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This year we celebrate the seventeenth season of our concert series, which began in 1993 with a number of special services and concerts celebrating the installation of Emmanuels Harrison & Harrison organ. The parish welcomes everyone to the special worship services; there is no charge for these. Six events, the performances of Nathan Laube, David Shelat, Tom Sheehan, Brian Jones, Maxine Thevenot, and Ken Cowan, form a series. If you would like to receive information about subscribing to our series, please call the church office (410.778.3477). A limited number of tickets will be available at the door before the concerts. Announcements relating to weather emergencies or unexpected cancellations will be posted on the church's website. We regret that we are unable to contact our subscribers, patrons, and benefactors on an individual basis when such changes occur. FRIDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER Organ Recital: NATHAN LAUBE 7:30 pm Nathan Laube is a graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This is his third appearance on the Emmanuel Church Concert Series. WEDNESDAY, 28 OCTOBER Evensong 6:00 pm Evensong will be sung by Emmanuel's Choir, commemorating St. Simon and St. Jude. The evening service is Samuel Sebastian Wesley in F, and the anthem is by Norman Hollett. FRIDAY, 30 OCTOBER Organ Recital: DAVID SCHELAT 7:30 pm David Schelat is minister of music at First and Central Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, Delaware. WEDNESDAY, 25 NOVEMBER Evensong 6:00 pm Thanksgiving Evensong will be sung by Emmanuel's Choir. The evening service is Vaughan Williams in C, and the anthem is by Edward Elgar. WEDNESDAY, 6 JANUARY Evensong 6:00 pm Epiphany Evensong will be sung by Emmanuel's Choir. The evening service is Geoffrey Shaw in D, and the anthem is from The Southern Harmony. FRIDAY, 29 JANUARY Organ Recital: TOM SHEEHAN 7:30 pm Tom Sheehan is a fourth-year student at Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey. WEDNESDAY, 17 FEBRUARY Ash Wednesday 6:00 pm Music for the Ash Wednesday service is from plainsong sources and from the works of Henry Purcell and Edward Bairstow. FRIDAY, 5 MARCH Organ Recital: BRIAN JONES 7:30 pm Brian Jones is director of music and organist emeritus, Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston, Massachusetts. FRIDAY, 2 APRIL Good Friday 6:00 pm The service for Good Friday will include works by Samuel Sebastian Wesley and F. A. Gore Ouseley. FRIDAY, 30 APRIL Organ Recital: MAXINE THEVENOT 7:30 pm Maxine Thevenot is associate organist and choir director, Cathedral of St. John, Albuquerque, New Mexico. This is her third appearance on the Emmanuel Church Concert Series. THURSDAY, 13 MAY Evensong 6:00 pm Ascension Evensong will be sung by Emmanuel's Choir. The evening service is Thomas Tallis (Dorian), and the anthem is by Basil Harwood. FRIDAY, 4 JUNE Organ Recital: KEN COWAN 7:30 pm Ken Cowan is a member of the faculty of Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey. This is his fifteenth appearance on the Emmanuel Church Concert Series. |
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The Harrison & Harrison Organ
The organ, built by Harrison & Harrison, Durham, England, was installed in the summer of 1993 and is a two-manual mechanical action instrument of 23 stops, 29 ranks. Pedal Organ Bourdon 16 Principal 8 Bass Flute 8 Fifteenth 4 Trombone 16 Great to Pedal Swell to Pedal Great Organ Open Diapason 8 Stopped Diapason 8 Principal 4 Chimney Flute 4 Gemshorn 2 Sesquialtera II Mixture IV Cremona 8 Trumpet 8 Tremulant Swell to Great Swell Organ Gedackt 8 Salicional 8 Celeste 8 Spitzflute 4 Fifteenth 2 Quint 1⅓ Mixture III Fagotto 16 Cornopean 8 Tremulant Accessories Cymbelstern (drawstop & foot piston)
Eight general pistons (five duplicated by foot pistons) and general cancel
Five foot piston to the Pedal Organ
Five pistons to the Great Organ
Five pistons to the Swell Organ
Reversible pistons to all couplers, duplicated by foot pistons
Balanced expression pedal to the Swell Organ
Pistons are instantly adjustable, with eight general and eight divisional memories
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