Good Friday, the choir and soloists of St. Mary's will present Rossini's vocal/choral masterpiece - Stabat Mater. This powerful composition is a very operatic setting of the sacred poetry that describes the emotions of Mary, the mother of Jesus, as she stands beside the cross. The intense demands made upon the soloists and instruments, cause […]
For this program of "Dueling Organs," Gordon Turk will be joined by colleague Michael Stairs, organist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and they will play the two pipe organs in this historic church, antiphonally and together. The organ in the rear gallery was built in 1855 by Jardine, an American organ building company, and the organ […]
Gordon Turk presents a program of "classics to present day," drawing on the clarity, subtlety and brilliance of the impressive Reuter pipe organ. It will include music of Handel, Bach, Sigfried Karg-Elert, Horatio Parker and Eugene Gigout. No admission charge.
