AES Warsaw 2015
Friday, May 8, 19:30 — 20:30 (Off-Site 1)
Organ Concert
Presenter:Francis Rumsey, Logophon Ltd. - Oxfordshire, UK
Abstract:
Francis Rumsey will be giving an organ recital during the 138th Convention in Warsaw at the Field Cathedral of the Polish Army.
The Field Cathedral of the Polish Army (Polish: Katedra Polowa Wojska Polskiego, also known as the Church of Our Lady Queen of the Polish Crown) is the main garrison church of Warsaw and the representative cathedral of the entire Polish Army. In the past the church served a variety of communities and roles: it used to be the church of the Collegium Nobilium and in the 19th century was also turned into a Russian Orthodox church. Currently all major military religious feasts in Warsaw are held there.
It is located on Dluga Street 13/15, opposite the Heroes of the Warsaw Uprising Monument and Krasinski Square, close to Warsaw's Old Town.
Musical selections will include: Bach (from Clavierübung III, Prelude in E flat (St Anne), Christe alle welt trost, Fugue (St Anne)); Mendelssohn (Sonata VI); Karg-Elert (Nun Danket Alle Gott).
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