Concerts & Performances
St. Dunstan’s concert series and public offerings of musical programming contribute to the music ministry by offering three or four public concerts each year. These often feature our director of music and visiting artists on the Dobson organ, sometimes playing with musicians with other instruments, and choral groups. These concerts expand the church’s liturgical repertoire and encourage the next generation of organists and other musicians. Through these musical programs, Music at St. Dunstan’s reaches the larger community, inviting people to share the joyful appreciation of sacred and secular music.
Molly Quinn, Soprano Benjamin Sheen, Organ
Sacred songs - chants and arias - theater music
Sunday, July 28, 3 pm, reception following
In a beautiful blending of voice and organ, Molly Quinn and Benjamin Sheen will present a recital at St. Dunstan’s on Sunday afternoon, July 28. Parishioners and the public are invited to the 3 pm concert and the reception with the artists that will follow.
The duo’s richly varied program will feature Louis Vierne’s stunning Les Angelus for Soprano and Organ. Molly and Benjamin also will offer organ works based on chant, presented with the chants that inspired them. Their program will also include Baroque arias and music from the theater.
Currently Director of Music at Jesus College Cambridge, Ben is one of the UK’s most established organists on both sides of the Atlantic. Hailed as “brilliant” by the New York Times, he is a past winner of the Pierre S. du Pont First Prize in the inaugural Longwood Gardens Organ Competition and of the Jon Laukvik prize at the St. Alban’s International Organ Competition.
Soprano Molly Quinn is a longtime member of the Carmel Bach Festival Chorale and featured soloist. She has appeared as a soloist in noted national and international venues including Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Shostakovich Hall in St. Petersburg, Russia, and San Cristobal Cathedral in Havana, Cuba.
Tickets are $25, available at the door. Students and patrons 18 and under are free.