Philadelphia Organ Festival

Thanks to all who made the 2024 Philadelphia Organ Festival a rousing success!

John Walthausen, Artistic Director
Jay Fluellen, Festival Director
Joshua Castaño, Festival Producer
Mary Jean Sedlock, Production Manager
Jo Manley, Marketing Manager
Allied Global Marketing, Media, Publicity and Promotions
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IN COLLABORATION WITH:
• The Philadelphia Orchestra • The Marian Anderson Historical Society • Artcinia
• The Crossing • Opera Philadelphia • cinéSPEAK

Major support for the 2024 Philadelphia Organ Festival and Playing and Preserving has been generously provided by:

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The 25th Century Foundation

Connelly Foundation

Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation

Questions about the Philadelphia Organ Festival?
Contact organfestival@sacredplaces.org.

Friday
March 15
7 PM

Ravel’s Boléro reimagined for Organ and Brass

Chelsea Chen, organist
ORGAN: 1931 E.M. Skinner
Girard College Chapel, 2101 South College Avenue, Philadelphia

Saturday
March 16
3 PM

Gothic Drama from Screen and Keyboard: The Passion of Joan of Arc

Matthew Glandorf, organist
ORGAN: Originally Carlton C. Mitchell 1894; revised Casavant Frères Ltée. (1955) et al.
St. Luke’s Germantown, 5421 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia

Saturday
March 16
7 PM

The Organ’s Modern Touch: Minimalism and Contemporary Works

Amanda Mole, organist
Vocalists from The Crossing Percussion Ensemble
ORGAN: 1919 Austin
The First Presbyterian Church in Germantown, 35 West Chelten Avenue, Philadelphia

Sunday
March 17
7 PM

Celebrating the Memory and Art of Marian Anderson

Alan Morrison, organist
Marian Anderson Society Scholars, vocalists
ORGAN: 1927 Möller
Tindley Temple, 750 South Broad Street, Philadelphia

Tuesday March 19

7 PM

U.S. Premiere of Garras de Oro

Parker Kitterman, organist
Vocalists from Opera Philadelphia
Chamber ensemble with live electronics
ORGAN: 1928 Austin
Rodeph Shalom, 615 North Broad Street, Philadelphia

Wednesday
March 20
7 PM

J. S. Bach Cantata BWV 146: Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal

John Walthausen, organist; Rebecca Myers, soprano; Meg Bragle, mezzo soprano; Gregório Taniguchi, tenor; Christopher Talbot, bass
Baroque ensemble
ORGAN: 1964 Rieger
Unitarian Society of Germantown, 6511 Lincoln Drive, Philadelphia

Thursday
March 21
7 PM

**Holst’s The Planets and World Premiere**

Daryl Robinson, organist; Percussion Ensemble
ORGAN: Emery Brothers (2021), originally Austin Organ Co. (1936)
Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, 19 South 38th Street, Philadelphia