Organist Martin Baker - Westminster Cathedral, London
Sunday, 24 February 2019
3:00 PM
Calvary Episcopal Church
315 Shady Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Tickets available at the door (cash, check, or card).
Student free with valid ID.
Featuring the 30th Anniversary Performance of 'Rubrics' by Dan Locklair
Distinguished Choral Conductor and Concert Organist, Martin Baker is Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral in London UK where he directs the Cathedral’s world-famous choir of men and
boys and leads the music program there. As an organ soloist he won first prize in the Improvisation Competition at the St Albans International Organ Festival in 1997, and he performs solo recitals regularly throughout the UK as well as in Europe, the USA,
and Russia. He is known particularly for his skill in organ improvisation.
Mr. Baker will captivate the audience on the four-manual 137-rank Casavant Frères organ at Calvary Episcopal Church.
Presented in cooperation with Calvary Episcopal Church.
Chaconne from Partita in D minor, BWV 1004
arr. Wilhelm Middelschulte
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223
1. "...'Hallelujah' has been restored..."
2. "Silence may be kept."
3. "...and thanksgivings may follow."
4. "The Peace may be exchanged."
5. "The people respond - Amen!"
Pictures at an Exhibition
Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuÿle
Catacombæ (Sepulcrum romanum)
Con mortuis in lingua mortua
Martin Baker is represented in North America by Karen McFarlane Artists, Inc. Cleveland, OH