Pre-concert Talk

Pre-concert Talk with Alan Morrison on stage at 2:15pm.

Spivey Hall’s organist in residence Alan Morrison gives engaging, insightful talks about the music. These talks begin forty-five minutes prior to concert time for selected Organ series concerts and are free for all ticket-holders.

About the Artist

At the 2014 American Guild of Organists National Convention, “Jonathan Ryan presented one of the convention’s finest recitals. The program was all the more remarkable for being delivered from memory… Throughout, there was a sense of clear, thorough mastery of the music, and a clear vision for its interpretation” (The Diapason).

His “exhilarating playing” (Sacred Music) is “animated, displaying an ability to interpret a wide variety of music styles convincingly” (The American Record Guide).

“A top-class organist” (Konstanzer Kulturleben), “Ryan demonstrates exceptional technique, considerable depth of musicianship, imagination, and passion” (The Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians).

HERBERT HOWELLS Psalm Prelude, Set II No. 3, “Sing to the Lord a new song”
J.S. BACH Partita on “Sei gegrüsset, Jesu güttig,” BWV768
DUDLEY BUCK Variations on “The Last Rose of Summer,” Op. 59
AD WAMMES Ride in a High Speed Train
HEALEY WILLAN Introduction, Passacaglia, and Fugue, B.149

Sponsors

Spivey Hall Friends Concert Sponsor:

Lauren Benevich

Spivey Hall gratefully acknowledges the generosity of our 2021-2022 Season Sponsors:

Audience Building Roundtable,
through The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Barney M. Franklin & Hugh W. Burke Charitable Fund,
through The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta

Richard C. Owens Charitable Foundation