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DOUBLE ADVENT - Concert #1

  • Church of St Peter 2600 N Margaret St. North St. Paul, MN 55109 (map)

Twin Concerts in the Twin Cities!

These two concerts are centered around contemporary organ music with Advent and holiday themes. The first concert at Church of St Peter features music for organ and electronics. The second concert at St Paul’s Church on Lake of the Isles features a mechanical action instrument.

CONCERT #1 PROGRAM

GOD REST YOU MERRY // setting by Graeme Shields
from circle•dances

pouring (2020) // Lauren Redhead

excerpts from circle•dances (2016-2021) // settings by Graeme Shields

i. 0. prelude - Shields
ii. 0. MANGER SONG [prelude] - Murray/Kirkpatrick
ii. 4. IL EST NÉ - trad.
ii. 7. THE FIRST NOWELL - trad., arr. Stainer

léoþcwide (2016) // Lauren Redhead

O Antiphon Preludes (2010) // Nico Muhly

O Sapientia
O Adonai
O Radix Jesse
O Clavis David
O Oriens
O Rex Gentium
O Emmanuel

O Come, Emmanuel (Variations on an Advent Hymn) (1995) // Daniel Pinkham

Earlier Event: October 29
U of M Legacy Composers Concert
Later Event: December 5
DOUBLE ADVENT - Concert #2

MODERN MUSIC FOR THE MODERN ORGAN