BaCH Benefit Concert

Erica Johnson performs at Old West Church for Bach's Birthday.

Friday, March 21st, 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 340th birthday.

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

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Program

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Toccata in C major, BWV 566a

Chorales for Lent:
An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653b
Wo soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 646
O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, BWV 622
Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist, BWV 671

Concerto in D major (RV 230), BWV 972 — Antonio Vivaldi

Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 539

Two Trios:
Aria in F major, BWV 587 (after F. Couperin’s Les Nations)
Trio in G major, BWV 1027a (after the Sonata in G for Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord, mvmt 4)

Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542

About Erica Johnson

Erica Johnson, DMA, is a Boston based organist, keyboardist and church musician. She is the College Organist and Instructor of Organ and Harpsichord at Wellesley College and Adjunct Organ Instructor for the School of Theology of Boston University. Her leadership and advocacy for the historic Fisk instrument in Houghton Chapel continues to generate a blossoming of interest in the organ by many students.

As an organ instructor Erica has taught at the UNC School of the Arts, Salem College and the Oberlin Conservatory. Additionally, she was Organ Scholar at The Memorial Church of Harvard University from 1999-2001. As a grant recipient of the Beebe Fund for Musicians she studied for two years at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen, Germany, with Harald Vogel. Her years in Germany yielded two honors: the 2004 International Arp Schnitger Prize awarded by the Arp Schnitger Gesellschaft, and the 2002 NDR Musikpreis. More recently Erica has presented programs for the Westfield Center, the Göteborg International Organ Academy, and recitals around New England.