Ashburnham Community Church: Benefit Organ Concert

A benefit recital for Ashburnham Community Church. Malcolm Halliday will perform on the 1886 George Hutchings tracker organ—that rare gem—a 19th-century instrument in excellent acoustics. In the finest historical tradition, all present will rise to face the organ and sing forth the Battle Hymn of the Republic, with the stirring support of the Hutchings.

J.S. Bach Pièce d’Orgue (Fantasia in G)
Felix Mendelssohn Organ Sonata No. 4 in B♭, Op. 65
Jay Ungar; arr. James Welch Ashokan Farewell
Julia Ward Howe Battle Hymn of the Republic
Ramón Noble Three Pieces from México Toccatina; El Flautista Alegre; Divertimento
Gabriel Fauré Après un Rêve
François Schubert L’Abeille (The Bee)
transcr. Edwin H. Lemare Irish tune from County Derry “Danny Boy”
trad; arr. M. Halliday Shenandoah
León Boëllmann Suite Gothique, Op. 25

Ashburnham Community Church is also the famous venue of Music from the Frederick Collection.