FALL 1998 CONCERTS OFFERED BY HARVARD ART MUSEUMS
Contact: Kate McShea Ewen, (617) 495-2397
Release: August 10, 1998
Midday Organ Recitals at Adolphus Busch Hall
Thursdays, October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, November 5, 12, 19, December 10
12:15-12:45 p.m. Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Kirkland Street
All concerts are free and open to the public
The Harvard University Art Museums are again pleased to join the Harvard/Radcliffe Organ Society in presenting this continuing series of midday organ recitals. Indulge in an afternoon reprieve with the magnificent sounds of the Flentrop organ in the enchanting setting of Adolphus Busch Hall.
| October 1 | Murray Forbes Somerville, Memorial Church, Harvard University |
| October 8 | Brian Jones, Trinity Church, Boston |
| October 15 | Jane Hardenbergh, Cambridge, MA |
| October 22 | David Szanto, New England Conservatory of Music |
| October 29 | Douglas Bush, Brigham Young University |
| November 5 | Jared Johnson, Memorial Church, Harvard University |
| November 12 | Nancy Granert, Emmanuel Church, Boston |
| November 19 | Ed Jones, Memorial Church, Harvard University |
| December 10 | Members of the Harvard/Radcliffe Organ Society |
A Festival of German Organ Music in Adolphus Busch Hall
Tickets for these concerts are $10, $8 Friends and senior citizens,
$5 students, and will be sold at the door only. Doors will open one-half
hour before concerts begin. For further information, please call (617)
495-5508.
Sunday, October 25 at 3 p.m.
A concert to benefit the Sunday Celebrity Organ Recitals
Joseph Payne, internationally renowned concert organist and recording
artist, will present selections by Johann Pachelbel from his ongoing series
of the complete organ works of Pachelbel on Centaur Records.
Monday, October 26 at 8 p.m.
Celebrity Recital and Lecture
Irene Greulich, organist of the Wenzelskirche in Naumburg, Germany will
perform works by Johann Sebastian Bach and will discuss the current restoration
project of the Hildebrandt Organ, the only large organ that Bach himself
designed and dedicated, in the Wenzelskirche.
The Harvard University Art Museums are pleased to join the Cambridge Society for Early Music in presenting the first in a series of concerts in the Fogg Courtyard. The galleries on the Courtyard level of the Fogg will be open from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Monday, November 16 at 7:30 p.m., Fogg Art Museum
Tickets are $18, $15 for Friends, students, and senior citizens.For reservations,
please call (617) 423-2808; upon availability, tickets will be sold at
the door.
Andrew Lawrence-King, harp, will present English and Italian music
of the seventeenth century on the harp and double-harp.
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The Harvard University Art Museums' facilities are wheelchair accessible. For general information, please call (617) 495-9400. For press information or photographs, please contact Kate McShea Ewen at (617) 495-2397. For more information on events, please contact the Friends, Fellows, and Special Programs Office at (617) 495-4544. World Wide Web: www.artmuseums.harvard.edu.
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The Harvard University Art Museums comprise three museums (Busch-Reisinger Museum, Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum), all located on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, MA, at the intersection of Quincy Street and Broadway, adjacent to Harvard Yard. The Art Museums are open Monday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., and Sunday 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Closed holidays. Admission is $5.00; $4.00 for senior citizens; $3.00 for students; free under 18 and to all on Saturday mornings and all day on Wednesdays. For special tour reservations, please call (617) 496-8576. General tours are offered Monday through Friday from September through June; Wednesdays only in July and August. The Fogg tour is at 11:00 a.m.; the Busch-Reisinger tour is at 1:00 p.m.; and the Sackler is at 2:00 p.m. The Harvard University Art Museums is supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
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