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OCTOBER 15, 2024 AT 7:30 PM ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BANGOR
St. John’s Organ Society welcomes Montreal-based concert organist, harpsichordist, and recording artist, Luc Beauséjour, who will perform a concert titled “Le Rappel des Oiseaux - The Recall of the Birds” featuring music of Couperin, Dornel, Dandrieu, and Rameauon on the historic organ at St. John’s Catholic Church (207 York Street) on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
Beauséjour enjoys an important international performing career. First prize winner of the Erwin Bodky International Harpsichord Competition, held in Boston, he has also won honors at the Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society International Performance Competition (now Jurow International Harpsichord Competition) in Tallahassee.
A prolific recording artist, Beauséjour has carried out over 45 recording projects, either as soloist or as musical director, and was named “2003 Performer of the Year” by the Conseil Québécois de la Musique.
“He plays with impeccable technique, tasteful embellishments, a wide range of emotion and deep sensitivity.”BBC Music Magazine, U. K.
Admission is free - donations appreciated.
St. John’s Organ Society
The October 15th program continues the tradition of concerts by an internationally recognized recitalist on the historic E. & G. G. Hook organ, Opus 288, at St. John’s Catholic Church. Hook’s Opus 288, the largest 19th-Century pipe organ in northern New England, has been described by Alan Laufman (past president of the Organ Historical Society) as “...a national treasure.”
St. John’s Catholic Church is located at 207 York Street in Bangor. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated and will benefit outreach and education projects of St. John’s Organ Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and stewardship of the historic E. & G. G. Hook Organ built in 1860. For more information visit our website https://hookopus288.org/.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
St. John's Catholic Church (Bangor, Maine), 217 York St, Bangor, ME 04401-5442, United States,Bangor, Maine
