Organ Repertoire Recital Series Concert

Christopher Marks

Professor of Organ University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Sunday, October 18, 3:00 p.m.
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church
1627 Monument Avenue, Richmond

Ample parking available in the rear church lot.

BIOGRAPHY

Christopher Marks is Assistant Professor of Organ at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. From 1999 to 2006, he taught organ and served as University Organist at Syracuse University. An active proponent of new music, Marks has premiered a number of commissioned organ works. His diverse stylistic interests also steer him towards a variety of other repertoire, with a recent interest in American organ music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

PROGRAM

  • Overture to "William Tell" Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
    Transcription by Dudley Buck, Op. 37 (1896)
  • Spring Greeting (1896) N. H. Allen (1848-1925)
  • Vesper Hymn (1885) Samuel B. Whitney (1842-1914)
  • Night: A Meditation (1907) Arthur Foote (1853-1937)
  • Allegro vivace non tropo Dudley Buck (1839-1909) (from Second Sonata, Op. 77, 1877)

INTERMISSION

  • Sonata No. 6 in D, Op. 65, No 6 (1845) Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
    • Chorale with variations ("Vater unser im Himmelreich")
    • Fuga—Sostenuto e legato
    • Finale—Andante
  • Watchman ("Watchman, tell us of the night"), Op. 42, No. 4 Seth Bingham (1882-1972) (from /Seven Preludes or Postludes on Lowell Mason Hymns/ (1945))
  • March of the Medici, Op. 27, No. 5 (from /Harmonies of Florence /(1929))
  • Roulade, Op. 9, No. 3 (from /Six Pieces/ (1923))
  • Toccata, Op. 25, No. 4 (from /Suite/ (1926))