June 25 * Raúl Prieto Ramírez 14

July 2 Walter Strony 16

July 9 Alessandro Pittorino 18

July 16 Adam J. Brakel 21

July 23 Bradley Hunter Welch 22

July 30 Chelsea Chen, Organ 25 Joseph Lee, Violoncello

August 6 Ken Cowan, Organ 28 Lisa Shihoten, Violin

August 13 Rising Stars: Bruce and Reilly Xu 32

August 20 Movie Night: Safety Last 36 Starring Harold Lloyd Steven Ball, Organist

August 27 * Raúl Prieto Ramírez, Organ 39 Maria Teresa Sierra, Piano

September 3 Raúl Prieto Ramírez and Band 41 Tribute to Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin

* Concert includes live video projection of the performance

The 31st Annual International Summer Organ Festival

Concert Programs and Artists

Date Artist Page

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 Publicity: Lizbeth Persons Price

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SPRECKELS ORGAN SOCIETY 1549 El Prado, Suite 10, San Diego CA 92101-1661 (619) 702-8138 / SOSorgan@gmail.com 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 Raúl Prieto Ramírez—San Diego Civic Organist

EXECUTIVE BOARD President - Jack Lasher

Vice President - Dang Nguyen Treasurer - Clifford McMillan

Secretary - Jean Samuels

TRUSTEES Kris Abels Charles Gunther Manuel Aguilar Pamela Hartwell Gary Allard Ralph Hughes Charles Ballinger Max Nanis Mitch Beauchamp David Nesvig Andrea Card Marion Persons Joseph DeMers Lynn Reaser Len Filomeo Paulette Rodgers-Leahy Dennis Fox Paul Saunders Bill Galante Tony Uribe

Tony Valencia

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

Stage – Len Filomeo, Dennis Fox, Dale Sorenson, Gordon Stanley

Sponsorship Coordinator—Ronald De Fields

Coffee and more—Gary Allard

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From the President

Dear Friends: On behalf of the Spreckels Organ Soci-ety, welcome to the 31st Annual Summer Organ Festi-val. Whether you are a long-time attendee or this is your first time at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion, I know that you will feel excitement in the air. A year ago, we were auditioning the finalists for the job of San Diego Civic Organist and Artistic Director of the Spreckels Organ Society. I am happy to say that we came up with a man who everybody considers a winner: Raúl Prieto Ramírez, a young internationally prominent Spanish organist, who came to us from Indiana. Those who have heard his concerts since the beginning of the year have been thrilled with his playing, his engaging personal-ity, and everything about him. You will have the chance to hear him on three different Monday nights this summer, and I know that you will be enthralled. He has already made a name for himself in the San Diego arts community and will be taking the Spreckels name with him around the world during his concert tours. In addition to Raúl, we bring you a dazzling summer season of many young musicians, whom we are fortunate enough to hear on their way up, in addition to some seasoned artists. If you live in our region, I challenge you to come to every concert this summer. In Sep-tember, you will thank me for encouraging you to do so. The 2018 season promises to be the most exciting one in many years! While you are at a concert, I encourage you to visit our Gift Shop, and to make a contribution in the Gold Boxes at the entranc-es. Spreckels concerts are the best deal in town since they are free. They cost money to produce, however, and the Gold Boxes and Gift Shop are your chance to give back to keep these concerts go-ing. Also, if you are not a member of the Spreckels Organ Society, what are you waiting for? Memberships are surprisingly affordable and your participation will be highly appreciated! Have a wonderful time tonight! Be amazed at the beauty of the 103-year-old Spreckels Organ, and come back whenever you can! Warmly,

Jack Jack Lasher President, Spreckels Organ Society

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Dear Friends,

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 Raúl Prieto Ramírez

Dr. Edgar and Eugenia Sack

It’s my very great pleasure to welcome you to the Spreckels Organ Society’s Annual International Summer Organ Festival, and my first one as Artistic Director. Together with the volunteers of the Socie-ty’s Program Committee, we are excited to bring you the talent represented in this year’s line-up of eleven concerts, adding a finale on Labor Day weekend that celebrates the legacy of classic rock. This season holds a thrill for every musical prefer-ence, not least the amazing twin brothers who will perform on Rising Stars night. This summer we cel-ebrate Music in the Park with the help of the Friends of Balboa Park, and I get to perform during the “Twilight in the Park” music series on Tuesday August 7. As our musicians have prepared excellent pro-grams for you to enjoy, the members and volun-teers of the Spreckels Organ Society have prepared two exciting special events this season: a Beer/Wine Tasting on August 20 and a special dinner in autumn. You needn’t be a member of the Society to attend and enjoy these dates, but it’s membership that best shows your support for this unique musical treasure. Thanks to the Spreckels organ audience and the Society for your warm welcome to San Die-go, which Teresa and I are so pleased, now, to call “home.”

Raúl Prieto Ramírez Artistic Director / Civic Organist

Major Contributors to the Spreckels Organ Society

City of San Diego Parks & Recreation Department County of San Diego Community Enhancement Program

Oberlin & Vivian Evenson Fund Dr. Dwight W. Gordon

Herbert McPherson Bequest Warren M. Nichols Bequest

The Ryan Family Foundation Thearle-Trepte Fund at The San Diego Foundation

Tutti $5,000 + Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Blackinton

John M. Fiscella George Hardy and Michael Tassiello

Dr. and Mrs. C. Ronald Koons Mr. and Mrs. Jerry T. Lang

Mr. and Mrs. Jerome D. Ryan

Daniel and Jennifer Atkinson Charles and Venita Ballinger

Linda and Frederick Bartz Heather and Julian Christian

Joseph Lee deRamus Ralph Fear

Robert Kilian and Kathleen Slayton Dr. and Mrs. Morton LaPittus Jack Lasher and Brandon Tate

Harold and Beverly Martyn Musical Merit Foundation of San Diego

Mr. and Mrs. William Nagy Dr. and Mrs. Owen C. Peck

Raúl Prieto Ramírez Lynn Reaser Scott Reaser

Reinhart Engineering Adolph Spreckels Rosekrans Dr. Edgar and Eugenia Sack

Jean Samuels and Chester Yamaga Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Smith, Jr.

Judith Trento and Michael Drummy Connie and Peter Van Putten

Randy Ward

Bombarde $1,000-$4,000

State Trumpets $500-$999

American Guild of Organists, San Diego Chapter Elaine Baldwin and Carl Nelson Vic and Geri Beattie David Bevilaqua and Craig Caldwell George Butterfield Boyd and Rita Collier Dean Crowder Ron and Ann De Fields Bette Ferguson Joan L. Forbes Frank Gaertner and Nancy McCarthy Dr. Kenneth and Jacquelyn Hanson

Pleno $250-$400

Mr. Gary Allard Anonymous Matthew Bietz & Daniel Rogalski Mr. David Coup Mr. and Mrs. Walter Curry Mr. Audun Davik Mr. and Mrs. John Edgington Ms. Connie Eitzen Dr. John Ferguson & Mrs. Elizabeth Zimmerman Mr. and Mrs. Neil Finn Bob Fullerton, Jr. and John Fankhauser Bill Galante Deborah Guerrette Mr. Clifford W. Halliday William Lange Mr. and Mrs. John Lee Mr. and Mrs. Martin Marugg, Jr. Jon Monda and Robert Johnson Vincent Dean Morrison

Alan Pitcairn Family Fund Jack and Irma Redfern Mr. and Mrs. Philip Sangiorgio Mrs. Helen Seiler W. Dale Skinner and Randall Grabowski Kenneth Spindler Michael Sutherland and Linda Greenberg Paula Taylor and Bernard Kulchin Mr. and Mrs. Howard Toole Mr. and Mrs. Burton Vasche Mrs. Helen Wagner Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Warschauer Janet Weber Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Justin Woyke Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Young, Jr. Stephen and Mary Zawadzki

Tom and Sandra Homan William and Nancy Homeyer Karl and Greet Hostetler Ralph Hughes and Jerrie Stringer Carl and Janet Lind Michael O’Brien Leslie Wolf Robb Paulette Rodgers-Leahy Organ Stop, Inc. / Wayne & Cheryl Seppala Dale Sorenson Beverly Stebbins Arlene and Peter Way Roger Zellmer and Linda Willingham

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Magnaton $100-249 Mr. Gary Allard Ms. Judith Allday Lee and Traute Anke Mr. and Mrs. John Bachofer Ms. Dorothy Appleby Ms. Patricia Sue Baker Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barmeyer Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bauman Mr. and Mrs. Gene Beezer Mr. Michael Blumenfeld Mr. William Bobbe Mr. Kenneth Boddy Mr. Roy Bohrer Mr. & Mrs. Bob Breen Teddie Brown Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Buchmeier Mr. and Mrs. J. Dennis Burks Ms. Andrea L. Card Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Carrier Ms. Helena Chan Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Charfauros Mr. and Mrs. Sutton Chen Mr. Michael Chesebro Mrs. J. Brockway Clark Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Cohenour Mr. and Mrs. William Colburn Mr. and Mrs. James Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Steve Cowen Ms. Virginia Coyne Mr. William R. Crawford Mr. and Mrs. Peter Daggett Dr. and Mrs. John Dapolito Mr. Bryan Decker Mr. and Mrs. Joseph DeMers Mr. Alan DesRoches Mr. and Mrs. David Dishman Ms. Elizabeth Downie Mr. and Mrs. Leland Dresser Mr. Mark Dunajcik Mr. John Eckels Ms. Jane Egüez Ms. Barbara Ellis Ms Evelyn Elson

Mr. Luciano Emanuele Mr. and Mrs. George Falk Linda Fitts and Curtis Loer Ms. Margaret Flickinger Ann Focarino Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Foelber Einar and Sally Gall Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gerard Mr. Russell Ginns Mrs. Maria Goff Mr. Walter Goodwin Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gray Mr. Charles Gunther Ms. Marty Hambright Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Harrison Ms. Pamela Hartwell Ms. Ruth Hayward Eric L. Hedegaard Mr. S. Dale Hess Avi Hettena Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock Mary Hobson and Paul Hartloff Mr. and Mrs. Derek Hook Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hopkins Mr. Handy Horiye Ms. Julie J. Hudson Mr. James M. Hunt Mrs. Judith M. James Mr. and Mrs. Donald Jenkinson Mr. Eric Johnson Mr. Robert Kambeitz Mr. Jim Kaplan Ms. Pat Keller Dr. and Mrs. Michael Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Charles King Mr. and Mrs. Niels King Mr. and Mrs. William Krantz Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kuchta Mr. and Mrs. F. LeRoy Lafferty Michele Larrecou Mr. William Lawrence

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Mr. & Mrs. D. Blair Lawson Mr. and Mrs. Parley LeeMaster Drs. Alison Luedecke and Bill Paxton Drs. Flavio Marsiglia and Stephen Kulis Bernard and Lorraine Marstall Mr. and Mrs. David W. Martell Ms. Eileen Mason Ms. Patti Matchett Mrs. Maureen J. McBreen Ms. Ann MacDonald Ms. May McLean Marilyn McPhie Mr. Robert Meyer The Maly/Meyers Family Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Miller Ms. Sheila Moss Leysl Muñoz Dr. J. Stephen Munzinger Dr. and Mrs. David T. Nesvig Mr. Dang Nguyen Mr. and Mrs. Rod Orth Mr. and Mrs. Fred Orton Ms. Melody Padget Mr. George Pappas Mr. Joe Peer Mr. John Pendleton Dr. and Mrs. Charles Persons Lizbeth Persons Price Ms. Cindy Peterson Ms. Cynthia Poole Ross Porter and Roy deVries Ms. Reba Quastler Mr. Donald Rabe Mr. and Mrs. Herbert R. Radisch Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Ramirez Mr. and Mrs. Richard Roca Ms. Malou Rogers Mr. and Mrs. William Scott Roleson

Mr. and Mrs. Norwin Rosner Michael Schaefer & Paula Simon Mr. Russell Schertle Ms. Kathy Schneider Mr. and Mrs. Steve Schorr Dr. and Mrs. Ken Schreder Ellen Scott Mr. David Leigh Shearer Mr. George Shoemaker Frederick Simson and Robert Zelmer Ms. Josephine B. Skibby Dr. and Mrs. Alan Spector Mr. and Mrs. David Stang Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Stefanatz Ms. Barbara Stevenson Mrs. Marilyn Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stewart Mr. David Stout Cynthia Stribling and Paul Webb Mr. J. Theodore Struck Mrs. V. Claudene Todhunter Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Vacala Ms. Roberta VanWart Ms. Selma Vassall Lee E. Wahlert & David Machado Dr. Robert D. Wallace Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Ward Donald Washburn Mr. Michael Weaver Ms. Suzy Webster Drs. Barry and Kathy Weiss Mr. and Mrs Robert Wennerholt Dennis Wenzel and Frederick Sramek Mr. and Mrs. Stowell Werden Mr. Lee Wesley Mr. Stan Wicks Mr. and Mrs. William Wilcox Ms. Virginia Wofford Mr. Ty Woodward Ms. Jenny Yun Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Ziegler

Magnaton $100-249

Mrs. Gretchen Allen Capt. and Mrs. Edward S. Barr Elizabeth Berry Mr. and Mrs. Robert Canzoneri Dr. Chris Cook Mrs. Nellie Cox Samuel A. Donges John S. Elizalde

Perpetual Members

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Scholarship Winners

In partnership with the American Guild of Organists / San Diego Chapter, the Spreckels Organ Society awards scholarships to students of the organ each year, in addition to offering performance opportuni-ties for outstanding students at Spreckels Organ Sunday concerts. This year’s scholarships will be awarded on August 13 to:

Novice: Aska Enomoto * San Diego Civic Organist Special Award Advanced: Stephen Priest * The San Diego Civic Organist has augmented the scholarship award

in this year’s Novice Division. You too can contribute to the Spreckels Scholarship Fund—

just ask at the Membership Table.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Esgate Mrs. Preston H. Fleet Dr. Seuss Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Hesketh Dr. David K. Hostetler Ms. Dorothea Laub Ms. Elaine Murphy Mr. Robert E. Palmer Mr. and Mrs. Eugene J. Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Richard Vandervoort

In Memoriam

John Eitzen

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S O L O !

SPRECKELS ORGAN LEGACY OPPORTUNITY

The Spreckels Organ Society operates three endowment funds that help to

underwrite the expenses for the Artistic Director, support the Internation-

al Summer Organ Festival, and fund the ongoing operation of the Society.

Contact 619-702-8138 or sosorgan@gmail.com to learn more.

Your giving today will help preserve, program, and promote the

Spreckels Organ as a world treasure for all people.

Thanks to SOLO members to date:

Elaine Baldwin

Tedd Bunce

* James Capoletti Trust

Jean Wright Elson

Eric-Paul Erickson

* Oberlin and Vivian Evenson

George Hardy

* Kempton Family Trust

Bernard Kulchin & Paula Tay-

lor

Jack Lasher

John Henry Mark

* Herbert McPherson

June Mertz

* Murray H. Mott

* Warren M. Nichols

* Leroy N. Phelps, PhD

Robert Plimpton

Lynn Reaser

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Redfern

Mr. Alden Rollins

David Leigh Shearer

George & Dorothy Shum-

way Family Trust

* Donald Snowden

Dale Sorenson

Utazca Trust

Barry and Kathy Weiss

* deceased

Twilight in the Park Concert Series Free Concerts by local bands at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion

6:30 to 7:30 p.m.—Summer 2018

Produced by San Diego Parks & Recreation Department

June

Tue. 26 Bump City Brass

Soul / Funk

Wed. 27 Hillcrest Wind

Ensemble

Thur. 28 Mad Hat Huskers

Swing / Jazz

July

Tues. 3 Navy Wind Ensem-

ble

Thur. 5—145th Street

Tue. 10 Ginger Cowgirl

Wed. 11 Back Pocket Whis-

key Fellas—Traditional

Irish, bluegrass

Thur. 12 Bayou Brothers

Tue. 17 Moxie / Rock n Roll

Wed. 18 Catillacs / smooth

old school ballads

Thur. 19 San Diego Civic

Dance, Park & Recreation

Department

Tue. 24 San Diego Youth

Symphony

Wed. 25 Mariachi Estrellas

de Chula Vista with Ballet

Folklorico—Mike Waggon-

er Apprciation Night

Thur. 26 Rocken Jazz Big

Band

Tue. 31 Supremes Tribute

Band

August

Wed. 1 Jazz Jammers /

Dixieland-Swing

Thur. 2 Santana Ways

Tribute Band

Tue. 7 Raúl Prieto

Ramírez plays the

Spreckeld Organ - Ice

Cream Social (see box)

Wed. 8 Back 40 Country

Thur. 9 San Diego Con-

cert Band

Tue. 14 Coronado Big

Band

Wed. 15 Harvey & 52nd

Street Jive Blues

Thur. 16 Afrotruko Salsa

Orquesta

Tue. 21 Marine Band

San Diego

Wed. 22 Kearny Mesa

Band

Thur. 23 Moonlight Sere-

nade Orchestra

Tue. 28 Coronado Con-

cert Band

Wed. 29 Lady J—Blues

Thur. 30 Stars on the

Water—Tropical Rock

& Roll

Ice Cream Social

Tuesday August 7

Thanks to Friends

of Balboa Park for

the Free Ice Cream

while supplies last!

Come at 5:30 p.m.

and stay for the

Spreckels Organ

Concert by Civic

Organist Raúl

Prieto Ramírez!

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June 25

Raúl Prieto Ramírez

San Diego Civic Organist

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Fantasy and Fugue in g minor, BWV 542 Franz Liszt (1811-1886) (arr. Raúl Prieto Ramírez) Trascendental Étude S.139 N.8 Wilde Jagd Étude de Concert S.144 N.2 La Leggierezza Mephisto Waltz No. 1, Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke (The Dance in the Village Inn) S.514

Intermission

Franz Liszt Fantasie and Fugue on the chorale Ad nos, ad salutarem undam from Meyerbeer's Le Prophète, S.259

Tonight’s concert sponsored by: Jerry and Anne Ryan

Robert Kilian and Kathleen Slayton Vic and Geri Beattie

American Guild of Organists—San Diego Chapter

Raúl Prieto Ramírez has been “credited for reinvigorating interest in the organ” (Thomas Neenan, Disney Concert Hall) due to a career that has placed him among the elites of the international concert scene while mak-ing great music exciting and accessible for everyone – especially kids. Critics all over the world have described his performances as “simply awe-inspiring,” “fearless,” “impeccable,” and “transcendental,” with statements such as: "The powerful personality, passionate expressive-ness, gift for communication, and outstanding technique of Spanish or-ganist Raúl Prieto Ramírez make him shine in a wide range of repertoire and styles." (LA Philharmonic) As Artistic Director and Organist at Spain´s National Concert Hall in Madrid, Mr. Ramírez increased attend-ance at its organ recitals by 30 times, opening the king of instruments to more than 1,200 kids per season, and making news: “With Raúl Prieto Ramírez, the Organ breaks out of the shadows” (ABC Spain). He later moved to Barcelona where he built the International Summer Organ Fes-

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tival and Academy, now one of the most successful and widely attended organ Festivals in Europe. In the USA Mr. Ramírez founded the Sursa American Organ Competition in partnership with the International Organ Competition in Moscow, promoting young American organists to per-form overseas.

Mr. Ramírez´s global schedule takes him to major festivals and concert halls (from the Mariinsky Theater and Moscow Tchaikovsky Hall in Russia to Maurice Ravel´s Concert Hall in France, Auckland and Mel-bourne Town Halls and churches and cathedrals throughout Europe and the USA), performances and lectures for universities and institutions (such as Indiana University, Moscow Conservatory, Graz University, Baylor University and Chapters of the American Guild of Organists), collaborations in summer academies, and as a jury member at interna-tional competitions.

Mr. Ramírez’s main professors were Ludger Lohmann with whom he studied with on a scholarship from the German government and Leonid Sintsev from the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg with whom he developed his particular organ technique. He worked on differ-ent schools of organ literature with Marie-Claire Alain, Guy Bovet, Eric Lebrun, Lionel Rogg, Zsigmond Szathmáry, Lorenzo Ghielmi, and Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini among others. He also intensively studied compo-sition, orchestral conducting, improvisation, and continuo, as well as several years of Philosophy in Salamanca University, a one year master in pedagogy in Barcelona University and numerous courses in theater, voice, body expression and general arts. In 2008 Mr. Ramírez was fea-tured as one of the main actors for a Spanish movie shown in more than 300 cinemas. As a composer, the premieres of his works have been rec-orded and broadcast in Spain, including his organ concerto that was premiered in Barcelona. His first recording was distributed world-wide on the Brilliant Classics label included works by Liszt and was praised by critics with statements such as: “This is an ‘Ad nos’ to remember” and “really takes one’s breath away.” His second world-wide recording on the same label includes works for piano and organ duets recorded with Mr. Ramírez´s wife Maria Teresa Sierra on the piano. Several of the selections from this recording will be featured in this same Summer Fes-tival on August 27th. In 2018, Mr. Ramírez became the 8th San Diego Civic Organist in the 103-year history of the Spreckels Organ, and Artis-tic Director of the Spreckels Organ Society.

www.raulpr.com / www.mariateresastudio.com

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July 2

Walter Strony

Battle Hymn of the Republic/When Johnny Comes Marching Home arr.Wilhousky/Strony

Tribute to Fats Waller, Billy Strayhorn, and Duke Ellington A Handful of Keys Thomas “Fats” Waller (1904-1943) Lush Life Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967) It Don’t Mean a Thing if It Ain’t Got That Swing Edward “Duke” Ellington (1899-1974)

From the Grand Canyon Suite Ferde Grofe (1892-1972) III. On The Trail

Red, White and Blue Suite arr. Strony

Stars and Stripes Forever John Phillip Sousa (1854-1932)

Tonight’s concert sponsored by: Organ Stop - Wayne & Cheryl Seppala

Ronald and Ann De Fields

Intermission

The Star-Spangled Banner I Love You, California

Audience invited to stand and sing along on the above. American Patrol March F. W. Meacham (1856-1909) Two Songs from Showboat Jerome Kern (1885-1945) Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man Old Man River Ragtime Selections Rialto Ripples George Gershwin (1898-1937) Solace (A Mexican Serenade) Scott Joplin (1868-1917) Armed Forces Salute/God Bless America arr. Strony

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Walter Strony is one of America's premier concert organists. He made his public debut in 1974 at the age of 18 and has established himself as one of few organists equally at home playing both theatre and classical organ, in hundreds of concerts from coast to coast in the United States as well as in Japan, Aus-tralia, England, and Canada. He has performed at many conventions of the American Theatre Organ Society and the Amer-ican Guild of Organists.

In July 2007 he performed the first solo organ recital to be presented in many years at New York's Radio City Music Hall for the American The-atre Organ Society's 2007 Convention. He is the only living organist to have been twice voted "Organist of the Year" by the American Theatre Organ Society - in 1991 and 1993. In 2011, he was inducted into the ATOS "Hall of Fame."

Walter Strony was born in Chicago in 1955, and began music lessons at the age of seven. His theatre organ teacher was the famous Chicago or-ganist Al Melgard, who for many years was the Staff Organist at the Chi-cago Stadium. His classical studies were with Herbert L. White and Karel Paukert. For more information, go to www.waltstrony.com.

Join us for a Wine and Beer Tasting event on Monday August 20 at 5 p.m. $35 per person for tastes of great local beers and wines, just next door

to the Organ Pavilion at the Japanese Friendship Garden.

It’s Movie Night—we’ll save your seat!

Your admission to this special fundraising event

includes reserved seating for Movie Night in the

Pavilion.

Purchase tickets at the Membership Booth or

online via www.SpreckelsOrgan.org

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July 9

Alessandro Pittorino

Intermission

Serenade Franz Schubert (1797-1828) arr. A. Pittorino Overture to the Flying Dutchman Richard Wagner (1813-1883) arr. Edwin Lemare The American Songbook – Tribute to George Gershwin (1898-1937) arr. A. Pittorino

Tonight’s concert sponsored by:

Judith Trento & Michael Drummy Jack Lasher and Brandon Tate

Overture to Donna Diana Emil von Reznicek (1860-1945) arr. A. Pittorino

Pastoral Symphony Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Movement 1 arr. A. Pittorino

Le français lyrique arr. A. Pittorino Les Chemins de l'amour Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Suite pour Orgue, Op. 5, Sicilienne Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) Je Te Veux Erik Satie (1866-1925)

Passacaglia in C minor J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

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At just 24 years old, Alessandro Pittorino is in-creasingly becoming one of New York City’s most exciting, invigorating, and innovative young organ-ists. A recent masters degree recipient of The Juil-liard School where he studied with GRAMMY Award-winning organist Paul Jacobs, Alessandro has been heralded as one of the most exciting up-and-coming stars of the organ by many of his pre-senters. Heralded by The Australian as “a self-confessed show-man who loves to engage with his audience,” Alessandro’s inter-est in the organ began at the age of 5 in the small town of Freman-tle, Western Australia. From that moment on Alessandro exten-sively studied the organ and piano, as well as constantly being involved in the performing arts through music, acting, dance and visual arts. In 2011 he focused his pursuits on the organ and per-formance, and completed his Bachelor of Music studies at the University of Western Australia, studying primarily with Ms. An-nette Goerke. In 2015 Alessandro was accepted on the spot at The Juilliard School, where he was the first Australian organist to graduate from the famed performing arts school in New York City.

In two years of living in NYC, Alessandro has performed in ma-jor and iconic venues such as St. Patrick’s Cathedral, The Cathe-dral of St. John the Divine, the beautiful Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA, and many more. In 2017 Alessandro made his West Coast debut performing at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in San Diego. Alessandro also made his Sydney, Australia debut in 2017 to a packed audience in the stunning Sydney Town Hall. Towards the end of 2017, Alessandro was a featured artist in Lin-coln Center’s Annual Corporate Gala. Alessandro is a passionate artist and an outspoken ambassador for the organ, and it is the in-corporation of these elements that excite his concert audiences the world over. Read more at www.agpo.org.

The spell-binding performances of Adam J. Brakel have led to his being compared to Liszt, Gould, Bernstein, and Paganini. National Public Radio in Florida hailed him as “An absolute organ prodigy, with the technique and virtuosity that most concert pianists could only dream of. He is the Franz Liszt of the organ.” He enjoys a high-ly successful concert career, playing from coast to coast in the United

States and in concert tours in England, Germany, and Hong Kong. Brakel’s repertoire of organ literature is extensive and includes the complete organ works of Bach, Bruhns, Buxtehude, Couperin, Liszt, Franck, Mendelssohn, Duruflé, and Franck. In addition to works of all periods, he has championed the fiend-ishly difficult Six Etudes of Jeanne Demessieux, being one of very few concert organists in the world to perform and record the complete set. Mr. Brakel has also made a concentrated study of jazz music for the pipe organ and has premiered an ar-rangement of celebrated jazz pianist Dick Hyman's Shenandoah and Millennial Countdown.

Adam J. Brakel graduated from Duquesne University in 2006 as an organ student of John Walker and David Craighead. He then enrolled at The Juilliard School in New York City and was ap-pointed Assistant Organist at the Church of Saint Ignatius Loyo-la on New York’s Park Avenue. Further studies took him to Toulouse, France, and then to the Peabody Conservatory in Bal-timore where he completed his master’s degree and Graduate Performance Diploma in 2011. At Peabody, he studied with Donald Sutherland and visiting guest professor Dame Gillian Weir. Brakel took top prizes in the Albert Schweitzer Organ Competition, the Reuter/Augustana Arts Undergraduate Organ Competition, and the Gruenstein Memorial Organ Competition, among others. In November 2017, Mr. Brakel was appointed Director of Music for the Diocese of Orlando, Florida and St. James Cathedral.

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July 16

Friends of Balboa Park

Special Carillon Presentation

Adam J. Brakel, Organ

Intermission

Americana transcribed/arranged by Adam J. Brakel Carolina Shout James P. Johnson (1894-1955) The Stars and Stripes Forever John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) arr. Edward Marsh/ed. Adam J. Brakel Maple Leaf Rag Scott Joplin (1868-1917) Praeludium in G Major Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697) Sonata #3 in A Major Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Variations on the Wedding March Mendelssohn/Liszt/Horowitz/Volodos arr. Brakel

Tonight’s concert sponsored by: Scott Reaser and Lynn Reaser

Ronald and Shirlee Koons Robert Kilian and Kathleen Slayton Dr. Kenneth and Jacquelyn Hanson

Grand Choeur Dialogue Eugene Gigout (1844-1925) Variations on Land of Rest George Shearing (1919-2011) Prelude and Fugue in E Major, BWV 566 J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Cortège et Litanie Marcel Dupré (1886-1971) Fantasy on Jerusalem Vincent Rone (b 1980) Prelude and Fugue on BACH Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

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July 23

Bradley Hunter Welch

Trumpet Tune Frederick Swann (b. 1931) “Nimrod” from Variations on an Original Theme Edward Elgar (“Enigma”), Opus 36 (1857-1934) arr. W. H. Harris/Welch Chorale Fantasy on Lobe den Herren (2010) Aaron David Miller (“Praise to the Lord, the Almighty”) (b. 1972) Composed for Dr. Bradley Hunter Welch

Tonight’s concert sponsored by: Dr. Dwight W. Gordon

George Butterfield

Intermission

Toccata in B Minor Eugène Gigout (1844-1925) Variations on O laufet, ihr Hirten (“O Run, You Shepherds!”) Max Drischner (1891-1971) Two Movements from Organbook III William Albright Nocturne (1944-1998) Jig for the Feet (“Totentanz”) Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 532 J. S. Bach (1685-1750) Final César Franck (1822-1890)

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Hailed as “a world-class virtuoso” (The American Organist) and “an expert at defining darks, lights, shadows and col-ors,” (Birmingham News, Alabama), Bradley Hunter Welch is increasingly in demand as a recitalist, concerto soloist, and collaborative artist. He is the 2003 First Place winner of the Dallas Interna-tional Organ Competition and was also awarded the Audience Prize for the sec-ond time, having previously won it in 2000. He has been a fea-tured artist at three conventions of the American Guild of Organ-ists and made his European debut in France performing in the Chartres Organ Festival. He has appeared as soloist with the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. With the DSO, he gave the world premiere of Stephen Paulus’ Grand Concerto for Organ and Orchestra, the piece written for Bradley as the winner of the Dallas International Organ Competition.

Dr. Welch has taught at Southern Methodist University and Bay-lor University. He was Director of Music & Arts at Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, TX from 2009-2014. He cur-rently devotes his attention to a thriving solo concert career, his numerous performances with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and as Artist-in-Residence at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church in Dallas.

A native of Knoxville, TN, Bradley holds the Doctor of Musical Arts, Master of Musical Arts, and Master of Music degrees, as well as the coveted Artist Diploma from Yale University where he studied with Thomas Murray and Martin Jean. He also holds the Bachelor of Music degree magna cum laude from Baylor Uni-versity where he studied with Joyce Jones. Dr. Welch continues his study of organ and piano technique with Sheila Paige.

In 2016 he released a CD, entitled “Dynamic Duo,” of large-scale orchestral transcriptions with duo-organist Ken Cowan on the Pro Organo label. www.concertartists.com/artists/bradley-hunter-welch

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July 30

Chelsea Chen, Organ & Joseph Lee, Violoncello

Mars from The Planets Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Trans. Peter Sykes

With Joseph Lee, cello: “Sidewalks” and “Hudson” from Stone Rose Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978)

“Moderato” from Sonata in C Major, Op. 119 Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

The Swan Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1931) Finale from “Organ” Symphony No. 3 Camille Saint-Saëns Trans. David Briggs

Tonight’s concert sponsored by: Elaine Baldwin

Charles and Venita Ballinger Harold and Beverly Martyn

Musical Merit Foundation of Greater San Diego Jean Samuels and Chester Yamaga

Leslie Wolf Robb

Tu Es Petra Henri Mulet (1843-1907)

First Peer Gynt Suite, Op. 46 Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Morning Mood arr. Harvey Gaul The Death of Ase Anitra’s Dance In the Hall of the Mountain King

Two Taiwanese Folksongs for cello and organ Chelsea Chen Spring Breeze Rice Dumplings

Seven Variations on a Theme from The Magic Flute Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

With Joseph Lee, cello

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Returning to her San Diego roots, Chelsea Chen is acknowledged as “an artist of great technical and dramatic skill … personable, humble and simply appears to be one with the instrument.” (Palm Beach Daily News). Organist and composer Chelsea Chen is inter-nationally renowned for her con-

certs of “rare musicality” and “lovely lyrical grandeur,” and a compositional style that is “charming” and “irresistible” (Los An-geles Times). Chelsea Chen has electrified audiences throughout the United States, Europe, Australia, and Asia in venues such as Singapore’s Esplanade, Hong Kong’s Cultural Centre, Kishinev’s National Organ Hall, and Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center. As a composer she is broadening the classical organ repertoire with her own works based on Asian folksongs. Ms. Chen has soloed with orchestras throughout the world including the Wuhan Philharmon-ic in China, the Jakarta Simfonia in Indonesia, and The Juilliard Percussion Orchestra in Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. Ms. Chen has recorded multiple CDs. Read more at chelseachen.com/

Joseph Lee is a member of the New York City Ballet Orchestra and currently teaches at the Geneva Conservatory in Manhattan. He began piano studies at the age of 4, violin studies at 7, and then finally cello at the age of 11. Mr. Lee won the San Francisco Sym-phony Youth Orchestra concerto competition resulting in his con-certo debut, playing the Dvorak Cello Concerto in Davies Sym-phony Hall under conductor Edwin Outwater. Joseph grew up in northern California where he studied with Irene Sharp. He earned both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in music from The Juilliard School where he studied with Joel Krosnick and Darrett Adkins. He also earned a Master’s degree in orchestral performance from The Manhattan School of Music studying with Alan Stepansky. Mr. Lee has performed in master classes for Ralph Kirshbaum, Lynn Harrell, and Janos Starker, and was a member of the New World Symphony from 2010 to 2012.

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August 6

Ken Cowan, Organ

Lisa Shihoten, Violin

The Stars and Stripes Forever John-Philip Sousa (1854-1932) (arr. Cowan)

Garden Scene from Much Ado About Nothing Erich Korngold (1897-1957)

Violin Concerto in E minor Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) Allegro molto appassionato Andante Allegretto non troppo-Allegro molto vivace

Tonight’s concert sponsored by: Jerry and Lily Lang and Children,

continuing the support of our grandparents,

Vivian and Oberlin Evenson, who gave so much of themselves

to the Spreckels Organ Society and to this Festival.

Intermission

Chaconne in G minor Tommaso Antonio Vitali (1663-1745) (Arr. Leopold Auer)

Sinfonia, from Cantata No. 2 Johann Sebastian Bach (1695-1750) (arr. Marcel Dupré)

Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 2 Eugene Ysaÿe (1858-1931) I: Obsession

Improvisation on "Nearer My God, To Thee," W.17 Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933) Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

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A native of Thorold, Ontario, Canada, Ken Cowan received his Master’s degree and Artist Diploma from the Yale Insti-tute of Sacred Music, studying organ with Thomas Murray. Previous positions have included Associate Professor of Organ at Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, Associate Organist and Artist in Residence at Saint Bartholomew’s NYC, and Assistant Or-ganist posts at St. James Episcopal Church and Saint Mary the Virgin in NYC, and Saint Clement’s Church in Philadelphia. In 2012 Mr. Cowan joined the faculty of the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University as Associate Professor and head of the organ program.

He has won numerous awards in the United States and Canada; and has been a featured artist at regional and national conventions of the American Guild of Organists, the Organ Historical Society, and the Royal Canadian College of Organists. Visit his website at www.organistkencowan.com/

Violinist Lisa Shihoten enjoys an active career as a chamber mu-sician, recitalist and teacher. She made her New York solo debut at Avery Fisher Hall with the Juilliard Orchestra under the direc-tion of Kurt Masur and has received top prizes and awards from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, the Marcia Polayes National Competition, and the Seventeen Magazine/General Motors National Competition. She has appeared with the ensemble Concertante, the American Chamber Players, the Jupi-ter Symphony Chamber Players, and has performed at numerous summer festivals including the Caramoor Music Festival, the Ravinia Festival, the Verbier Music Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. She has also toured throughout Israel, Greece, and Turkey, and regularly tours this country in duo recital with organist Ken Cowan. Ms. Shihoten received her Bachelor’s degree from The Juilliard School and her Master’s degree from the Yale School of Music.

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Our Rising Stars performing tonight are the twin brothers Reilly

Xu and Bruce Xu, just 15 years old!

Bruce Xu is a junior at the high school pro-

gram of University of North Carolina

School of the Arts, studying organ perfor-

mance with Dr. Timothy Olsen. Bruce

serves as Music Intern at Augsburg Lu-

theran Church in Winston-Salem, NC. He

is also in the Cantata Singers of UNCSA.

He is from Sloatsburg, NY and was introduced to the organ and

the Protestant Church in his local Sloatsburg United Methodist

Church, where he began hymn playing and became Christian; he

was also baptized there. Within a month he began organ lessons

with Jimrae Lenser at age 9 and then went on to study with

Craig Williams. Since then, Bruce uncovered his passion in

playing the pipe organ and credits God for giving him the gift of

being able to play the organ.

In the spring/summer of 2017, Bruce won First Prize in six or-

gan competitions, including the AGO’s Regional Competitions

for Young Organists in Atlanta and Jacksonville. Aside from

organ, Bruce enjoys playing soccer.

Bruce’s twin brother Reilly is currently

studying in The Juilliard School’s pre-

college program and is a fine organist as

well. He is presently organist at St. Paul’s

Episcopal Church, Chester, NY and previ-

ously held the similar post at Sloatsburg

United Methodist Church.

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“Summertime” from Porgy and Bess George Gershwin (1898-1937)

Choral No. 2 in B Minor César Franck (1822-1890)

Trio Sonata No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 526 J.S.Bach (1685-1750) III. Allegro

The Entertainer Scott Joplin (1868-1917) arr. Yoïn van Spijk

Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, Op. 7, No. 3 Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)

“Final” from Symphony No. 1 Louis Vierne (1870-1937)

Tonight’s concert sponsored by: George Hardy and Michael Tassiello

Intermission

Presentation of Scholarship Awards

August 13—Rising Stars!

Bruce Xu / Reilly Xu

Pomp and Circumstance March, No. 1 Edward Elgar (1857-1954)

Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin (1898-1937) arr. Mark Laub

Chant Héroïque Jean Langlais (1907-1991)

Prelude in G Major, BWV 541 J.S.Bach (1685-1750)

While My Guitar Gently Weeps George Harrison (1943-2001) slightly arr. Bruce Xu

Suite Gothique Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897) III. Prière à Notre-Dame IV. Toccata

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August 20—Silent Movie Night

Steven Ball Hooray for Hollywood Richard Whiting (1891-1938) Somewhere Over the Rainbow Harold Arlen (1905-1986) Suite from Wicked Stephen Schwartz (b. 1948) -Defying Gravity -No One Mourns the Wicked -The Wizard and I -Dancing Through Life -Popular -As Long as You're Mine -For Good

Intermission

Safety Last (1923), starring Harold Lloyd

To impress his girl and the folks back home, this

misbegotten daredevil winds up in dire trouble high above Los Angeles

in an unforgettable come-dy starring one of the cinema’s geniuses of stunts and laughter.

Tonight’s concert sponsored by:

Dr. Dwight W. Gordon Willam and Jean Nagy

Connie and Peter Van Putten, in memory of Aunt Leona Johnson, who loved Movie Night

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Returning to encore last year’s Silent Movie night

performance, Steven Ball is a Fulbright Scholar and has a doctoral degree in music,

with a rare focus on theatre organ performance. Widely recognized for his scholar-

ship both with classical im-provisation as well as the art of silent film composition

and accompaniment, he has traveled and performed ex-tensively in both the United

States and abroad including concerts in The Netherlands, Germa-ny, Belgium, France, Portugal, Ireland, England, Switzerland, and Italy.

Originally from a small farm near Wright, Michigan, Dr. Ball be-

gan playing the organ at a very young age. By the time he was 6, he was both studying piano and attempting to complete a single stop pipe organ which his father and he had begun engineering

together in the basement of their family home. He began accompa-nying church services on a regular basis by the age of 9, and start-ed formal organ studies not long after with Dr. John Hammersma

of Calvin College. By the age of 16 he was accepted as an under-graduate in the studio of Dr. Marilyn Mason of the University of Michigan. His undergraduate studies in organ performance were

followed by several years of study abroad which included work at l'Institute de Touraine in Tours (France), the University of Utrecht and Royal Dutch Carillon School of Amersfoort (The Nether-

lands) as well as the Royal Carillon School of Mechelen (Belgium). He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship by the United States Government in 2002.

Steven Ball now is Organist Emeritus of the world’s largest pipe organ located at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. Previous to this appointment, he was University Carillonneur at the University

of Michigan as well as a member of the faculty of the Organ De-partment in addition to being Director of the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments. Find more information at:

http://stevenball.com/

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Maria Teresa Sierra, piano and Raúl Prieto Ramírez, organ -- a

husband-and-wife team with growing popularity in Spain as well as elsewhere in Europe.

Maria Teresa Sierra is a pianist from Barcelona, Spain. She started playing piano at the age of three

with her mother, herself a pianist. She pursued her studies with pres-tigious Russian pianist Leonid

Sintsev from Saint Petersburg Conservatory and also with Oxana

Yablonskaya from The Juilliard School in New York. At the age

of 21 she already held three Bachelor’s degrees: Piano, Collabo-rative Piano–Chamber Music, and Music Theory. After winning several international piano competitions, Maria Teresa performed concerts in Europe, Russia and the U.S. In 2013 she recorded a

piano and organ CD with Raúl Prieto Ramírez for the Brilliant Classics label at Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, one

of the greatest halls in Europe.

In addition to that, her other passion is teaching. She pursued a Master’s degree in Music Education from Barcelona University

and now splits her life between regular concerts and her piano stu-dio. In January 2018 she moved to San Diego with her husband, Raúl Prieto Ramírez, San Diego’s Civic Organist and Artistic Di-rector of the Spreckels Organ Society.

Raúl has been widely recorded and interviewed for radio and tele-vision in Europe and the U.S. His first two compact discs, on the Brilliant Classics label, were recorded at Milan Cathedral in Italy

(music of Franck, Liszt, Reger, and Saint-Saëns) and at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona (music for piano and organ

duet). In June 2016, Raúl and Maria Teresa were featured duo art-ists at the American Guild of Organists’ national convention in Houston.

Maria Teresa teaches piano to students of all ages at her San Die-go-based studio (www.mariateresastudio.com). Listen to her on iTunes: Duo MusArt-Barcelona (Brilliant Classics label).

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August 27

Raúl Prieto Ramírez, Organ

Maria Teresa Sierra, Piano

Intermission

Charles Marie Widor (1844-1937) Duets I and II for piano and organ: Scherzando Allegro cantabile Denis Bédard (b. 1950) Duet Suite for piano and organ: -Introduction -Fughetta -Minuetto -Romance -Final Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989) Variations on the themes from Bizet’s Carmen (arr. Raúl Prieto) George Gershwin (1898-1937) Rhapsody in Blue (Arr. Raúl Prieto) Jean Langlais (1907-1991) Dyptique for piano and organ I- Allegro II- Allegro Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994) Variations on a Paganini Theme (Arr. Raúl Prieto)

Tonight’s concert sponsored by:

Dr. Morton and Susan LaPittus Dr. Dwight W. Gordon

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San Diego Civic Organist Raúl Prieto Ramírez, inspired by modern rock music and its enthusi-astic embrace by our San Diego audience, has decided to highlight in music two of the most significant bands of the Hard Rock era: Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.

Pink Floyd was formed in London in 1965 and their psychedelic brand of music quickly brought them to the top of the music charts. They were one of the first bands to incorpo-rate light shows and quadraphonic (surround sound) speakers into their concerts, revolutionizing the live performance stage scene. Their album cover of “Dark Side of the Moon” with a ray of light refracted through a prism creating a rainbow became one of the most recognizable icons of the time for rock music aficionados and remains so even today. The album remained on Billboard’s album charts continuously for more than 700 weeks!

Led Zeppelin was also formed in London, a little later in 1968, and quickly established themselves on the rock and roll scene as one of the most iconoclastic bands of the era. Their hard rock style and musical innovations significantly influenced the music across the following decades by bands across the globe and led to development of new genres of rock music. One of the greatest rock bands of all time, they have sold more than an estimated 200 million albums worldwide. Among their greatest hits are “Whole Lotta Love,” “Stairway to Heaven,” and “Black Dog.”

Tonight Mr. Ramírez teams up with Daniel Crawford, Ariel Lev-ine, and Richard Larson to present a throwback to the 60s and 70s that also demonstrates the power and versatility of the mighty Spreckels Organ.

Daniel Crawford, Guitar

Ariel Levine, Guitar

Richard Larson, Drums

Tonight’s concert sponsored by:

Beverly Stebbins

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September 3

Raúl Prieto Ramírez

And Band

Tribute to Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin

Music Selections Announced from the Stage

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