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Thursday, January 31, at 7:30 p.m.
The Auditorium •
Admission is Free
Come hear the marvelous Kansas City Symphony
in the magnificent acoustic of the Auditorium! Fresh from
their recording sessions in this space during the month of
January, the Symphony will perform a free public concert of
literature they have just recorded. The Symphony's 80-member
orchestra performs more than fifty concerts each year during
its 42-week season. In addition, these talented musicians
appear in other concerts, educational programs, and
community outreach performances. They also serve as the
orchestra for the Lyric Opera and Kansas City Ballet, and
for our own annual performance of Handel's Messiah.
Read more about the Kansas City Symphony at
www.kcsymphony.org .
Tickets
for this concert are FREE, but should be reserved in advance
by calling the Symphony Box Office at 816-471-0400.
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Super Bowl Sunday Recital IX
Sunday, February 3, at 3:00 p.m.
The Auditorium •
Admission is Free
Super Bowl Sunday has been called a de facto U.S.
national holiday, with the most-watched U.S. television
broadcast and the second-largest consumption of food (second
only to Thanksgiving Day). In 2008 it is estimated that
80-90 million Americans will watch the game, and 40-50
million more will tune in for the commercials. That
leaves 263 million of us to do something else! Each
year, 400-600 enthusiastic audience members enjoy Community
of Christ's charismatic Principal Organist in her annual
performance Super Bowl Sunday afternoon. Super Bowl Recital
IX will occur under the Auditorium dome and features the
exciting Sonata in D minor, composed in 1874 by Felix
Alexandre Guilmant, the world's first internationally-famous
organ recitalist. Program:
Fanfare - John Cook (1918-1984) Passacaglia and
Fugue, BWV 582 - J.S. Bach (1685-1750) From Fantasy
Pieces - Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Andantino, Op. 51, No. 2
Impromptu, Op. 54, No. 2 Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op.
42 - Felix Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
David Pickering, organist
Sunday, March 9, at 3:00 p.m.
The Auditorium •
Admission is Free
David Pickering is Assistant Professor of
Music at Graceland University, the
Community of
Christ-sponsored college in Lamoni, Iowa. He holds masters
and doctorate degrees in organ performance and musicology
from the University of Kansas and has performed in the
United States and Canada. He frequently appears as a guest
artist on the noon recital series at the famous
Aeolian-Skinner organ at the Salt Lake Tabernacle. His
upcoming book about Community of Christ's Auditorium Organ
will be published in time for our Aeolian-Skinner's 50th
anniversary in 2009. Dr. Pickering will play César
Franck's Trois Pièces and Charles-Marie Widor's
Fifth Symphony.
Program:
Trois Pièces
- César Franck
(1822-1890)
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Fantaisie [in A]
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Cantabile
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Pièce héroïque
Fifth Symphony in F Minor, Op. 42, No. 1
(1879) - Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
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Allegro vivace
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Allegro cantabile
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Andantino quasi allegretto
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Adagio
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Toccata
Simon Thomas Jacobs,
organist
Monday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m.
The Auditorium •
Admission is Free
 The Dome and Spire Series welcomes British
organist Simon Thomas Jacobs, who is emerging as one of the
U.K.'s most gifted young musicians. He is a frequent
performer throughout the British Isles and Europe, both as a
soloist and with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge,
where he is organ scholar. Performance highlights include
London's Queen Elizabeth Hall, Salzburg Music Festival, and
a live broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Come and hear this exciting
player in his American debut, with works by Buxtehude, Bach, Messiaen, Franck, and Bizet. The Dome and Spire series is
grateful to David Leimkuehler for sponsoring this recital.
Program:
Praeludium in C (BuxWV 137) - Dietrich
Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Von Gott will ich nicht lassen (BWV 658)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
from "Les Corps Glorieux: - Olivier
Messiaen (1908-1992)
VI. Joie et clarté
des corps glorieux
Schmücke
dich, o liebe Seele (from Op. 65) - Sigfrid Karg-Elert
(1877-1933)
Praeludium
et Fuga in h-moll (BWV 544) - Johann Sebastian
Bach (1685-1750)
Congregational Hymn
Old Hundredth - "All People that on
Earth Do Dwell" Transcribed for organ solo from
the original version for Brass, Percussion, and
Organ by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) by Simon
Thomas Jacobs
Choral No. 3 in A minor - César
Franck (1822-1890)
Adagio in E
- Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
Carmen
Suite - Georges Bizet (1838-1875), arranged by Edwin
Lemare (1866-1934)
Temple Re-Opening
Celebration
Sanctuary Reopening Postponed
Work is progressing to replace worn flooring in the
Temple Sanctuary and Worshiper’s Path. While much of the
work is completed as scheduled, the implementation of the
design has not met our expectations.
The Temple experience is important in the life and
ministries of the Community of Christ. To ensure the best
experience for our members and friends, we will delay
reopening the Temple Sanctuary and Worshiper’s Path to
address this issue. The reopening activities and worship
service planned for May 2 and 4 are postponed. A new
timeline is being established and details will be shared as
soon as possible.
The Prayer for Peace will continue to be held in the
Temple Meditation Chapel at 1 p.m. (Central Daylight Time)
each day and in the many places throughout the world where
people join in lifting their voices in prayer.
Thank you for your understanding and all that you do to
share the peace of Jesus Christ.
THE FIRST PRESIDENCY
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