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Organ Recital by David von Behren SUNDAY | July 26th | 4:00 PM www.abendmusik.org This concert is generously supported by Dr. John Casey

Organ recital by David von Behren Sponsored by Dr. John Casey to benefit Matt Talbot Kitchen and Outreach Donations can be made by visiting https://www.mtko.org/donate/donate_online.html Évocation, Poeme Symphonique, Op. 37……………….Marcel Dupré III. Allegro e deciso (1886 – 1971) Suite No. 3 in D Major BWV 1068…………………….....…J.S. Bach III. Air (1685 – 1750) trans. David von Behren for simultaneous violin/organ Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 29………………….…....………J.S. Bach trans. Harvey Grace Reverie……………………………………………………….…..William Grant Still (1895 – 1978) Sacred Sounds for Organ……………………………..…..George Shearing There is a Happy Land (1919 – 2011) I Love Thee, My Lord Gospel Preludes for Organ…………………………….……William Bolcom Free Fantasia on How Firm a Foundation (b. 1938) “Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe” ……….......………J.S. Bach from Cantata BWV 156 trans. David von Behren for simultaneous violin/organ Fantasia on “Fair Harvard (2012).……………………...Carson Cooman (b. 1982)

David von Behren David is the Assistant University Organist and Choirmaster in the Memorial Church. He earned his Master of Music degree at Yale University’s School of Music/Institute of Sacred Music, studying organ with Martin Jean and improvisation with Jeffrey Brillhart. He is also a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music where he earned his Bache- lor of Music degree in organ performance and music theory (double de- gree), pursuing organ studies with Todd Wilson. He is currently a doctoral candidate at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts where he studies with Peter Sykes. Awarded the 2018 Mary Baker Prize in Organ Accompanying, von Behren served as organ scholar at Trinity Church on the Green in New Haven, Conn., under the direction of Walden Moore, working with the Trinity Choir of Men & Boys and Choir of Men & Girls. Prior to his appointment at Trinity on the Green, he served four years as organ scholar at Plymouth Church UCC in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Von Behren is the first organist to receive the Cleveland Institute of Music’s prestigious Darius Milhaud Award, given each year to a student “who displays qualities of unusual talent and creativity, sensitivity, expressiveness, strong love for and dedication to the musical arts, outstanding musical accomplishment, and evidence of academic excellence.” He also was named one of The Diapason’s “20 Under 30” Class of 2016. The winner of the Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award on National Public Radio’s (NPR) From the Top, David’s live radio performance has reached over half a million listeners. A native of Falls City, Nebraska, von Behren actively advocates for introducing and exciting younger audiences about classical music. In 2013, he began “The Little Stars Summer Program,” a music program for children in Falls City, in association with NPR’s From the Top and The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. As a recitalist, David continues to concertize extensively throughout the United States and Europe.



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