Organ Fireworks! Celebrate Canada & the USA

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Friday, July 3rd, 2015
7:30 PM

Victoria’s Christ Church Cathedral brings its Eighth Annual Summer Organ Series of recitals on the magnificent Helmuth Wolff pipe organ to a celebratory grand finale. Well-known Canadian organist Patrick Wedd is bringing a special holiday weekend treat: a program entitled “Let’s Celebrate Canada and the United States, Mr. Wedd was formerly Director of Music at Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver, and currently holds the same position at Christ Church Cathedral in Montréal. His festive program includes • Variations on “The Star-Spangled Banner,” • “America” (“God Save The Queen”) • “Amazing Grace,” • George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.” In an exciting arrangement for organ! Program: Cortège Académique Ernest MacMillan (1893-1973) Amazing Grace Robert Hebble (b. 1934) Rubrics – A Liturgical Suite Dan Locklair (b. 1949) Deep River Joe Utterback (b. 1944) Variations on “The Star Spangled Banner” Dudley Buck (1839-1909) Variations on “America” Charles Ives (1874-1954) Aria and Fugue Healey Willan (1880-1968) Kinesis Nicholas Fairbank (b.1956) Variations sur “Amazing Grace” Denis Bédard (b. 1950) Noël huron Fantaisie sur “O Canada” Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin (1898-1937) Arr. Tobias Zuleger