Our Popular Pipes Alive! series resumes with Christa Rakich playing the mighty Austin organ on Sunday, April 2 at 12:30 p.m. Christa is an internationally-known concert organist, music director at St. Mark’s Church in West Hartford, and Artist-in-Residence at the Somers Congregational Church. Her program will include works y Bach, Sweelinck, Klaas Bolt, and James Woodman.

Join us for half-hour organ concerts featuring St. John’s magnificent Austin pipe organ, on the first Sunday of the month, January through June, 12:30 p.m. with local organists. Free!

Program:

Ballo del Granduca – Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

Variations on Ontwaak, gij die Slaapt – Klaas Bolt (1927-1990)

Harmony and Counterpoint in b minor, from Eight Little Harmonies and Counterpoints (2013) – James Woodman (b. 1957)

Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 – J.S. Bach (1685-1750)