BaCH Benefit Concert

Bryan Ashley performs at Old West Church for Bach's Birthday.

Friday, March 24th, at 7:30 p.m.

A recital to benefit the Old West Organ Society.

This concert is an event in a weekend of festivities in Boston to celebrate Bach's 338th birthday.

Tickets are $25. All proceeds benefit the Old West Organ Society.

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Program

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Toccata d-moll, BuxWV 155 – D. Buxtehude

Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BuxWV 211 – D. Buxtehude

Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 – J.S. Bach

Prelude & Fugue in G Major, BWV 541 – J.S. Bach

O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, Op. 122, Nos. 3 & 11 – J. Brahms

Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend', BWV 655 – J.S. Bach

Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 686 – J.S. Bach

Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 633 – J.S. Bach

Sonata III, Op. 65 – F. Mendelssohn

Choral: Réjouis-toi, mon âme – J.S. Bach (arr. Duruflé)

Sinfonia: Nous te remercions, Dieu – J.S. Bach (arr. Dupré)

About Bryan Ashley

A native of New Jersey, Ashley earned a Bachelor of Music degree and a Master of Music degree in organ performance from Maryville College and Wichita State University, respectively. He obtained a Prix d’Excellence from the Conservatoire National de Région in Rueil-Malmaison, France, studying under Marie-Claire Alain, and a Solisten Diplom from Freiburg Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg, Germany, studying under Zsigmond Szathmáry and Xavier Darasse.

His career as a concert organist was definitively launched in 1988 when he won the First International Organ Competition, Musashino-Tokyo, Japan. Throughout his career, he has been active as a recitalist, church musician, and teacher, including four years as an organ instructor at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. During his 16 years in Japan, he concertized extensively throughout the country, performing in major concert halls, universities and churches. He has appeared with several well-known Japanese orchestras and has been featured on national radio and television. He has also given recitals in France, Germany, the United States and South Korea, including venues such as Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, Somang Church in Seoul, Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, and Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Trinity Church and Old West Church in the Boston area.

He has been serving as Organist of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston since 2009 and has recorded two CDs on The Mother Church organ entitled Glorious and Majestic.