Dr. James Higdon, the Dane and Polly Bales Professor of Organ at the University of Kansas, will present an organ concert—“Paris in Camden.” Higdon will offer a preview of a program that he will perform at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France next month featuring works by Sowerby, Alain, Messiaen, Fauré, Barber, and Dupré.
Recent European concert tours by Higdon include recitals at Notre Dame Cathedral, La Madeleine, and Saint- Étienne-du-Mont in Paris, St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna, Chartres Cathedral and concerts and master classes in Germany, Prague, Poland, and Russia. Significant American recitals include appearances at four previous national and regional conventions of the American Guild of Organists and the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City.
This world-class performance will be performed on St. Thomas’ pipe organ, which was built in 1992 (37 ranks in three divisions) and is believed to be the only instrument in the state of Maine by the Schantz Organ Company of Orrville, Ohio.
The concert is a fund raiser for St. Thomas’ Music Program with a suggested donation of $20 (though any offering is appreciated). Free parking is available in the church lot on Wood Street. Handicapped parking is available at the Wood Street entrance.
Location
St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church (Camden) 33 Chestnut Street Camden,
ME
04843United States
