Congregational Evensong & Organ Recital

Congregational Evensong & Organ Recital

4:00 pm

Nave
2300 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
The 41st season of the Second Sunday Evensong/Organ Recital Series at St. Mark’s, Berkeley continues on Sunday, November 8, 2026.   A congregational evensong will be offered at 4:00pm followed by an organ recital (around 4:40pm) performed by Katya Kolesnikova.

 

Katya Kolesnikova is a Russian-born church musician and concert organist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She began her musical studies at an early age and graduated from the Nizhny Novgorod Conservatory in Russia and the Ecumenical Institute of Church Music in Berlin, Germany, where she specialized in organ and musicology.
 
Katya has performed internationally in Russia, Germany, Austria, Sweden, the Netherlands, and the United States. Her local concert appearances include performances with the Kensington Symphony, Auburn Symphony, and Music in the Mountains Choir and Orchestra, as well as the American Guild of Organists members recitals. Her local solo performances include appearances at St. Mary’s Cathedral and the Legion of Honor museum in San Francisco.
 
She currently serves as Principal Organist at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley (UUCB), where she creates multidimensional musical experiences by blending contemplative practices with sound and music. In addition to the organ and other keyboard instruments, she plays Native American-style flutes and crystal singing bowls. She also offers monthly Sound Baths at UUCB, combining the resonant tones of crystal singing bowls with the rich sounds of the organ.
 
Beyond music, Katya’s interests and passions include spirituality, travel, caring for plants, helping people discover their unique purpose, and bringing more love, beauty, and goodness into the world.
 
One of her most recent creative endeavors is Silk Notes Botanicals, a small business specializing in faux botanical arrangements. This venture brings together her love of plants, beauty, and intentional living, creating arrangements that invite a sense of harmony and meaning into everyday spaces.

PROGRAM

Organ Concerto in A minor, BWV 593   –  Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Invention dans le style ancien  –  Henriette Renié (1875 – 1956)

Gigue  –  Elizabeth Turner (d. 1756)

Echo fantasia in D Dorian SwWV 261  –  Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

Nun ruhen alle Wälder  –  Jacques van Oortmerssen (1950-2015)

Hózhó   –  Connor Chee (b. 1987)

Praeludium et Fuga in C minor, BWV 546   –  Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

A reception will follow the program.

Parking is available in the parish lot at 2315 Ellsworth.

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

Future Artists include:

December 13:  No Recital
January 10, 2027:  John Karl Hirten, St. John’s, Ross
February 14:  Jackson Merrill, St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, NYC
March 14:  Jacob Benda, College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
April 11:  Margaret Martin Kvamme, Los Gatos, CA
May 9:  John Nothaft, Lewinsville Presbyterian Church, McLean, VA
June 13:  Stephen Buzard, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco

Tax-deductible contributions are most welcome to help support the series.  Thank you for your support.
For further information, contact George Emblom, GAEmblom@aol.com.