Saturday, June 14, 2014

Performances of J. S. Bach's Prelude and Fugue in E Minor

On June 1, I played J. S. Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in E minor (“The Cathedral”), BWV 533, two times.  The first was as a prelude before the 10:30 am Mass at St. John’s in Bangor.

At the console of E. & G.G. Hook’s Opus 288, St. John's Catholic Church, Bangor

The second time was at the Member Recital of the Bangor Chapter of the American Guild of Organists at the Orono United Methodist Church.

Photo of Dr. Kevin Birch (on the right) and his four organ students (left to right:  Jacob Gould, Anne Small, Johan Halvorsen, and me) who performed in the June 1 Member Recital of the Bangor Chapter of the American Guild of Organists (AGO) on the Emmons Howard (1891) organ at the Orono United Methodist Church.  The theme of the recital was Bach and his contemporaries.  All the music was composed by J. S. Bach or someone else who lived during the time Bach was alive (1685-1750).