardes (Pro Organo) was released in May 2013. In 2018, she appeared as solo organ accompanist in a recording of Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem with the Baylor University Choir, rec-orded at Duruflé’s church in Paris, also on the Acis label.

A native of Québec and a doctoral graduate of The Juilliard School, Dr. Demers is Organ Professor and Head of the Organ Program at Baylor University. For more info go to www.isabelledemers.org Isabelle Demers is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC.

Tonight’s concert sponsored by: Dr. Dwight Gordon

Judith Trento & Michael Drummy Leslie Wolf Robb

August 12

Isabelle Demers

J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Organ Concerto in a minor after Vivaldi BWV 593

Allegro Adagio senza pedale a due claviere Allegro

Jason Roberts (b. 1980) – Two Scherzos

Whimsical Mischievous

Oskar Lindberg (1887-1955) – Gammal Fäbodpsalm Charles Tournemire (1870-1939) – Choral Improvisation sur le Vic-

timae Paschali Laudes

Intermission

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) – Allegro con brio from Symphony #5 op. 67 in c minor, trans. Demers

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888) Douze études pour les pieds seulement

Fughetta Adagio Moderato

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) – Three Movements from Petrushka, trans.

Demers Russian Dance Petrushka’s room The Shrovetide fair

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August 19

Gunnar Idenstam

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Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687) Arr. Gunnar Idenstam Danse de Neptune in C Major Chaconne de l´Amour médecin Menuet pour les Trompettes Marche pour la Cérémonie turque

J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Toccata in F Major BWV 540 Nicolo Paganini (1782-1840) Arr. Gunnar Idenstam Paganini Variations for feet Gunnar Idenstam Suite from Metal Angel:

Falling Angel Gothic Garden Archangel

intermission Maurice Ravel / Arr. Idenstam (1875-1937) La valse Poème chorégraphique pour orchestre Pavane pour une infante défunte Boléro

Tonight’s concert sponsored by: Jean Samuels and Chester Yamaga

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Gunnar Idenstam is a con-

cert organist, composer, and folk

musician. He comes from a back-

ground of classical music, but

has a "distant love relationship"

with the folk and symphonic

rock of the 1970s. Today he has

brought these influences into the

context of organ music when he

builds bridges between French

cathedral tradition, symphonic

rock, and Swedish folk music.

To develop the wide-ranging mu-

sic he creates and performs to-

day, he studied at the Royal Col-

lege of Music in Stockholm and

then studied the virtuoso French tradition in Paris under Marie-

Claire Alain and Jacques Taddei. He achieved the highest honors

in both countries.

In 1984 he was the first – and to date, the only – musician from

northern Europe to win the prestigious international competition in

improvisation, the Grand Prix de Chartres. Since 1986 he pursues

an international career as a concert organist, performing at promi-

nent venues worldwide. His arrangements of orchestral works by

Ravel (Bolero, La Valse) and Debussy (La Mer) are greatly ad-

mired at recitals at home and abroad. Those works are included in

his latest solo CD on BIS Records. In 2012 he was awarded the

Interpretation Prize by the Royal Academy of Music in Stock-

holm. The Prize was presented to him by His Majesty King Carl

XVI Gustav of Sweden. In June 2013 he received the Litteris et

Artibus, a royal medal for recognition of eminent skills in the ar-

tistic field. Idenstam is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy

of Music since May 2013. His next solo CD, Metal Angel, of his

own compositions is going to be recorded for Toccata Classics in

Monaco Cathedral.

For more information go to www.idenstam.org

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Born in New York, cellist Alex Greenbaum is a member of the Haus-mann Quartet and Artist-in-Residence at San Diego State University, where he teaches cello and chamber music. He has performed throughout the U.S. and Europe, and has recorded for Ancalagon, Bridge, Canary Classics, Cantaloupe, In a Circle, Koch, Naxos, Warner Classics and Sony records. His varied interests have led to collaborations with dance companies, recordings for film, television and commercials, studies of early music and performances through-out Mexico. Locally, Alex is a founding member of San Diego Ba-roque, a mainstay of the Art of Élan series, an affiliated artist with San Diego New Music and appears regularly with Bach Collegium San Diego.

Violinist Kate Hatmaker enjoys a varied career as performer, educa-tor and entrepreneur. She is the Executive and Artistic Director of Art of Élan (www.artofelan.org), a San Diego chamber music organiza-tion committed to bringing classical music to diverse audiences, and has been a violinist with the San Diego Symphony since 2006. A fea-tured soloist with a wide variety of North American orchestras, she has performed at the Vail International Dance Festival, Breckenridge Music Festival, and La Jolla Music Society's Summefest, and has served on the music faculty at the University of California-San Diego and the Coronado School of the Arts

Wesley Precourt, Associate Concertmaster of the S.D. Symphony Orchestra, has appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras around North America and is an avid recitalist, recording artist and new mu-sic collaborator. He has been presented by Art of Élan, the Musical Merit Foundation, First United Methodist Churches of San Diego and Escondido and the La Jolla Athenaeum’s concert series. Wesley was featured at the dedication ceremony of the Heifetz Studio at The Col-burn Conservatory where he also collaborated with Paul Neubauer, Ida Levin, Ronald Leonard, and Paul Coletti. Wesley is a graduate of the Thornton School of Music at USC and a recipient of the Artist Diploma at the Colburn Conservatory.

Hanah Stuart, hailed as a performing artist who “wields a violin with unmistakable panache” (Theater Mania), is a member of the San Die-go Symphony Orchestra, the Grant Park Orchestra, and was previous-ly Assistant Principal Second Violinist of the Utah Symphony. Ms. Stuart has served as Concertmaster of The Juilliard Orchestra, The Juilliard Chamber Orchestra and The YouTube Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Stuart holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from The Juilliard School where she studied with David Chan and Joel Smirnoff. .

Tonight’s concert sponsored by: Robert Kilian and Kathleen Slayton

David Akers Vic and Geri Beattie

Dean Crowder American Guild of Organists—San Diego Chapter

Acoustic Reflective Shell designed, built and donated by Lyle Blackinton and Associates.

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August 26

Raúl Prieto Ramírez, Organ

Symphonic Quartet:

Kathryn Hatmaker, violin

Wesley Precourt, violin

Hanah Stuart, viola

Alex Greenbaum, violoncello

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Prelude and Fugue in G minor, organ solo

Scherzo in C minor from F.A.E. Sonata for violin and piano (piano part transcribed for organ by Raúl Prieto Ramírez) F.A.E: "Frei aber einsam" ("free but lonely")

Manuel Aguilar Tango Trío Op.71 (piano part transcribed for organ by Raúl Prieto Ramírez)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Rondo alla Zingarese, from quartet N.1 Op.25 (piano part transcribed for organ by Raúl Prieto Ramírez)

--Intermission-- César Franck (1822-1890)

Quintet in F minor I-Molto moderato quasi lento - Allegro II-Lento con molto sentimento III-Allegro non troppo ma con fuoco

(piano part transcribed for organ by Raúl Prieto Ramírez)

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ENJOY BACH'S LUNCH WITH US!

2019: October 2, November 6, December 4

2020: February 5, March 4, April 1, May 6

12:30 p.m. each concert / pay what you wish

St. James-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church 743 Prospect Street La Jolla, CA 92037

See website for details about other concerts, including La Serva Padrona by

Pergolesi, coming in February 2020!

www.sdbaroque.com

San Diego Baroque Soloists: the only San

Diego-based instrumental ensemble fea-

turing period instruments! See you on

Instagram:

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In Concert

September 22:

Stephen Tharp

International Concert

Organist and Recording Artist

Sunday, September 22, 2019

at 7:00 p.m.

in the Sanctuary at

First United Methodist

Church of San Diego

2111 Camino del Rio South

San Diego, CA 92108

More details online:

www.fumcsd.org/musicseries

The program will include organ works of J. S. Bach, French masterworks

and transcriptions of Mozart and Ravel, and music by the American organ-

ist/composer George Baker, concluding with a grand improvisation on

submitted themes.

An offering will be taken and a reception will follow the concert. Child

care is available by advance registration at 619-297-4366.

Sponsored by the Cultural Events Committee

Having played more than 1600 concerts worldwide, Stephen Tharp may

be the most-traveled concert organist of his generation. He’s been hailed

as “the organist for the connoisseur" (organ - Journal für die Orgel, Ger-

many), “the thinking person’s performer" (Het Orgel), and “the consum-

mate creative artist" (Michael Barone, Pipedreams).

A native of Ohio, Clark Wilson began his musical training at age nine. While growing up he accompanied numerous stage musicals and was organist at several churches. At this time he was listed in “Who’s Who in the Midwest” and “Men of Achievement”. Following several years with the Schantz Organ Company as a reed voicer and tonal finisher, Clark’s professional playing career began with his appointment to the featured organist post at Pipe Organ Pizza in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is currently associated with Organ Stop Pizza in Mesa, Arizona, where he is on the organ staff as well as having assisted with the planning and installation of the world’s largest Wurlitzer organ. Clark’s recording credits include seven albums. He has given all-transcription recitals for the AGO, played for the 1990 Organ His-torical Society convention, and performed at numerous national and regional conventions of the American Theatre Organ Society (ATOS), as well as giving a series of highly lauded workshops for young people’s Pipe Organ Encounters. Considered one of the finest practitioners of the art of silent picture scoring, he has also been a visiting lecturer on Theatre Organ and photoplay accompa-niment for the Indiana University organ department. He has now developed curriculum and has been appointed to the organ faculty at the University of Oklahoma's Organ Department, where he teaches applied theatre organ lessons, silent film scoring, and the history of the American theatre organ. Along with a busy concert schedule, Wilson runs his own pipe organ business and is heavily in demand as a tonal consultant and finisher of both theatre and classical pipe organs. He has received both the Technician of the Year and Organist of the Year awards from ATOS, the only person to have done so, and his time is now nearly equally divided between concert and technical work. Read more at www.clarkwilson.net/

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Tonight’s concert sponsored by: Dr. Dwight Gordon

Peter and Connie Van Putten, In memory of Aunt Leona Johnson who loved Movie Night

Saturday, August 31

Silent Movie Night

Clark Wilson, organ

The Overture

The selections this evening, in keeping with our movie night theme, are from the world of Hollywood film music and will be readily recognized as some of the world’s most popular melodies.

Mr. Wilson will comment on several of the individual numbers.

First Movie: Chasing Choo Choos

(1927; run time 21 min.)

Directed by Clarence Brown and starring Monty Banks, this short film culminates in a hair-raising railroad chase that was filmed on the San Diego & Arizona Railway—the “Spreckels Line” that John D. Spreckels opened in 1919. This movie is part of the community celebration of the Centennial of this amazing railroad! (See page 51 for more events.)

Intermission

Second Movie: Sherlock, Jr.

(1924; run time 45 min.)

Directed by starring comedian Buster Keaton, this laugh-filled picture tells the story of a film projec-tionist with dreams of being a detective. Buster must prove his sleuthing skill when he is framed by a rival for stealing a pocket watch that belongs to his girl-friend’s father.

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Fun for the whole family!

Join us for the

Centennial Celebration

Campo Railroad Park and Museum

Campo, California

Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019

The 1919 Completion of San Diego & Arizona Railway, the “Impossible Railroad”

Watch the reenactment of 1919 Golden Spike Ceremony by John D.

Spreckels!

Presented by the

Pacific Southwest Railway

Museum Association

www.psrm.org/Centennial

...to Preserve, Program, and

Promote the great Spreckels Organ

Join Tonight!

The Spreckels Organ Society’s mission is to Preserve, Program, and Promote the great Spreckels Organ as a world treasure for all people. Your membership makes it possible to fulfill this mission. Here’s what we’ve been doing:

Preserve

Expanded to 5,017 pipes, now the world’s largest outdoor musical instrument

Re-coated the pipe façade New console in 2011

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Success in our year-long search for Civic Organist!

San Diego Sings—2015, 2017, and 2019

Special Concerts: April 14 and December 14, 2018

5th Grade Heritage Program visits Tributes to David Bowie, The

Doors, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Freddy Mercury, and others

San Diego Opera Celebration concert on April 26, 2019

Showcase concerts for young organists

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