Spreckels Organ Legacy Opportunity

The 29th Annual International Summer Organ Festival Celebrating the Lives and Spirit of Vivian and Ole Evenson

Concert Programs and Artists Date Artist Page

June 27 Robert Plimpton 14 Marine Band San Diego

July 4 Dave Wickerham 16

July 11 Christoph Bull 18

July 18 Daryl Robinson 21

July 25 Alison Luedecke 22 The Millennia Consort

August 1 Kevin Bowyer 25

August 8 * Justin Bischof 28

August 15 Rising Stars: David Ball 32 ATOS Guest Organist Andrew Konopak Suzy Webster

August 22 Movie Night: The General 37 Tom Trenney

August 29 * Carol Williams 41 Aaron David Miller

* Concert includes live video projection of the artist’s performance

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 / Printed by: Print Diego Cover Photo: Robert Lang 1 SPRECKELS ORGAN SOCIETY 1549 El Prado, Suite 10, San Diego CA 92101-1661 (619) 702-8138 / [email protected] 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 Dr. Carol Williams—San Diego Civic Organist

EXECUTIVE BOARD President - Jack Lasher Vice President - Dang Nguyen Treasurer - Clifford McMillan Secretary - Jean Samuels

TRUSTEES Kris Abels Max Nanis Mitch Beauchamp David Nesvig Andrea Card Marion Persons Joseph DeMers Will Pierce Len Filomeo Lynn Reaser Dennis Fox Paulette Rodgers-Leahy Richard Griswold Paul Saunders Charles Gunther Spencer Scott Pamela Hartwell Barbara Truglio Ralph Hughes Tony Uribe Jared Jacobsen Tony Valencia Sean Jones Thomas Warschauer

EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEES Lyle Blackinton—Curator Emeritus Ross Porter—Executive Director Dale Sorenson—Curator

KEY VOLUNTEER POSITIONS Volunteer Coordinator – Andrea Card Photography – Bob Lang, Mike Cox Lighting – Roy Attridge, Len Filomeo, Dale Sorenson Sound—Steve Hall, Jordan White Sponsorship Coordinator—Ronald De Fields 2 From the President...

Welcome to Spreckels Organ Society's 29th annual In- ternational Summer Organ Festival! Whether this is the first time that you have attended one of these concerts or you have come to all the preceding 28 festivals, you will be delighted with the talent we are able to present to you this year. The really wonderful pleasure for all of you is the increased size of the organ to 5,017 pipes. Not only is the organ larger, but it has many new sounds that should tickle your fancy and your ears!

While you are here, I hope that you will visit our gift shop. You will find new items this summer, highlighted by the beautiful new Spreckels history book. Not only will you learn more about our grand 101-year-old lady, but there are many wonderful photographs, both cur- rent and historic, included as well. Immediately adja- cent to the gift shop is our Membership table. Please consider joining the Spreckels Organ Society if you are not a member already.

As I write this letter to you, anticipating the season, it is with great excitement that I look forward to meeting and seeing you and the promise of our all enjoying some beautiful music this summer.

I am glad that you are here and hope that you will continue to come to more concerts this summer and in the years to come!

Warmly, Jack Jack Lasher President Spreckels Organ Society

3 Dear Friends, As we embark on another International Organ Fes- tival, I hope that you will enjoy the musical treats that are in store for us.

This year, the enlarged Spreckels Organ will sound magnificent with the varied artists that we have brought to you from around the globe.

Thank you so much for your support at this fine venue.

Without you, all this would not be worthwhile!

Best wishes, Dr. Carol

The 29th annual International summer Organ Festi- val is dedicated to celebrating the lives and spirit of Vivian and Ole Evenson, who helped to create and manage the Spreckels Organ Society. Their time, talent, and treasure were generously shared so that the vision of the Spreckels brothers to have great music in the heart of Balboa Park could be sus- tained for the long term. Since Vivian’s passing in October 2015, the Society has sought to commemo- rate their immense support and to celebrate the joy they brought to us all.

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 George Hardy and Michael Tassiello

4 Remembering Vivian and Ole Evenson

I met Vivian and Ole Evenson in become under Vivian’s leadership, or March, 1983 on my first day as Res- that she would lead the organization ident Organist of First Presbyterian for the next 16 years. Church. I immediately became In the early years Vivian and I aware of their many years of gener- worked together around our kitchen ous contribution of time and re- tables. The founding trustees all picked sources to the music ministry of the up specific aspects of the program, church: the organ, the concert grand such as maintaining membership lists piano, the concert series, and many and preparing the Stoptab newsletter. special projects. One of the pastors We all worked together on our goals, had given Vivian an angel playing a objectives, concerts, publicity, grant piano, calling her our “piano angel.” applications, and hosting guest per- I enjoyed picking up this theme and formers in our homes. Vivian was a over the years managed to find a tireless fundraiser, phoning her friends different angel to give her at birth- for support. days. As the program grew, we needed to When it became apparent that hire a part-time administrative assis- we needed to create an organization tant and, soon, use an office in Balboa to expand the concerts on the Park. She oversaw every aspect of our Spreckels Organ, I naturally turned growth and expansion with a joy and to the Evensons for help. I imagined energy that inspired us all. She loved something along the lines of the to welcome concert audiences, inviting church concert committee. Vivian’s them to become part of the Society. reply was that Ole told her he When she “retired” as President she thought she should do it, as “it continued to raise and give money and wouldn’t amount to much!” We to build links with other service groups unanimously elected her as Presi- in the community. dent of the Spreckels Organ Society Robert Plimpton at our first meeting. Little did any of Co-Founder of the Spreckels Organ us dream of what the SOS would Society and Civic Organist Emeritus 5

Major Contributors to the Spreckels Organ Society

City of San Diego Commission for Arts & Culture City of San Diego Park & Recreation Department County of San Diego Community Enhancement Program Vivian Evenson / Mr. and Mrs. William Alford Dr. Dwight W. Gordon Herbert McPherson Bequest Warren M. Nichols Bequest Las Patronas Point Loma Nazarene University The Ryan Family Foundation The Estate of Donald Snowden The Thursday Club Thearle-Trepte Fund at The San Diego Foundation Tutti $5,000 +

Mrs. Gretchen Allen George Hardy and Michael Tassiello Capt. And Mrs. Edward S. Barr Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Hesketh Elizabeth Berry Mr. and Mrs. William Homeyer Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Blackinton Dr. David K. Hostetler Mr. George Butterfield Robert Kilian and Kathleen Slayton Mr. and Mrs. Robert Canzoneri Dr. and Mrs. C. Ronald Koons Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Chan Mr. and Mrs. Jerry T. Lang Mrs. Nellie Cox Ms. Dorothea Laub Mrs. Edele P. de Kirby Ms. Elaine Murphy Samuel A. Donges Mr. Robert E. Palmer John S. Elizalde Dr. and Mrs. Owen C. Peck Mr. and Mrs. Richard Esgate Mr. and Mrs. Jerome D. Ryan Vivian and Oberlin Evenson Mr. and Mrs. Eugene J. Thomas Mrs. Preston H. Fleet Mr. and Mrs. Richard Vandervoort Dr. Seuss Foundation Bombarde $1,000-$4,000

Scott Reaser Linda and Frederick Bartz Reinhart Engineering Mr. and Mrs. James Buckles Dr. Edgar and Eugenia Sack Joseph Lee deRamus Jean Samuels and Chester Yamaga Jack Lasher and Brandon Tate Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Smith, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Martyn Judith Trento and Michael Drummy Mr. and Mrs. William Nagy Connie and Peter Van Putten Lynn Reaser Richard and Alberta Waggoner 7 State Trumpets $500-$999

American Guild of Organists, Mr. and Mrs. F. Edward Lake San Diego Chapter Mr. and Mrs. Martin Marugg, Jr. Elaine Baldwin and Carl Nelson Mr. Les Oakley Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ballinger Ken and Leslie Robb Chase Bank Adolph S. Rosekrans Dr. James W. Cobble Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schmidt Mr. O.J. Early Organ Stop, Inc. / Wayne and Ralph J. Fear Cheryl Seppala Richard Forsyth and Kate Leonard Mr. Phillip Winter Rodney Friedman Alan Yaghdijian Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Hanson Pleno $250-$400 Matthew Bietz & Daniel Rogalski Bernard and Lorraine Marstall Choral Consortium of San Diego Vincent Dean Morrison Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Collier Michael O'Brien Mr. David Coup Eugene Pearson Cdr. and Mrs. Robert Culverhouse, Jr. Cynthia D. Peterson Mr. and Mrs. James Cunning Ms. Patti Roscoe Mr. and Mrs. Walter Curry Mr. and Mrs. Philip Sangiorgio Dr. John Ferguson & Mrs. Elizabeth Helen and Jim Seiler Zimmerman Len Simon & Candace Carroll Mr. Len Filomeo Dale Sorenson Mr. and Mrs. Neil Finn Kenneth Spindler Frank Gaertner and Nancy McCarthy Barbara Stevenson Drs. Einar and Sally Gall Paula Taylor and Bernard Kulchin Russell H. Ginns Mr. and Mrs. Gary Toops Mr. J. Clifton Gomes Mr. Lon Vanderveer Mr. Clifford W. Halliday Mr. Daniel Wagner Ms. Marty Hambright Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Warschauer Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Homan Mr. Michael Weaver Mr. Roy E. Hughes Mr. and Mrs. Justin Woyke Lounsbery Ferguson Altona & Peak LLP Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Young, Jr. Jon Monda and Robert Johnson Stephen and Mary Zawadzki Magnaton $100-249

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Adams Mr. David Gill Mr. Gary Allard George Gillespie Ms. Judith Allday Mrs. Theodore Goff Lee and Traute Anke Dr. and Mrs. Michael Goldbaum Ms. Dorothy Appleby Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gray Ms. Pamela Arnold Mr. Charles Gunther Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Atkinson Ms. Ruth Hayward Mr. Roy Attridge Eric L. Hedegaard Ms. Patricia Baker Christian Herrmann, Jr., M.D. Mr. Gene Beezer Mr. S. Dale Hess Mr. William Bobbe Leonard Hirsch Mr. Kenneth Boddy Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock Mr. Roy Bohrer Ms. Mary Hodge Christopher Bott & Dr. Shelley Boyd Mr. and Mrs. Derek Hook Mr. Robert Bouchard Mr. Handy Horiye Mr. Steven Brauer Ms. Julie J. Hudson Mr. & Mrs. Bob Breen Mr. Tom Humphrey Teddie Brown Mr. James M. Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Buchmeier Mr. Andrew Husk Ms. Andrea L. Card Mr. John Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Carrier Mrs. Judith M. James John Cassaboom and Paula Johnson Mrs. Nancy James Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Charfauros Mr. and Mrs. Donald Jenkinson Ms. Grace B. Clayton Mr. Rupert Keesler Mr. Charles Cheyney Mr. and Mrs. Charles King Mr. and Mrs. William Colburn Mr. Roy A. Krava, Jr. Judith Collier Thomas Krueger Mr. and Mrs. James Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kruse Mr. & Mrs. Todd Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kuchta Ms. Virginia Coyne Mr. Peter Kuhns Mr. William R. Crawford Mr. and Mrs. F. LeRoy Lafferty Dr. & Mrs. Emery Cummins Ms. Ruth Landaal Dr. and Mrs. John Dapolito Mr. Mark A. Landguth Mr. Audun Davik Mr. William Lange Mr. and Mrs. Ronald De Fields Michele Larrecou Mr. and Mrs. Joseph DeMers Mr. & Mrs. D. Blair Lawson Ms. Elizabeth Downie Mr. and Mrs. Parley LeeMaster Mr. and Mrs. Leland Dresser Dr. Virginia Loh-Hagan Mr. John Eckels Steve Love Ms. Connie J. Eitzen Drs. Alison Luedecke and Bill Paxton Ms. Bette Ferguson Drs. Flavio Marsiglia and Ms. Margaret Flickinger Stephen Kulis Bob Fullerton and John Fankhauser Mr. and Mrs. David W. Martell Mr. William Galante Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Matson Ms. Laurel Garza Mrs. Maureen J. McBreen Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gerard -continued 9 Magnaton $100-249

Ms. Ann McDonald Mr. and Mrs. Bill Scheffel Mr. and Mrs. Bob McKenzie Mr. Russell Schertle Mr. William C. McLauglin Kathy Schneider Ms. May McLean Mr. Daniel Schwarz Mr. Cliff McMillan Mr. David Leigh Shearer Marilyn McPhie Mr. Paul and Ms. Janet Siler Mr. Joseph McQuaide Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Simons Mr. Meldon Merrill Frederick Simson and Robert Zelmer Dr. and Mrs. Robert Metzger Ms. Josephine B. Skibby Mr. Robert Meyer Mr. W. Dale Skinner and the Maly/Meyers Family Randy Grabowski Ms. Sheila Moss Dr. and Mrs. Alan Spector Mr. S. Todd Muffatti Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Stefanatz Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nation, Jr. Mr. Ryan Steidinger Greg J. Nemeth Mr. and Mrs. David Stephens Dr. and Mrs. David T. Nesvig Mrs. Marilyn Stewart Mr. Dang Nguyen Mr. David Stout Ms. Toni Nickell Mr. J. Theodore Struck Dr. Dennis Nowack Mr. & Mrs. Michael Theilacker Dr. Terry O'Donnell Mrs. Goff Theodore Ms. Virginia Oliver Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Thum Captain Hal N. Osborn USN (ret) Mrs. V. Claudene Todhunter Sara Oswald Dr. and Mrs. Howard R. Toole Ms. Melody Padget Mr. and Mrs. Burton Vasche II Terry Paik Ms. Selma Vassall Ms. Cynthia Poole Mrs. Helen Wagner Mr. and Mrs. Herbert R. Radisch Lee E. Wahlert & David Machado Mr. Chuck Rainey Dr. Robert D. Wallace Mr and Mrs M.G. and Mr. Randall L. Ward L.A. Ramirez Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Ward Mr. and Mrs. Jack Redfern Donald Washburn Mr. Robert Reese Mr. and Mrs. Peter Way Paulette Rodgers-Leahy Mr. and Mrs. Joel Weber Ms. Malou Rogers Ms. Suzy Webster Mr. and Mrs. William Scott Drs. Barry and Kathy Weiss Roleson Mr. Robert Wennerholt Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Romanas Dennis Wenzel and Frederick Sramek Mr. and Mrs. Norwin Rosner Mr. Stowell Werden Ms. Adele Rugg Mr. and Mrs. Daniel White Mr. and Mrs. William Rulon Mr. and Mrs. William Wilcox Ms. Roleen Sanderson Evelyn J. Wright-Elson Michael Schaefer & Paula Simon Ms. Jenny Yun

10 In Memoriam

John Eitzen Vivian Evenson Carol Galante Frank J. Germain Donald Lang Donald Snowden Canine Corps

Diedrich Buxtehude Bell Sheila Gustafson

Ranger Slater

Special Honors for Spreckels Scholars

Congratulations to the outstanding young organists who will receive Spreckels Award Scholarships on Rising Stars Night:

Advanced Division: Suzy Webster Intermediate Division: John Yokoyama Novice Division: Miranda Kaack

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New book at the Gift Shop!

June 27 The United States Marine Band Gunnery Sergeant Francisco Gaxiola, conductor Robert Plimpton, San Diego Civic Organist Emeritus

The Star Spangled Banner arr. GySgt Francisco Gaxiola Band and Organ

Toccata in D Major Marcel Lanquetuit(1894-1985) Organ Solo

Semper Fidelis John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)

National Emblem Eugene Bagley (1857-1922)

The Thunderer John Philip Sousa

That’s A Plenty Lew Pollack, arr. (1895-1946)

Organ Solo: Rhythmic Suite Robert Elmore (1913-1985) Rhythms—Pavane—Rigadoon—Finale

Manhattan Beach+ John Philip Sousa

Eagle Squadron Kenneth Alford (1881-1945)

Sing, Sing, Sing Louis Prima, arr. (1910-1978)

Intermission

Tango for Organ Joe Utterback (b. 1914) Organ Solo

Alleluia! Laudamus Te Alfred Reed (pub. 1973)

Washington Post+ John Philip Sousa

Liberty Bell+ John Philip Sousa

America, the Beautiful Samuel Ward, arr. Carmen Dragon

Armed Forces Medley Thomas Knox (1937-2004)

+ arranged for band and organ by GySgt Francisco Gaxiola

Tonight’s concert sponsored by: Bill and Olivia Alford in memory of Vivian and Oberlin Evenson 14 OBERT PLIMPTON served for more than 16 years as San Diego Civic Organist, Rbeginning in 1984, and helped to found the Spreck- els Organ Society. From 2004-2015 he was Organ- ist of the First United Methodist Church of San Di- ego. In 2001 San Diego City Council named him Civic Organist Emeritus in recognition of his con- tinuing contributions to the artistic life of the community. Active in retirement, he is currently the interim Music Director and Organist at Ascension Lutheran Church in San Diego.

ARINE BAND SAN DIEGO was founded in 1921 and since then has thrilled countless thousands by averaging nearly Mfour hundred musical commitments every year, operating out of the Ma- rine Corps Recruit Depot of the Western Recruiting Region. The primary mission of Marine Band San Diego is to support the Recruit Training Regiment and other depot organizations. Additionally, the band performs a wide variety of music at military ceremonies and civilian events throughout San Diego County and the southwestern United States. Gun- nery Sergeant Francisco Gaxiola conducts the ensemble. He has written several of the arrangements for band and organ that are to be played at the June 27 concert.

AVE WICKERHAM is Co-Manager and Organist in Residence at the 1927 Crystal Theatre Performing Arts Center in DCrystal Falls, Michigan, home to a 3 manual, 21 rank Möller organ. He spent seven years as Organist - Curator with the legendary Milhous Collection in South Florida and ten years as staff organist at the Piper Music Palace in Greenfield, Wisconsin. Raised in California and Arizona, Wickerham counts among his music teachers Roseamond Crowley, one of the few remaining descendants of the Louis Vierne line of organists. He has performed frequently under the auspices of the American Theatre Organ Society, and has performed in New Zea- land and Australia as well as many venues in the USA.

15 July 4 Dave Wickerham

Spectacular tribute to musical Americana, featuring a collection of patriotic favorites, music from the Great American Songbook, and tunes from American film composers.

The National Emblem March The Temptation Rag Tribute to Irving Berlin (medley) Echoes from Out West (American Folk Songs) George M. Cohan First Half Finale

Intermission

The Washington Post March The Ragtime Dance George Gershwin Treasures Civil War Fantasy Armed Forces Salute and Grand Americana Finale

Tonight’s concert sponsored by: Organ Stop - Wayne & Cheryl Seppala Richard and Barbara Vandervoort Richard & Alberta Waggoner

Sept 14, 2014: Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Star-Spangled Banner. Photo: Mike Cox 16 17 July 11 Christoph Bull

Carillon de Westminster, Op. 54 No. 6 - Louis Vierne (1870-1937)

A minor Trance Christoph Bull

Toccata and Fugue in d minor “Dorian,” BWV 538 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

In memoriam Part One: Life on Mars David Bowie (1947-2016) arr. C. Bull

Bolero Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) arr. Klaus Uwe Ludwig

Intermission

Paraphrases on two Preludes in C

Toccata in d minor and Fugue in D major, Op. 56 No. 5-6 Max Reger (1873-1916)

German Folk Song Arrangement Christoph Bull

Well-Tempered Variations on a Bach Prelude in D minor Christoph Bull

In memoriam Part Two: Nothing Compares 2 U/Purple Rain Prince (1958-2016) arr. C. Bull

Crown Imperial William Walton (1902-1983)

Tonight’s concert sponsored by: Judith Trento & Michael Drummy Dr. Kenneth and Jacquelyn Hanson Harold and Beverly Martyn Ken & Leslie Robb

18 HRISTOPH BULL is a concert organist, composer, singer-songwriter, and organ professor at UCLA as well as organist-in-residence at First CCongregational Church of Los Angeles, playing the largest church pipe organ in the world. Noted for his broad-ranging approach to music, he has performed and recorded in France, Switzerland, Austria, Den- mark, Northern Ireland, Russia, India, Taiwan and El Salvador, and at concert halls and clubs in the United States. His solo album First & Grand, one of many recording projects, was the world premiere recording of the Walt Disney Concert Hall Organ. Born and educated in Germany, he continued his music studies in the US, earning degrees at Berklee Col- lege of Music, USC, and American Conservatory of Music.

rizewinning organist DARYL ROBINSON is praised for his inno- vative programming, impeccable technique, imaginative organ registrations, and unique depth of interpretative skill. A native of Hou- Pston, Daryl holds a Master of Music from The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University and a Bachelor of Music from The Moores School of Music at The University of Houston. He has performed in venues throughout the US and Eu- rope and served as Collaborative Keyboard Artist for the Moores School Concert Chorale. He has appeared with the Grammy-nominated ensemble Ars Lyrica Houston, the Houston Symphony, the Houston Chamber Choir, Mercury Baroque and other ensembles. He now serves as Assistant Professor of Organ for Westminster Choir College in Prince- ton, NJ. Daryl’s debut solo album, Sempre Organo, was released in 2013 on the ProOrgano Records label.

ason Ginter is a timpanist and percussionist, a soloist and educator. Formerly the Principal JTimpanist of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, he has performed with orchestras throughout the country. A native of Elyria, Ohio, Jason began playing the drums at age 12, and while in high school he was se- lected to play with the Cleveland Orchestra on a "Percussion Spectacu- lar" concert. A graduate of the Cincinnati-Conservatory of Music, he studied with Russell Burge of the Percussion Group Cincinnati. 19

July 18 Daryl Robinson, Organ Jason Ginter, Percussion

Tierces from Four Concert Etudes David Briggs

Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 874 Johann Sebastian Bach arr. Max Reger

Variations on a Noël Gaston Litaize

Outer Hebrides Paul Halley

Prelude and Fugue on the Name of B-A-C-H, S. 260 Franz Liszt

Intermission

Boléro on a Theme of Charles Racquet for Organ and Percussion Pierre Cochereau

Allegro maestoso from Organ Sonata, Op. 28 Edward Elgar

Lullaby from Suite No. 2 Calvin Hampton

Rumba for Organ and Percussion George Baker

Tonight’s concert sponsored by: Edele de Kirby in memory of Ivor de Kirby

21 July 25 Millennia Consort: Steve O'Connor and Miles McAllister, trumpets; Mike McCoy French horn; Sean Reusch, trombone; Scott Sutherland, tuba; Beverly Reese Dorsey, percussion; Alison Luedecke, Organ

Sonata pian’ e forte Giovanni Gabrieli (1555-1612) arr. Scott Sutherland Brass quintet, percussion, organ

Variations on “Outbursts of Spring Triumphant” (A Theme of Ludwig Diehn) Mary Beth Bennett (b.1954) i. Intrada / ii. Ostinato / iii. Celestes / iv. Aria / v. Interlude / vi. Toccata Organ

Pièce Héroïque Cesar Franck (1822-1890) Tuba and organ

Suite: Craig Phillips (b. 1961) i. Prelude / ii. Cantilene / iii. Toccata Brass quintet, organ, percussion

Intermission Irish Air from “County Derry” Percy Grainger (1882-1961) arr. Scott Sutherland Brass quintet, organ, percussion

Choral varie sur le theme duVeni, Creator Spiritus Maurice Durufle (1902-1986) Choral / Poco meno lent / Allegretto / Andante espressivo / Allegro Organ

The Planets, op. 32 Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Mars- The Bringer of War arr. Scott Sutherland Venus- The Bringer of Peace Jupiter- The Bringer of Jollity

Brass quintet, percussion, organ

Tonight’s concert sponsored by: American Guild of Organists, San Diego Chapter Elaine Baldwin Dr. Ronald and Shirlee Koons Jerome Ryan and Anne Evenson Ryan LISON LUEDECKE has performed across the United States and inter- Anationally for regional and national conventions of the American Guild of Organ- ists, the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, the Organ Historical Society, and others. Dr. Luedecke completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Organ Performance at the Eastman School of Mu- sic and is now Associate Organist at St. James by the Sea Episcopal Church in La Jolla.

ILLENNIA CONSORT presents the best of the new and the best of the old. Millennia Consort is comprised of Steve MO'Connor and Miles McAllister, trumpet; Mike McCoy, French horn; Sean Reusch, trombone; Scott Sutherland, tuba; Beverly Reese Dorcy, percussion; and Alison Luedecke, organ. Consort member credits include: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Or- chestra, San Diego Symphony, Los Angeles Opera, Pacific Symphony, San Diego Opera, Opera Pacific, and Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra, and broadcast appearances.

EVIN BOWYER was born and educated in England. His 1987 world premiere of Kaikhosru Sorabji’s two hour solo Sym- Kphony for Organ, considered “impossible” ever since its publication in 1925, helped to cement his reputation as a player of contemporary music and music of extreme technical complexity. He recently completed a critical edition of Sorabji’s complete organ works, a thousand-page pro- ject that occupied him almost full time for six years (2008-14). Tours abroad have tak- en him throughout Europe, North America, Australia and Japan. He has released a great number of solo CDs. Kevin’s article, Twen- tieth Century European Organ Music – A Toast, cast as a play set in a Cotswolds pub, in the Incorporated Association of Organ- ists’ Millennium Book, was described by one reviewer as “quite simply the best piece of writing on organ music that I have ever seen.” 24 August 1 Kevin Bowyer

Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 J S Bach (1685-1750) Sonata 5 in D Major Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47) Andante Andante con moto Allegro maestoso Amazing Grace Mons Leidvin Takle (b. 1942) Hymn to Freedom (arr. Takle) Oscar Peterson (1925-2007)

Intermission

Triumphal Overture (1951) Ernest Tomlinson (1924-2015) Flourish and Reflection for a Wedding—Henry Campbell (b.1949) From Grands Preludes, Op. 66 Charles-Valentin Alkan 2. in d minor (1813-1888) 4. in g minor The Grasshoppers’ Dance Ernest Bucalossi (1859-1933) Variations sur un Noël, Op. 20 Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)

Tonight’s concert sponsored by: Dwight W. Gordon Connie and Peter Van Putten in memory of Aunt Leona, who loved the summer festival concerts

Photo: Robert Lang 25 26

August 8 Justin Bischof In memory of McNeil Robinson

Pomp and Circumstance March, No.1 Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Trumpet Tune Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Piece D'Orgue Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Hommage to Bach Bischof Toccata and Fugue

Hommage to Messiaen McNeil Robinson (1943-2015)

Prelude & Toccata on Bischof S.A.N. D.I.E.G.O. Intermission Hommage to Reger Bischof

Berceuse Louis Vierne (1870-1937)

Spreckels Suite on themes from the Audience Bischof 1 Fanfare 2 Meditation 3 March 4 Lullaby

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Tonight’s concert sponsored by: Robert Kilian and Kathleen Slayton USTIN BISCHOF is the Director of Music at The Church of St. JJames the Less, Artistic Director of The Canadian Chamber Orchestra of New York City and of the NYC-based Modus Opera Company. Past seasons have seen him work with orchestras in the US, Canada, Europe, Russia and Australia. He received his Doctorate in Organ from the Manhattan School of Music where he later served on the School’s Theory and Keyboard Skills faculty. He currently is a member of their Alumni Council. Described as “a master virtuoso” in the Frank- furt News and “a master improviser of the highest order” by the New York City AGO, Mr. Bischof is one of the world’s finest improvisers, having won first prize in the 2000 American Guild of Organists National Improvisation Competition.

August 15—Rising Stars! David Ball, Organist, plus 2016 ATOS Winner—and guest artists: Suzy Webster, Advanced Division, Spreckels Awards 2016 Andrew Konopak, Baritone

Sinfonia from Cantata 29 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

“The Subway” Prelude and Fugue* Ryan Dodge (b. 1993) *California Premiere David Ball

Der Vogelfänger W. A Mozart (1756-91) But who may abide the day of his coming? G. F Handel (1685-1759) Loch Lomond Arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Andrew Konopak, Baritone

Intermission

Presentation of Spreckels Awards

Toccata on “Amazing Grace” J. Christopher Pardini (Contemporary) Suzy Webster

Winner, American Theatre Organ Society (ATOS) Annual Young Theatre Organist Competition—July 2016

Noel X Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772) Fantasia in f minor, K. 608 W.A. Mozart David Ball

Tonight’s concert sponsored by: Musical Merit Foundation of San Diego William and Jean Nagy Scott Reaser and Lynn Reaser

32 uilliard-trained organist DAVID BALL has performed solor and collaborative recit- Jals across the country, and with the Juilliard Orchestra. He won AGO competitions in Wichita, Denver, Kansas City, and St. Louis, and is the recipient of the rarely-conferred Outstanding Student Award from the St. Louis Chapter of the AGO. Most recently, as a winner of the AGO/Quimby Regional Competi- tion for Young Organists, David performed as a Rising Star at the 2016 National AGO Convention in Houston.

ndrew Konopak began his study of classical voice and music in 2012 at Mira Costa College with Dr. Arlie Langager. He has Abeen a member of the San Diego Master Chorale, the San Diego Pro Arte Voices, and other choirs. Andrew is currently working on his bachelors of music in opera at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music; he currently studies with Dr. Steven Kronauer. He has been accepted into the opera studio at AIMS Graz - a summer program lasting a month and a half in the town of Graz, Austria.

uzy Webster will be a senior at Chris- tian High School in the fall. A piano Sand organ student of Leslie Wolf Robb, Suzy has twice won first place in the Southern Cali- fornia Junior Bach Festival Complete Works Auditions and has twice performed in the Me- morial Awards Concert at First Congregation- al Church in Los Angeles. She serves as a sub- stitute organist for several San Diego church- es. Suzy has performed in the Spreckels Hon- ors Concert every year since 2006, and was the Advanced Division AGO-Spreckels Scholarship winner in 2013 and 2016. She had the privilege of performing a concert at St. Mary's Cathe- dral in San Francisco in 2014.

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August 22—Silent Movie Night Tom Trenney

Toccata and Fugue in d minor, BWV 565 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

The Dance of the Hours Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886)

Two Miniatures for Organ Irish Air from County Derry arr. Edwin Lemare (1865-1934) The Flues Blues William Albright (1944-1998)

Fantasia on themes from Carmen Georges Bizet (1838-1875) arr. Edwin. H. Lemare adapted by Tom Trenney

Intermission

The General (1926), starring Buster Keaton.

The Civil War interrupts the romance of this young locomotive engineer, until his accidental bravery wins the day. Based on a true story, this is among the greatest films ever made.

Tonight’s concert sponsored by: Chase Bank Dwight W. Gordon Alan Yaghdjian of Rancho Bernardo Courtyard The Winter Group 37 OM TRENNEY serves as Minister of Music to First-Plymouth Con- gregational Church in Lincoln, Nebraska, Twhere he also serves as Artistic Director of the acclaimed Abendmusik: Lincoln Con- cert Series. Known for his engaging im- provisations on hymns, submitted themes, silent films, scripture, poetry, and artwork, he became the first organist to be awarded First Prize and Audience Prize in the Amer- ican Guild of Organists’ (AGO) National Competition in Organ Improvisation in 2006. A graduate of the Cleve- land Institute of Music and the Eastman School of Music, Tom’s teachers and mentors include Anton Armstrong, David Davidson, David Higgs, William Weinert, Anne Wilson, and Todd Wilson. Tom has performed in recital at major concert venues across the country and has been a featured artist at regional and national conventions of The American Guild of Or- ganists, The Organ Historical Society, and for many denominational music association conferences.

38 39 40 August 29 Dr. Carol Williams Aaron David Miller 2 Organs—2 Organists! Closing Night

Tonight’s Music Will Include:

Psalm 19 - B. Marcello

Cantabile Symphonique – Camille Saint-Saëns

A Little Jazz

Three Turkish Marches - W. A. Mozart 1. March from Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384 2. March, K. 290 3. Rondo alla Turca, K. 331

Winter Poem - Lynnwood Farham

Mack the Knife - Kurt Weill, arr. A. D. Miller

Symphonie Pour Orgue - Carol Williams

Tonight’s concert sponsored by: Dwight W. Gordon Jack Lasher & Brandon Tate Jean Samuels & Chester Yamaga in memory of Carol Galante

41 ARON DAVID MILLER is both a composer and concert organist. His performances have aired on National Public Radio, Minne- Asota Public Radio, Pipe Dreams, and many TV programs. He has com- posed works for numerous organ dedications and orchestra festivals, among them the Zurich Symphony, Seattle Symphony, and Toledo Sym- phony. Dr. Miller’s work was honored with the 2004 Hellenikon Idyllion Composition Prize offered by the Olympic Committee in Athens. Dr. Miller received his Bachelor of Music degree in 1995 from the Eastman School of Music and earned his Master of Music degree at the Manhat- tan School of Music, followed by a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 1999. Dr. Miller was a member of the theory faculty at the Manhattan School of Music from 1996-1999. He served as Organist and Assistant Director of Music at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago from 1999- 2000. Dr. Miller is currently the Music Director at House of Hope Pres- byterian Church in St. Paul, MN. Find him online at www.aarondavidmiller.com

n 2001, British born CAROL WILLIAMS was the first woman in the world to be appointed Civic Organist. She graduated with top hon- Iors from London’s Royal Academy of Music and continued her educa- tion in France. Subsequent studies were at Yale University, and she earned her Doctorate of Music at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City. Her concerts continue to take her to places such as Europe, China, Russia, and the Far East, as well as throughout the USA. Dr. Wil- liams is the Artistic Director at the Spreckels Organ Society, helping create the world’s largest pipe organ festival every summer. For more infor- mation, Google: Dr. Carol Williams. 42 Join Tonight!

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43 New Voices of the Spreckels Organ

Now that the Spreckels Organ Society’s Drive to 5,000 Pipes is complete, the organ has 80 ranks and 5,017 pipes, making it once again the World’s Largest Out- door Pipe Organ. These new pipes bring exciting new voices that add more color and shimmer to the sound experience of a Spreckels Organ concert. Stage 1 of the Drive, the Cen- accompanied by the Spreckels tennial Tuba rank of pipes, re- Organ. This stage also includes quires a separate blower in order Glockenspiel and Xylophone of to power the big pipes, which give 37 notes each. a “bold, broad cap to the total or- Stages 4 and 5 are comprised gan ensemble,” in the words of of the four new pipe ranks that Curator Emeritus Lyle Blackin- were dedicated in the April 23rd ton. “Taking the Title” concert. The Stage 2 of the Drive, also dedi- final pipe was pledged in June, cated at the Centennial Concert 2015, and this spring’s special of Dec. 14, 2014, consists of the event was a continuation of the paired ranks of Gamba and Gam- Centennial celebration of the or- ba Celeste. These 146 pipes intro- gan and Balboa Park. duce string sounds that were miss- Stage 4 is the 8’ Geigen Ce- ing on the Great manual, as a re- leste rank and the 4’ Violina Ce- sult enhancing the entire string leste rank. Together they add ensemble of the organ. richness and “shimmer” to the Stage 3, which does not offer string sounds on the Choir manu- added numbers to the official al. pipe count, nevertheless brings Stage 5 consists of the 8’ Vox important and recognizable bells Humana and the 8’ Crommorne, and whistles—literally. Triangle, each of which add a distinctive castanets, tambourine, Persian roll voice to the Solo manual. cymbal, klaxon, siren, train whis- Thanks to L.W. Blackinton tle, doorbell and other special and Associates for the team’s su- sounds now add to the enjoyment perb work on the additions to San of watching a silent movie here, Diego’s musical treasure! 44 This organ is maintained by L.W. Blackinton and Associates, Inc. Lyle Blackinton, Curator 1974-2014 Dale Sorenson, Curator 2015-