From California-
Alan Lewis, director of music at Calvary Church in Pittsburgh, returns to the North Coast at 3 p.m. Jan. 31 to present an organ recital sponsored by the Christ Church Concert Series, at Christ Episcopal Church, 15th and H streets.
The program will showcase a contrast between Baroque and French Romantic organ music and will include some pieces of both early and contemporary music. Lewis will perform several organ works by J. S. Bach, including the lively Prelude and Fugue in D Major. The Bach Fugue ends with a rapid pedal solo which demonstrates the talents of the organist. Piece Heroique, a major work by French composer Cesar Franck, dramatically portrays concepts of good and evil, ending with a full-organ statement of the triumphant “good” theme, providing an opportunity to hear the full richness of the new 31-rank Kegg pipe organ.
Lewis was introduced to the world of organ performance and began his study of the organ in Southern California with Douglas Moorehead, who is currently the director of music and organist at Christ Episcopal Church. After earning degrees in performance and music history from Oberlin College & Conservatory of Music in Ohio, Lewis returned to California as a Mellon fellow in the humanities at the University of California, Berkeley.
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1 comment:
That is amazing! I would love to attend a Christian Church in Pittsburgh. Where would you suggest going to?
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