Noon-Time Organ Recital Series
Magical, Mystical, Muscial Machine
National City Christian Church's MAGICAL, MYSTICAL, MUSICAL MACHINE Friday noon-time recital series makes the pipe organ come alive and opens your eyes to the amazing world of the King of Instruments! Come hear the ROAR that Washing D.C.'s third-largest pipe organ makes and be surrounded by its 7,100 pipes. You'll experience the organ's MAGIC and power and versatility, the MYSTERY of the unique sounds that the organ's pipes make, the exciting MUSIC of the great composers for the pipe organ, and a fascinating fully hand-crafted, one-of-a kind musical MACHINE that incorporates wood working, metal smithing, electricity and electronics, computer technology, physics, acoustics, and a lot of other scientific and musical know-how.
You are invited to come hear the majesty of the five-keyboard Möller pipe organ in 30-minute FREE recitals of some of the most thrilling and sublime music written by the great musical geniuses of the pipe organ. Hands-on displays of organ pipes, colorful photographs of the inner workings of the NCCC organ, interesting information on pipe organ history, and a post-recital demonstration of how the organist operates the five keyboards, pedal board, and over 300 controls provides an up-close-and-personal look at this complex and intriguing musical machine.
Even if you're not a musician, are familiar with the pipe organ, or one who ever steps foot inside a church: these recital/demonstration events are for YOU! The recital series events are geared to attract and engage people of all ages, those familiar with the pipe organ, and those who’ve never seen one up close or are acquainted with its musical possibilities.
Be sure to join us on FRIDAYS from 12:15-1:00pm (August through December & February through June) and end your week with the exciting and floor-shaking sounds generated by National City Christian Church’s “Magical, Mystical, Musical Machine” - Washington D.C's third-largest pipe organ!
NATIONAL CITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH IS ENORMOUSLY GRATEFUL TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SUPPORTED AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS RECITAL SERIES THROUGH THEIR WEEKLY PRESENCE AND GENEROUS FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
PERFORMERS – Winter / Spring 2012
Friday, February 24
Performer: Frank Pifferetti, Jr. (Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church, High Point, NC)
Music: Intrada - Grayston Ives; Nimrod (from 'Enigma Variations') - Edward Elgar; Aria - Andrew Carter; Cornet Voluntary – William Walond; Master Tallis' Testament - Herbert Howells; Crown Imperial - William Walton
Friday, March 2
Performer: Charles Miller (National City Christian Church)
Music of Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543; Vivace from Trio Sonata No. 6 in G, BWV 530; Arioso in A (arr. Virgil Fox). BWV 156; We All Believe in One True God, BWV 680; Toccata in F Major, BWV 540
Friday, March 9
Performer: Tyler Canonico (Undergraduate organ major, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA)
Music: Allegro from Symphony No. 6 - C.M. Widor; Cantabile - Cesar Franck; Chorale Preludes from the Orgelbuchlein - J.S. Bach; This Little Light of Mine - Joe Utterback; Toccata for Organ - John Weaver
Friday, March 16
Christopher Gage (Master's degree candidate, Eastman School of Music, NY)
Music: Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor - Max Reger; Allegro vivace (variations) from Symphony No. 5 - C. M. Widor; Organ Timbrel and Dance - Johannes Matthias Michel
Friday, March 23
Charles Miller (National City Christian Church)
Music: The Organ Works of Johann Sebastian Bach TBD
Friday, March 30 Dr. Dudley Oakes (St. Joseph Catholic Church, Washington, DC)
Friday, April 6
Charles Miller [GOOD FRIDAY MEDITATION] (National City Christian Church)
Friday, April 13
David Chalmers (Organist, Community of Jesus, Orleans, MA)
Friday, April 20
K. Bryan Kirk (Organist/Choirmaster, First Presbyterian Church, Glans Falls, NY)
Friday, April 27
Daniel Aune (Organist/Choirmaster, Christ Lutheran Church, Baltimore, MD)
Friday, May 4
Dr. Christopher Reynolds (Organist, Christ Church-Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, MI)
Friday, May 11
To be determined
Friday, May 18
Elmo Cosentini (Concert organist, Vienna, Austria)
Friday, May 25
Wyatt Smith (AGO Regional Competition Winner, Rapid City, SD)
Friday, June 1
Todd Fickley (Organist, Falls Church Anglican Church, VA)
Friday, June 8
Bobby Stubbs (Organ major, Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ)
Friday, June 15
Anne Timpane (St. John's Episcopal Church, Nordwood Parish, Chevy Chase, MD)
Friday, June 22
The Organ Majors from Mississippi College
Friday, June 29
Charles Miller (National City Christian Church)
Organists who are interested in performing on the Friday noon-time recital series are encouraged to apply by submitting an unedited recording of a most recent public organ recital and a printed program from that recorded recital, other copies of recently played recital programs, and a current biography. Please send all materials by February 15, 2012 to be considered for the Summer/Autumn 2012 series to:
Charles Miller, Minister of Music
National City Christian Church
5 Thomas Circle, NW
Washington D.C. 20005
For additional information about this series, the music ministry, and the organ of National City Christian Church, please call Charles Miller at 202-797-0103 or e-mail him at cmiller@nationalcitycc.org.