Concert to conclude church anniversary celebration

On Sunday, April 21, nationally renowned concert organist Daniel Aune will close the celebration of the 150th anniversary of Grace Lutheran Church, 517 N. Queen St., Lancaster, with a 4 p.m. organ recital.

The program will include several larger organ works and a number of short, hymn-based pieces. Highlighting the three-manual Schlicker pipe organ at Grace Church, the concert will feature Bach's Fantasy and Fugue in G minor; a setting of "Now Thank We All Our God" by former Grace Church organist Timothy Albrecht, who went on to be the organ professor at Emory University in Atlanta; "Humoresque: A Toccatina for Flute" by early 20th-century composer Pietro Yon, organist at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City; and "Finale" from the Sixth Organ Symphony by Charles-Marie Widor.

Aune will share personalized program notes with the audience.

Aune is organ professor at the Peabody Institute of Music of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He also serves as organist/director of music at Christ Lutheran Church in the Inner Harbor section of Baltimore. He holds a doctorate in organ and a sacred music diploma from Eastman School of Music, Rochester, N.Y.

There is no admission charge. Parking is available in the North Queen Street parking garage, a half-block south of the church at North Queen and James Streets. Parking vouchers will be available to anyone upon request.

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