THE WORCESTER ORGANCONCERT SERIESWILL SHERWOOD, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

MECHANICS HALL and the WORCESTER CHAPTER AMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTS present

SUMMER ORGAN CONCERT SERIES • Wednesday, August 8, 2012, noon

SCOTT LAMLEIN, organ

Rigaudon (transcribed from Idoménée) André Campra (1660-1744)

Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 565) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Three Pieces Scott Lamlein, 2010 Remembrance Peace Carillon

Symphony No. 5 in F Minor: Allegro Vivace Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) Two Hymn Preludes Rhosymedre (“Lovely”) Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1920 Brother James’ Air M. Searle Wright, 1958

Carillon-Sortie Henri Mulet (1878-1967)

Next in the 2012 WORCESTER ORGAN CONCERT SERIES Wednesday, December 19, 2012, Noon, Free Admission Annual Christmas Music Concert, featuring combined festival choirs of downtown Worcester churches, plus organ, piano, timpani, handbells.

The Worcester Organ Concerts are presented by Mechanics Hall and the Worcester Chapter of the American Guild of Organists to showcase the magnificent 1864 Hook Organ - also known as The Worcester Organ - and talented organists and musical artists from New England and beyond. Programming includes organ performance, silent films and multimedia performances.

MECHANICS HALL • 321 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608508-752-5608 • www.MechanicsHall.org

WORCESTER CHAPTER AMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTSPO Box 20208, Worcester, MA 01602 • www.WorcesterAGO.org

a b o u t t h e a r t i s t

Cited by The American Organist magazine as infusing his music with “virtuosic flair and fire,” Scott Lamlein’s performances bring a unique emotional and spiritual inspiration to his audiences. As a concert artist, Scott has appeared in the United States and Europe, including two previous recitals here at Mechanics Hall. He has 2 CDs in current release—The Organ at Worship (recorded at Wesley United Methodist Church, Worcester), and In Quiet Joy: Music of Advent and Christmas. He also is featured on the CD Great Organs of Worcester. Scott currently is preparing to release a new CD of his piano compositions, entitled Peace.

Scott, his wife and three sons call Connecticut home. Cool info about Scott’s artistic activities (and his CDs!) can be found at www.scottlamlein.com and www.musicformission.com. He is represented as a concert artist by Ingrassia Artist Management.

a b o u t t h e i n s t r u m e n t

American organ builders Elias and George Hook, brothers from Boston, constructed the 52-stop, 3,504-pipe instrument in 1864. It is the oldest unaltered four-keyboard pipe organ in the Western Hemi-sphere located at its installation site. Restored in 1982, the Hook Organ since then has become one of the most popular and respected organs in the United States. It has been featured numerous times on Na-tional Public Radio, performed in several recordings, and has been featured on television and in a major motion picture, as well as in a music video starring Michael Crawford, the original Phantom of the Opera.