Pipes Alive! – Philip Tummescheit, organist

The 2025-2026 Pipes Alive! series continues with organist Philip Tummescheit playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, January 4, at 12:30pm. This event will be presented in person and by livestream.

The concert is free admission – donations welcome in any amount. Checks payable to Music at the Red Door or click here to donate online.

Click here for a program pdf.

Livestream:

PROGRAM:
Concerto in A minor, BWV 593 – Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
arr. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
     I. Allegro
    II. Adagio
   III. Allegro
Cantabile from Trois Pièces – César Franck (1822-1890)
Évocation, Op. 37, No. 3 – Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)

Learn more about St. John’s famed Austin pipe organ.

About the Artist:

Philip Tummescheit currently studies organ with Christopher Houlihan, Artist-in-Residence at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. In 2025, he won first place in the L. Cameron Johnson Memorial Organ Competition in Storrs, Connecticut, and second place in the Biennial High School Competition at the Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival in Hartford. As a child, he was inspired by the sound of the Austin organ at St. John’s Episcopal Church in West Hartford, where he gained foundational skills from music director Scott Lamlein. For two years he then served as organist at Trinity Episcopal Church in Wethersfield, Connecticut. He currently plays organ part time for the Church of St. Andrew the Apostle in Rocky Hill, Connecticut. He studied with Peter Sykes at the Advanced Pipe Organ Encounter in Worcester, Massachusetts in July 2025, and has studied in master classes with Bruce Neswick and Damin Spritzer. Philip also plays the violin and piano, with a particular affinity for all things Bach.

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