Oberlin Dedicates New C.B. Fisk Organ With Live Broadcasts of Concerts on WCLV 104.9 FM Musicians Dedicate Concert Performance to Victims of September 11 Terrorist Attacks By Marci Janas '91
	Back to the main story		Schedule of Events for the Inaugural Weekend Celebrating The Kay Africa Memorial Organ at Oberlin College: Opus 116, Built by C.B. Fisk All events take place in Finney Chapel. Friday, September 28 8:30 p.m. INAUGURAL CONCERT The Oberlin Orchestra Paul Polivnick, conductor In the Fullness of Time Robert Sirota (b. 1949) Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, "Organ" Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) David Boe, organ Symphonie concertante, Op. 81 Joseph Jongen (1873-1953) Haskell Thomson, organ Saturday, September 29 10:30 a.m. DEDICATION CEREMONY The dedication ceremony will include the awarding of the honorary degree, Doctor of Music, to Fenner Douglass, Oberlin College Class of 1942. 11:15 a.m. LECTURE "Glancing Back to Shape the Future" Fenner Douglass, Emeritus Professor of Music, Duke University 7:15 p.m. PRE-CONCERT PRESENTATION BY REPRESENTATIVES OF C.B. FISK, INC. Moderated by Roger Sherman, Oberlin Class of 1972, host of The Organ Loft and President of Loft Recordings.   8:00 p.m. AN EVENING OF SOLO ORGAN LITERATURE Final from Symphonie No. 1, Op. 14 Louis Vierne (1870—1937) La Vallée du Béhorléguy, au matin from Paysages euskariens Ermend Bonnal (1880—1944) Grande pièce symphonique, Op. 17 César Franck (1822—1890) David Boe, organ Variations on "Veni Creator" from Op. 4 Maurice Duruflé (1902—1986) Andante sostenuto from Symphonie gothique, Op. 70 Charles-Marie Widor (1844—1937) Communion: Les oiseaux et les sources (The birds and the springs) Sortie: Le vent de l’Esprit (The wind of the Spirit) from Messe de la Pentecôte Olivier Messiaen (1908—1992) Chorale No. 3 in A minor Franck Scène pastorale Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (1817—1869) (pour une inauguration d'orgue) Haskell Thomson, organ Sunday, September 30 10:00 a.m. OPEN CONSOLE FOR VISITING ORGANISTS Guests can register to play the C. B. Fisk Opus 116 by signing up at Finney Chapel on Saturday, September 29. Registration begins at 10 a.m. just prior to the Dedication Ceremony.   For more information, please visit http://www.oberlin.edu/con.
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