BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20191026T190000Z DTEND:20191026T210000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:St. Norbert Abbey Organ Concert DESCRIPTION:For the first concert of its 2019-2020 season\, St. Norbert Abbey's Canon John O. Bruce Memorial Organ Concert Series presents organist David Briggs. The concert is open to the public and is a free will offering.\n\nAbout the Organist\n\n \n\n\n\nDavid Briggs\n\n\n \n\n"Mr. Briggs is one of our finest organists\, and also a particularly\n\ngood transcriber of orchestral works for his own instrument."\n\n The New York Times\n\nDavid Briggs is an internationally renowned organist whose\n\nperformances are acclaimed for their musicality\, virtuosity\, and\n\nability to excite and engage audiences of all ages. Consistently\n\nranked as one of the finest organists of his generation\, David's\n\nextensive repertoire spans five centuries. He has also become one\n\nof the foremost organ transcribers of symphonic works\, thereby\n\ngiving listeners the opportunity to experience the organ in a new\n\nway. He has transcribed orchestral compositions by Schubert\,\n\nTchaikovsky\, Elgar\, Bruckner\, Ravel\, and Bach as well as Mahler's\n\nSecond\, Third\, Fourth\, Fifth\, Sixth\, and Eighth symphonies.\n\nDescribed as 'an intrepid improviser" by Michael Barone\, host of\n\nAmerican Public Media's Pipedreams\, David also frequently\n\nperforms improvisations to silent films such as Phantom of the\n\nOpera\, Hunchback of Notre-Dame\, Nosferatu\, Jeanne d'Arc\,\n\nMetropolis\, King of Kings\, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde\, the General\, and\n\na variety of Charlie Chaplin films. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
For the first concert of its 2019-2020 season\, St. Norbert Abbey&rsquo\;s Canon John O. Bruce Memorial Organ Concert Series presents organist David Briggs. The concert is open to the public and is a free will \;offering.
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\n\nDavid \;Briggs
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\n\n&ldquo\;Mr. Briggs is one of our finest organists\, and also a particularly
\ngood transcriber of orchestral works for his own instrument.&rdquo\;
\n&mdash\;The New York Times
David Briggs is an internationally renowned organist whose
\nperformances are acclaimed for their musicality\, virtuosity\, and
\nability to excite and engage audiences of all ages. Consistently
\nranked as one of the finest organists of his generation\, David&rsquo\;s
\nextensive repertoire spans five centuries. He has also become one
\nof the foremost organ transcribers of symphonic works\, thereby
\ngiving listeners the opportunity to experience the organ in a new
\nway. He has transcribed orchestral compositions by Schubert\,
\nTchaikovsky\, Elgar\, Bruckner\, Ravel\, and Bach as well as Mahler&rsquo\;s
\nSecond\, Third\, Fourth\, Fifth\, Sixth\, and Eighth symphonies.
Described as &lsquo\;an intrepid improviser&rdquo\; by Michael Barone\, host of
\nAmerican Public Media&rsquo\;s Pipedreams\, David also frequently
\nperforms improvisations to silent films such as Phantom of the
\nOpera\, Hunchback of Notre-Dame\, Nosferatu\, Jeanne d&rsquo\;Arc\,
\nMetropolis\, King of Kings\, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde\, the General\, and
\na variety of Charlie Chaplin \;films.