From Louisiana-To name the annual 29-hour marathon staged inside Trinity Episcopal Church “Bach Around the Clock” is not exactly accurate. A nonstop progression of classical, jazz and even rock musicians will render numerous Bach compositions. But you’ll also hear selections from Brahms, Beethoven Chopin – and possibly Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Albinas Prizgintas, Trinity’s music director and organist, performs in between, and with, other acts. He excels at classical and spiritual music, but is also fond of recreating classic rock on the church’s massive pipe organ. The Skynyrd warhorse “Freebird” is a recent favorite.
“We offer a place where everybody becomes universal in the language of music,” says Manon Prizgintas, Albinas’ wife and partner in the production of Bach Around the Clock and the weekly Trinity Artist Series. “We respect jazz and blues and rock as just as praiseworthy as classical. It’s beautiful music, all of it.”
Expect Prizgintas to unfurl “Freebird” at some point during the 16th annual Bach Around the Clock, which gets underway Friday, April 5, 2013 at 7 p.m. and concludes around midnight on the evening of Saturday, April 6.
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