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Trinity Organ Concert - Cheryl Van Ornam
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Wednesday, March 1, 2023, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PMCelebrate Bach's Birthday! Organist Cheryl Van Ornam will present a Lenten concert featuring the music of those composers that influenced Johann Sebastian Bach, and those composers whom he later influenced.
PROGRAM:
Praeludium & Fuga Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703)
Chaconne in F minor, P. 43 Johann Pachelbel (1653-1796)
Pange Lingua Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703)
Pange Lingua en taille à 4
Fugue à 5
Récit du Chant de l’hymne precedent
Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele Georg Böhm (1661-1733)
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele BWV 654 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Vater unser im Himmelreich (German transcription of “The Lord’s Prayer”)
Vater unser im Himmelreich, BuxWV 219 Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 636 Johann Sebastian Bach
Organ Sonata No. VI in D minor (based on “Vater unser”) Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Chorale and variations:
Andante sostenuto
Allegro molto
Cheryl Van Ornam is the organist at First Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia. She has given recitals on the Midmer-Losh Organ at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City; in Los Angeles at First Congregational Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels; Busch Hall and King’s Chapel in Boston; and Northwestern University’s Alice Millar Chapel. In Virginia, she has performed recitals at Bruton Parish Church (Colonial Williamsburg), St. John’s Episcopal Church, Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, and the 25th Anniversary of the Installation of the Dobson organ at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church. In addition to recitals, she has been privileged to play the organ at All Saints' Church in Wittenberg (where Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses), and the Trost organ at Altenburg Castle, which J.S. Bach played. She has participated in two “Organ Spectacular” concerts, one in Chicago and one in Richmond; and, participated in the 40th annual Bach Marathon at Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She has made a CD with Tracey Welborn, tenor, and William Balz, pianist. An organ duet performance was featured on Pipedreams Program No.1752 where she performed “Balboa Bolero” by Joe Utterback with Elizabeth Melcher Davis. Further study has been at Haarlem Summer Organ Academy, Smarano Organ Academy, Leipzig Organ Academy, and McGill Summer Organ Academy. She has been active with the American Guild of Organists in Chicago, Boston and Richmond, where she was the Dean. Cheryl and her husband are the proud grandparents of three young children!
