nternational concert organist, lecturer and recording artist GAIL ARCHER will perform works by Felix Mendelssohn and composers surrounding him and influenced by his compositions and research, particularly his work in bringing to light the music of J.S. Bach, which inaugurated the great Bach revival in the 19th century. The program will include music by Fanny Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann, Brahms, Max Reger, Louis Lewandowski and Salomon Sulzer. This event will be held in the Sanctuary (Fifth Avenue at 65th Street) on Wednesday, April 1, 2009, at 7:30 PM.
GAIL ARCHER lives in New York, where she serves as chair of the music department at Barnard College, Columbia University, and artistic director of the Lunchtime Organ Recitals at Central Synagogue. She recently was appointed to the organ faculty at Manhattan School of Music and as college organist at Vassar College.
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