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Bach’s Lunch Summer Organ Concert Series continues for its second year! Programs and menus can be viewed below.

To reserve a lunch, click the link below the date you are ordering for and follow the instructions Please have your order in by 2 p.m. Monday before each concert. If you are unable to reserve a lunch, extras are available on a first come first served basis. If you find it convenient, you may place a standing order for your lunch. Email churchoffice@stjohnsmontgomery.org if you have questions.
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July 2 - no recital

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July 9 - Wallace Hornady, Woodberry Forest School

Chorale Prelude on “St. Anne” - C.H. Hubert Parry
Chorale Prelude on “Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier” - Johann Sebastian Bach
Les baricades mistérieuses from Pièces de clavecin, Second Livre - François Couperin
Cromorne sur la taille from Messe pour les couvents - François Couperin
Fugue in E Flat Major ('St. Anne') BWV 552,2 (from the Dritter Teil der Klavierübung) -  J.S. Bach
Lunches from Scott Street Deli -  Turkey sandwich on freshly made bread, chips, and cookie    

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July 16 - Kelley Garrett, Frazer Church

Music for a Sunday Morning, 3rd movement - Harald Rohlig
Improvisation on ‘I Want to Walk As a Child of the Light’ - Paul Manz
He Who Will Suffer God to Guide Him - J. S. Bach
The Rejoicing - Hal Hopson
Recessional on ‘Hymn to Joy’ including ‘St. Anthony Chorale’ - K. Lee Scott
Lunches from Scott Street Deli -  Menu TBA

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July 23 - Shannon Mathai, Trinity Presbyterian Church

Toccata on 'Amazing Grace' - Christopher Pardini 
Prelude on 'Slane' (Be Thou My Vision) - Gerre Hancock 
Berceuse - Sarah Rimkus 
Dialogue on the  Mixtures - Jean Langlais 
Sinfonia from Cantata 29 - J.S. Bach 
Lunches from Scott Street Deli -  Menu TBA

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July 30 - Jim Sadie, Allen Organs

Lunches from Scott Street Deli -  Menu TBA

 

Past Concerts

June 4 - Tommy Holliman, St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church

Festival Voluntary - Flor Peeters
Pastorale - Alec Rowley
Ave Maria von Arcadelt - Franz Liszt
Two Pieces - Dale Wood
Come With Us, O Blessed Jesus
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
The Good Shepherd - Dom Paul Benoit
March Pontificale - Charles Gounod
Lunch Menu: Croissant with Almond Chicken Salad , Tomato, Watermelon & Feta Salad, Chocolate & Pine Nut Meringue Cookie

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June 11 - Wayne Barr, Tuskegee University

Fantasy - Eugene Hancock (1929–1993)
“Jacob’s Ladder” - arr. Ralph Simpson (1933–2024)
Improvisation “He Knows Just How Much We Can Bear” - Henry Sexton, Jr. (b. 1940)
Great Day, duh Righteous Marchin’! - William Farley Smith (1941–1997)
Toccata on “Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart” - Al Travis (b. 1940)
Lunch Menu: Jamaican Pork Roll, Tropical Black Bean & Mango Salad, Lemon Curd Tartlet CLICK TO ORDER

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June 18 - Becky Taylor, Church of the Ascension

A Recital in Celebration of Juneteenth
Music by African American Composers and Spiritual Arrangements
Organ Suite No. 1: Toccato - Florence B. Price
Five Settings of Spirituals - arr. Adolphus Hailstork
There is a balm in Gilead
Oh, Freedom
Go Down Moses
Wade in the Water
Lord, I Don’t Feel Noways Tired
Toccata on “Lift Every Voice and Sing” - Mark A. Miller
Lunch Menu: Santa Fe Pimiento Cheese on Whole Grain Baguette, Carrot Cranberry Salad, Coconut Muffin. CLICK TO ORDER

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June 25 - Jim Conely, Huntingdon College

Scherzo: “La Chasse” (Symphony 2) – Charles-Marie Widor
From Variations on Kum Ba Yah – Philip Jones
“Someone’s Praying, Lord”
“Let Us Praise the Lord”
Two Pieces – James Conely
“Poem: Reminiscence”
“Epiphany Prelude on Morning Star” (Hymn No. 117)
Two Spirituals – Marianne Kim
“I Want Jesus to Walk with Me”
“Ain’t-a That Good News”
Prelude in C – Edward C. Bairstow
Lunch Menu: Tomato Basil Tart, Orzo & Feta Salad, Chocolate Coconut Bar CLICK TO ORDER