Recitals from the Cathedral of St. Philip

The recital series is given by Delbert Lowell Jacks in memory of Thomas Ruben Jones.

Recitals will return for the 2024-2025 season on September 8, 2024.

2023-2024 Season

Sunday, September 10, 2023

Caroline Robinson, organ (The Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta) watch

Anne Wilson, Toccata
Camille Saint-Saëns, Fantaisie No. 2 in D-flat, Op. 101
Jehan Alain, Deuxième Fantaisie
Jeanne Demessieux, Te Deum, Op. 11

Sunday, September 17, 2023

Andrew Risinger, organ (West End United Methodist Church, Nashville, TN) watch

Simon Preston (b. 1938), Alleluyas
Harold E. Darke (1888-1976), A Fantasy for Organ, Op 39
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Dies sind die heiligen zehn Geboten, BWV 678
David Conte (b. 1955), Recollection (Soliloquy No. 2)
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937), “Allegro vivace” from Symphony No. 5, Op. 42

Sunday, September 24, 2023

Jinhee Kim, organ (Shallowford Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA) watch

Leo Sowerby (1895-1968), Comes Autumn Time
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986), “Sicilienne” from Suite pour Orgue, Op. 5
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Organ Sonata No. 1, Op. 65

Sunday, October 1, 2023

Grant Wareham, organ (St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Dallas, TX) watch

Karim Al-Zand (b. 1970), Toccata for Organ (2020)
Jean Roger-Ducasse (1873-1954), Pastorale
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), “Finale: Andante Maestoso; Allegro Vivace” from Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

Sunday, October 8, 2023

Joseph O’Berry, organ (St. John’s Cathedral, Denver, CO) watch

Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934), “Allegro Maestoso” from Sonata in G, Op. 28
Robert Elmore (1913-1985), “Pavanne” from Rhythmic Suite
Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Rhapsody No. 1
Herbert Howells, Paean from Six Pieces for Organ

Sunday, October 15, 2023

George Fergus, organ (Christ Episcopal Church, Savannah, GA) watch

Marcel Dupré (1886-1971), Symphonie-Passion, Op. 23

Sunday, October 22, 2023

Joshua Ehlebracht, organ (St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT) watch

Horatio Parker (1863-1919), Festival Prelude, Op. 67, No. 1
Florence B. Price (1887-1953), Retrospection
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Fantasia in F minor, K. 608
George Shearing (1919-2011), There is a Happy Land from Sacred Sounds
Louis Vierne (1870-1937), “Final” from Symphony No. 6

Sunday, October 29, 2023

Monique Arar, piano (Atlanta, GA) watch

Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Sonata in B minor

Sunday, November 12, 2023

Adam Pajan, organ (St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church, Norman, OK) watch

Ola Gjeilo, Sinfonietta
Edward Shippen Barnes, Chanson, Esquisse, & Caprice,from Seven Sketches
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953), Sonata Eroïca, Op. 94

Sunday, November 19, 2023

Bryan Anderson, organ (St. Thomas Episcopal Church and School, Houston, TX) watch

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), Overture to La forza del destino
Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Psalm prelude, Set 2, No 1 “De profundis”
John Ireland (1879-1962), “Villanella” from Miniature Suite
William Bolcom (b. 1938), Jesus Loves Me, from 12 Gospel Preludes
Marcel Dupré (1886-1971), Deux Esquisses

Sunday, November 26, 2023

JoEllen West, organ (Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Cleveland, OH) watch

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 541
Thomas Kerr (1915-1988), Arietta
Ad Wammes (b. 1953), Miroir
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937), “Allegro” & “Adagio” from Organ Symphony No. 6

Sunday, January 7, 2024

Brennan Szafron, organ (Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Tryon, NC) watch

Johann Sebastian Bach, Alla breve in D Major, BWV 589
Dietrich Buxtehude, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223
Erik Santos, Star Rising, from The Philadelphia Organ Book
Théodore Dubois, Marche des Rois Mages, from Douze pièces pour orgue
Olivier Messiaen, “Les mages” from La nativité du Seigneur
Denis Bédard, Petite valse and Postlude from Deux pieces

Sunday, January 14, 2024

Wesley Parrott, organ (Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, Philadelphia, PA) watch

Max Reger (1873-1916), Introduction und Passacaglia in D minor
Florence Beatrice Price (1887-1953), “Andantino” from First Sonata for Organ
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Toccata and Fugue in E Major
George Baker (b. 1951), Berceuse sur le nom de Swann
John Cook (1918-1984), PÆAN on ‘Divinum Mysterium’

Sunday, January 21, 2024

Colin Lynch, organ (Trinity Episcopal Church, Boston, MA) watch

Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901),“Passacaglia” from Sonata No. 8, Op. 132
Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995), Intermezzo
Percy Whitlock (1903-1946), Five Short Pieces

Sunday, January 28, 2024

Nicole Marane, organ (First United Methodist Church, Marietta, GA) watch

Kristina Arakelyan (b. 1994), Star Fantasy (Alleluia - vidimus stellam)
Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707), Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223
Graeme Koehne (b. 1956), To his servant Bach God grants a final glimpse- the morning star
Heinrich Reimann (1850-1906), Phantasie für Orgel über den Choral Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, Op. 25

Sunday, February 4, 2024

Jesús Castro-Balbi, cello, and Gloria Lin, piano (Kennesaw GA) watch

Franz Schubert (1797-1828), “Allegro moderato" from “Arpeggione” Sonata in A minor, D. 821
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992), Le Grand Tango
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959), Prayer

Sunday, February 11, 2024

Georgia Boy Choir (David R. White, director) watch

Walford Davies (1869-1941), Psalm 121
Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Like As the Hart
Kim André Arnesen (b. 1980), The Lamb
Howard Goodall (b. 1958), The Lord is My Shepherd
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Ave Maris Stella
Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978), Ubi Caritas
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Cherubic Hymn
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956), God is Gone Up

Sunday, February 18, 2024

Frederick Teardo, organ (Cathedral Church of the Advent, Birmingham AL) watch

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Fantasia in G (Pièce d’Orgue), BWV 572
Jeanne Demessieux (1921-1968), Attende Domine from 12 Chorale Preludes on Gregorian Themes, Op. 8
Nadia Boulanger(1887-1979), Prélude from Trois Improvisations
Max Richter (b. 1966), on the nature of daylight
Edward Elgar (1857-1934), “Allegro maestoso” from Sonata for Organ, Op. 28

Sunday, February 25, 2024

Susanna Valleau, organ (St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church, Shoreline, WA) watch

Margaret Vardell Sandresky, Five Sacred Dances
Thomas H. Kerr, Arietta
Jessica French, Variations on “Jesu, Dulcis Memoria”

Sunday, March 3, 2024

Kyle Ritter, organ (The Cathedral of All Souls, Asheville NC) watch

Alec Wyton (1921-2007), Fanfare (1956)
Leo Sowerby (1895-1968), Requiescat in Pace
Georg Bohm (1661-1733), Praeludium in C
Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901), “Introduction and Passacaglia” from Sonata 8, Op. 132

Sunday, March 10, 2024

Brendan Conner, organ (St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Wilmington NC) watch

Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937), Symphonie Romane, Op. 73

Sunday, April 7, 2024

Jordan Prescott, organ (Grace and St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Baltimore, MD) watch

Herbert Howells, Paean
Jeanne Demessieux, Prélude et Fugue en Ut
César Franck, Choral in E

Sunday, April 14, 2024

Joseph Arndt, organ (St. John’s Episcopal Church, Tulsa, OK) watch

Rebecca Groom te Velde (b. 1956), Paean (2022)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981), Wondrous Love: Variations on a Shape-note Hymn
Charles Callahan (1951-2023), Partita on Kingsfold
Percy Whitlock (1903-1946), Plymouth Suite for Organ

Sunday, April 21, 2024

Isabella Wu, organ (The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia PA) watch

Marcel Dupré, (1886-1971), Five antiphons from 15 Versets pour les Vêpres du Commun des Fêtes de la Sainte Vierge
Robert Harris (b. 1938), Elegy for a Time of Change
Percy Whitlock (1903-1946), “Allegro Risoluto,” “Lantana,” and “Toccata” from Plymouth Suite

Sunday, April 28, 2024

Ben Weaver, organ (St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Atlanta, GA) watch

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 547
Dan Locklair (b. 1949), “...beside the still waters.” from Windows of Comfort, Book 1
Louis Vierne (1870-1937), Arabesque
César Franck (1822-1890), Pièce Heroïque

Sunday, May 5, 2024

Edward Landin Senn, organ (Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, Bryn Mawr, PA) watch

Pamela Decker (b. 1955), Praeludium
Edward Landin Senn (b. 1988), Suite Brève
Craig Phillips (b. 1961), Prelude on the Carillon d’Alet
Gerre Hancock (1934-2012), Air; Prelude for Organ
Edward Landin Senn (b. 1988), Psalm Prelude
Jeffrey Brillhart (b. 1955), Philadelphia Flourish

Sunday, May 12, 2024

Christopher Reynolds, organ (St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Richmond, VA) watch

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 547
César Franck (1822-1890), Cantabile
Gerald Near (b. 1942), Prelude on Picardy
John Cook (1918-1984), Fanfare

Sunday, May 19, 2024

Herbert Buffington, organ (The Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta) watch

César Franck (1822-1890), Prélude, Fugue et Variation
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), Apparition de l’église éternelle
César Franck (1822-1890), Pièce Heroïque
Herbert Buffington (b. 1958), Improvisation on Veni Creator Spiritus