Evensong and Organ Recital

Evensong and Organ Recital

4:00 pm

Nave
2300 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94704

YOU ARE INVITED!

The 39th Season of the Second Sunday Evensong/Organ Recital Series at St. Mark’s, Berkeley continues on Sunday, May 11, 2025.
A congregational Evensong will be offered at 4:00pm followed by a program performed by Jared Johnson at approximately 4:40pm.

The all Bach program will include:

Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 547

Concerto in A minor, BWV 593

after Concerto for two violins, op. 3, no. 8 by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

  1. (Allegro)
  2. Adagio

III. Allegro

Chorale Prelude on Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659

Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major, BWV 522

 

Jared Johnson is the Canon Director of Music at Grace Cathedral, where he leads the Cathedral Choir and oversees the music program. A native of Ohio, he is a graduate of Oberlin College and Yale University. Prior to his appointment in San Francisco, he was Director of Music at Trinity Cathedral in Columbia, SC, where he founded both a boys’ choir and a girls’ choir, and he taught on the music faculty of the University of South Carolina. A frequent guest conductor, he recently served as music director for the Saint Thomas Girl Chorister Course, and the Royal School of Church Music Course at Duke University. As an organ recitalist he has appeared in major venues throughout North America, Great Britain, and Australia, and his recordings appear on the Pro Organo and JAV labels. He previously served on the staffs of Trinity Church, Boston; Memorial Church at Harvard; and Trinity Church on the Green in New Haven, CT. Dr. Johnson is a member of the boards of the Association of Anglican Musicians, and of the Royal School of Church Music in America.

A festive reception will follow the program.
Parking is available in the parish lot at 2315 Ellsworth.

Tax-deductible contributions, at the following levels, are most welcome to help support the series.  Thank you for your support.

To support the series, visit: https://app.aplos.com/aws/give/St_Marks_Choir_Association

$1-74 Supporter
$75-124 Friend
$125-249 Sponsor
$250-499 Patron
$500-999 Sustainer
$1000+ Benefactor

The final organ recital of the season will be offered on Sunday, June 8  by Michal Szostak, from Warsaw, Poland.

For further information, contact George Emblom at GAEmblom@aol.com.