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Advent Organ Recital 12/13/2016

Brian Ebie Organ Recital

Brian Ebie Organ Recital

I'm honored to play on the Advent/Adoration Recital Series at St. Sebastian Catholic Parish in Akron, Ohio next Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at noon.  St. Sebastian's is a lovely church building with one of the finest pipe organs in the area.  Laura will join me on flute. The program will last about a half hour and is free and open to the public.  Please come and join us!

Program:

Fantasia on Veni Emmanuel – Alec Rowley (1892-1958)

Pastorale per Organo, 1615 – Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)

Chorale and Variations on Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele – Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)

      (Comfort, Comfort Ye, My People)

In Dulci Jubilo – Peter Crisafulli

      With Laura Hoopes Ebie, Flutist

Huron Carol ‘Twas in the Moon of Wintertime – Denis Bedard (1950)

I Saw Three Ships – Richard Elliott (1957)

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Brian Ebie Plays "Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee" arranged by Diane Bish

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Brian Ebie Plays "Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee" arranged by Diane Bish

Organist and composer Diane Bishhas been one of the greatest advocates of the pipe organ in recent history.  Not since the time of the so-called golden age of organ building and the “superstars” like Virgil Fox and E. Power Biggs has anyone had more success in bringing the organ to large audiences.  Through her development and broadcast of the weekly “The Joy of Music” television series, Diane shared with the world a sort of National Geographic of the pipe organ—taking us to see and hear pipe organs places we will probably never visit. 

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Silent Movie Night! Laurel & Hardy starring in Habeas Corpus

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Silent Movie Night! Laurel & Hardy starring in Habeas Corpus

Step back in time as this hilarious silent movie is accompanied by organist Brian Ebie at the organ console of the Suffield United Church of Christ 1115 Ohio 43, Mogadore, OH 44260.

Brian will improvise a movie soundtrack as the film is projected, just like being at a movie theatre in the 1920's! Habeas Corpus is a short silent comedy film where Laurel and Hardy are hired by a mad scientist to rob a grave.  Hilarity ensues, as only Laurel and Hardy can do it, as they sneak into a scary graveyard at night and try to start digging up the dead fellow to bring back to the mad scientist.  

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Saying Goodbye to my Schantz Pipe Organ

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Saying Goodbye to my Schantz Pipe Organ

Saying Goodbye.

My 1942 Schantz Pipe Organ, which I've restored, rebuilt, played, owned and loved since 1992 has been sold and is on it's way to Texas.  I will greatly miss the beautiful, sweet sound of that organ, and the reliability of it's mechanics.  It was a pleasure to play and listen to.  Just a couple years ago, Mormon Tabernacle Organist Clay Christiansen played it during a visit to our house.  He was impressed, remarking that "it is as versatile as an organ many, many times it's size!"

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