Historic Organ Foundation Presents
Gala Fundraiser Concert benefits restoration of two pipe organs.
Friday, October 5, 2012 - 7:30pm
The Church of the Advent, Boston, Massachusetts
30 Brimmer Street
Boston, MA 02108
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The Cathedral of the Holy Cross (Boston, MA)
1875 E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings organ
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The largest and grandest organ ever built by E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings (their Opus 801), this instrument is without question one of the great cathedral organs of the world, and one of the most important surviving organs from the Romantic period. Leo Abbott, Cathedral Music Director since 1986, oversees the ongoing restoration by the Andover Organ Company. The funds from this recital will be put toward needed repairs to the Great windchest.
Our Lady of Refuge Church (Brooklyn, NY)
1934 Kilgen Organ
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Quimby Pipe Organs, Inc. is scheduled to re-install the organ in the summer of 2013. The parish just needs to raise another $44,000 to have all needed funds. They have raised $184,000 to date.
Several of the finest organists in the Boston Area played this concert with all proceeds being split between the two organizations.
Harvard University's Carson Cooman recently composed Boston Fantasia which he premiered.
The Recitalists:
Leo AbbottCarson Cooman
Mark Dwyer
Harry Lyn Huff
Rosalind Mohnsen
Mark Edward Nelson
Lois Regestein
Lee Ridgway
Brandon Santini
OLR Console: Our Lady of Refuge Organ Console Kilgen Organ Opus 5163 Brooklyn, New York
Mark Dwyer plays Praise, My Soul, The King of Heaven on the E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings Organ at Holy Cross Cathedral in Boston