From a media relase:
THE RIVERSIDE CHURCH HOSTS ACCOMPLISHED GROUP OF ORGANISTS FOR ITS ANNUAL SUMMER ORGAN SERIES
Tuesdays, July 3 to August 7, 2012
• Concert Series Highlight to Include Live Organ Improvisation Accompaniment to Cecil B. DeMille’s Classic Silent Film King of Kings by Renowned Organist David Briggs
HARLEM (NEW YORK CITY) - Continuing its commitment to provide diverse and culturally rich programs to the community, The Riverside Church is presenting its Annual Summer Organ Series
—featuring six concerts throughout the summer—every Tuesday, July 3 to August 7 at 7:00 p.m. in the Nave, 490 Riverside Drive (bet. 120th & 122nd St.), Morningside Heights.
Each concert will feature music performed by talented organists on the Church’s 206-rank Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ, the second largest instrument in New York City, with over 12,000 pipes.
The schedule of performances is as follows:
74 bells in total, in terms of physical size and weight (over 100 tons), the Riverside carillon has never been surpassed.
• Tickets are available at the door and are $20 for adults and $15 for senior citizens/students.
• For additional information please call 212-870-6721 or visit the website
WHAT: ANNUAL SUMMER ORGAN SERIES
WHEN: TUESDAYS, JULY 3 – AUGUST 7 - 7:00 P.M.
WHERE: THE RIVERSIDE CHURCH, NAVE - 490 RIVERSIDE DRIVE (BET. 120TH & 122ND ST.) MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS
Directions: To get to The Riverside Church by subway take the 1 to 116th St. and walk to 490 Riverside Drive (bet. 120th & 122nd St.) two blocks west of Broadway.
THE RIVERSIDE CHURCH HOSTS ACCOMPLISHED GROUP OF ORGANISTS FOR ITS ANNUAL SUMMER ORGAN SERIES
Tuesdays, July 3 to August 7, 2012
• Concert Series Highlight to Include Live Organ Improvisation Accompaniment to Cecil B. DeMille’s Classic Silent Film King of Kings by Renowned Organist David Briggs
HARLEM (NEW YORK CITY) - Continuing its commitment to provide diverse and culturally rich programs to the community, The Riverside Church is presenting its Annual Summer Organ Series

Each concert will feature music performed by talented organists on the Church’s 206-rank Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ, the second largest instrument in New York City, with over 12,000 pipes.
The schedule of performances is as follows:
- July 3 – Christopher Johnson, Director of Music & Organist of The Riverside Church, NYC. Works by Ives, Barber, Paine and Copland
- July 10 – Ulrike Theresia Wegele, Professor of Organ, Univ. of Graz, Austria. Works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Zebinger and Aranyi-Aschner
- July 17 – Christopher Creaghan, Assoc. Organist, The Riverside Church Works by Bach, Widor, Schmitt and Hilse
- July 24 – Harry Huff, Minister of Music and Organist, Old South Church, Boston, MA. Works by Bach, Franck, Dupre, Messiaen, Alain, Hampton, Puccini and Mancini
- July 31 – David Briggs, Concert Organist, Ipswich, MA. A special concert of live organ improvisation accompanying the epic 1927 Cecil B. DeMille silent film King of Kings
- August 7 – David Davies, Assistant Organist, Exeter Cathedral, UK. Works by Langlais, Howells, Sowerby and Liszt

• Tickets are available at the door and are $20 for adults and $15 for senior citizens/students.
• For additional information please call 212-870-6721 or visit the website
WHAT: ANNUAL SUMMER ORGAN SERIES
WHEN: TUESDAYS, JULY 3 – AUGUST 7 - 7:00 P.M.
WHERE: THE RIVERSIDE CHURCH, NAVE - 490 RIVERSIDE DRIVE (BET. 120TH & 122ND ST.) MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS
Directions: To get to The Riverside Church by subway take the 1 to 116th St. and walk to 490 Riverside Drive (bet. 120th & 122nd St.) two blocks west of Broadway.
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