MGS Presents Kola Owolabi, organ
Organist Kola Owolabi is an active solo recitalist and has performed numerous concerts as organist and harpsichordist with the Grammy-nominated vocal ensemble Seraphic Fire and Firebird Chamber Orchestra. Dr. Owolabi is also a published composer and has received commissions from the Royal Canadian College of Organists and the Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto. Dr. Owolabi serves as Professor of Organ at the University of Notre Dame.
Scroll down to see the program for Feb 24. To read fun facts about the music and the composers and a bit of what to expect, click here.
To watch Kola's interview with MGS Executive Director Rebecca Willie, click here.
Kola Owolabi, Organ
Friday, February 24, 2023 - 7:30 pm
Christ United Methodist Church
Live Audience Tickets
Program
- Toccata prima - (Apparatus musico-organisticus, 1690) Georg Muffat (1653-1704)
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Three Chorale Preludes
J.S. Bach
(1685-1750)
Trio super Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWV 655
An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653
Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, BWV 684
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Concerto in F Major, Opus 6, No. 2
Arcangelo Corelli
(1653-1713)
Kola Owolabi
I. Vivace – Allegro – Adagio – Vivace – Allegro – Largo andante
II. Allegro
III. Grave – Andante largo
IV. Allegro
INTERMISSION
- Little David, Play on Your Harp Joe Utterback (b. 1944)
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Te Deum Laudamus
David Hurd
(b. 1950)
III. Recitative and Hymn: The Humbling
IV. Introduction, Fugue and Chaconne: The Opening of Heaven
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Symphony No. 3 in F# minor, Opus 28
Louis Vierne
(1870-1937)
III. Intermezzo
V. Final
To read Program Notes on this music and these composers, click here.
Program subject to change at the discretion of the artist(s).
This concert is made possible by the generous support of Carolyn Cotton.
Concert support is also provided, in part, by funding from Creative Greensboro, the city’s office for arts & culture.
