Boston Organ Academy
Yuko Hayashi & Jon Gillock
January 12-16, 2009

International Series
Legacy of Anton Heiller
Music of Heiller & Bach

January 30, 2009
Christa Rakich

March 27, 2009
John Skelton

May 15, 2009
Marian Ruhl Metson

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INTERNATIONAL ARTIST SERIES

CHRISTA RAKICH

Christa Rakich is Distinguished Artist in Residence at First Lutheran Church in Boston. She also directs the music program at St. Mark the Evangelist Church in West Hartford. As a Fulbright Scholar, Rakich studied for two years with Anton Heiller at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna, Austria. She holds Bachelor’s degrees in Organ and German from Oberlin College (Phi Beta Kappa). After receipt of her Master’s degree with honors from New England Conservatory, she was asked to join the faculty there, where she taught for several years. She has also served on the faculties of Westminster Choir College and the University of Connecticut, as Assistant University Organist at Harvard, and as Artist-in-Residence at the University of Pennsylvania. A prizewinner at international organ competitions (notably Bruges 1976), Rakich has received particular acclaim for her interpretations of the music of J.S. Bach. With keyboardist Peter Sykes, she performed a complete cycle of Bach’s keyboard works in a series of 34 concerts from 2003 to 2005, aptly named Tuesdays With Sebastian. The concerts raised a total of $20,000 which was distributed to Boston area charities. CDs will be available for sale in the vestibule after the concert.



PROGRAM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Partita on Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig, BWV 768
Anton Heiller  (1923-1979)
Partita on Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
Bach
Four Chorale Preludes from the Leipzig Collection
Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
Trio super: Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend’, BWV 655
Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 665
Vor deinen Thron, BWV 668
Heiller
Partita on Freu' dich sehr, o meine Seele
Bach  
Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV 582

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