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08.29.2005

Contact: Nancy Condon, 404.727.6687, nancy.condon@emory.edu

EMORY CELEBRATES ITS NEW 14-TON PIPE ORGAN
DURING THE “YEAR OF THE JAECKEL”

This September, Emory University begins a season-long celebration of its new 14-ton Opus 45 pipe organ, a focal point in the Schwartz Center’s Emerson Concert Hall, with a free inaugural concert by University Organist Timothy Albrecht. The concert takes place at 4 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 18, and includes Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565,” “Toccata, Op. 81” by Joseph Jongen, Widor’s “Toccata from Symphony V”, plus compositions by Dave Brubeck and Stephen Paulus. This inaugural concert begins what Albrecht is calling the “Year of the Jaeckel,” after the organ’s builder, Daniel Jaeckel, one of North America's top builders of hand-crafted organs. “It is the culmination of a project that we at Emory began in 1991,” explains Albrecht. For tickets or more information, 404-727-5050 or go to www.arts.emory.edu.
The “Year of the Jaeckel” includes 13 other free organ events, all of which also take place in Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center:
“Kessler Reformation Concert.” Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2005, 8 p.m. Emory Concert Choir, a baroque-period orchestra and Eric Nelson, conductor and Emory director of choral studies, join Timothy Albrecht for a program based on three Martin Luther chorales, Bach’s organ “Sinfonia BWV 29” and Bach’s choral cantata, “Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen BWV 66.” This annual concert is sponsored by the Candler School of Theology.
Vincent Dubois, organ. Friday, Nov. 4, 8 p.m. This exciting young Parisian organ virtuoso performs a recital comprised of “French Fireworks.”
“Open Organ Loft.” Saturday, Nov. 5, 8 a.m.-noon. Atlanta-area organists play the Jaeckel Op. 45. Call 404-727-5050 for information.
“A Conversation with Daniel Jaeckel, Op. 45 Organ Builder.” Saturday, Nov. 5, 1 p.m. Daniel Jaeckel discusses the construction and design of the new organ.

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“Organ Recital by Emory University Master’s of Music and Master’s of Sacred Music Organ Alumni.” Saturday, Nov. 5, 3 p.m.
“Jaeckel Op. 45 in Concert,” with the Emory University Chorus and Emory University Orchestra. Saturday, Nov. 5, 8 p.m. Eric Nelson conducts the Emory University Chorus, with an Emory graduate organ student at the console, for an English cathedral setting of the “Magnificat.” Richard Prior, director of orchestral studies, leads the orchestra, with graduate organ students at the console, in Saint-Saëns’s “Symphony III (Organ).”
Gail Archer, organ. Sunday, Nov. 6, 3 p.m. Gail Archer, organ professor at Columbia University, performs “Sweelinck and the North German Baroque.”
“Duo-Organist Recital,” Tamara and Timothy Albrecht, organ. Sunday, Jan. 22, 2006, 4 p.m. Emory music faculty Tamara and Timothy Albrecht present duets and solo works, including and the world premiere of the Stephen Paulus organ solo “Romp!,” which was commissioned by Daniel Jaeckel.
“Bach’s Musical Offering.” Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006, 4 p.m. The Bach Baroque Ensemble — comprised of violinist Jun-Ching1`` Lin, flutist Carl Hall, cellist Peter Lemonds and keyboardist Timothy Albrecht — performs Bach’s 1747 “Das musikalische Opfer BWV 1079.”
“Bach’s Goldberg Variations.” Sunday, Mar. 5, 2006, 4 p.m. “The Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen BWV 988” is presented in a unique version envisioned by William Ransom, Mary Emerson Professor of Piano Studies and chair of piano studies: the organ shares variations with piano, harpsichord, Emory Concert Choir and string quartet.
“Pomp and Pipes” with the Emory Wind Ensemble, Graduate Organ Students and Scott A. Stewart, conductor. Tuesday, Apr. 11, 2006, 8 p.m. The ensemble combines forces with the new Jaeckel Op. 45 organ for a varied program of festive works. Sit back (way back) and enjoy the power and majesty of Johann Sebastian Bach, William Walton, Alfred Reed and Joachim Weinberger.

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Emory Symphony Orchestra, Emory University Chorus, Graduate Organ Students and Richard Prior, conductor. Friday, Apr. 21, 2006, 8 p.m. The Emory Symphony Orchestra performs Mozart’s “Symphony No. 40” and is joined by the chorus for Fauré’s “Requiem.”
“The King of Instruments Meets the Instruments of Kings.” Sunday, May 14, 2006, 6 p.m. Timothy Albrecht and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet join in a program of ceremonial musical pageantry.
In addition, three other organ events take place this season at the Schwartz Center:
Emory Symphony Orchestra (ESO) with Richard Prior, conductor. Saturday, Oct. 22, 2005, 8 p.m., free. The 90-member ESO opens its 40th season with Camille Saint-Saëns’s “Symphony No. 3.” The program also features selections from Richard Strauss’s “Also Sprach Zarathustra” made famous in the film “2001: A Space Odyssey.”
“Organ Concertos and Premieres at Emory” with Richard Prior, conductor.
Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006, 8:00 p.m., free. High energy works for orchestra and organ, including two United States premieres, are performed by graduate organ students Melissa Plamann and Randall W. Harlow and an orchestra of Atlanta musicians under the baton of Richard Prior, Emory Director of Orchestral Studies.
Collegium Vocale’s “Spring Concert,” with Kevin Hibbard, conductor, and Leanne Elmer Herrmann, accompanist. Saturday, Mar. 11, 2006, 8 p.m.; $15; discount category members, $12; non-Emory students and children, $5; Emory students, free. This concert features the premier of a commissioned work by local composer Nikitas Demos for soprano solo, chorus and organ.

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