Organ Recital Series

Later that afternoon, at 4:00pm Choral Evensong will be offered by the St. Mark’s Choir and we will recognize and give thanks for the living members of the St. Mark’s Legacy Society.   Following the service, at approximately 4:45pm,  Jeffrey Parola will offer the organ recital.

Music for Evensong will include:

Preces and Responses:  Katherine Burk Webb

Psalm 46:  after M. Luther

Stanford:  Evening Service in B-Flat Major

Vaughan Williams:  O How Amiable

The entire day will be a marvelous opportunity for the parish to dedicate and rededicate ourselves to being and becoming the benefactors, patrons, and volunteers of our own day, people who will faithfully ensure that this building and congregation entrusted to us will continue to stand as a place with open doors, steadfast faith, glorious worship, and joyful community, ready to welcome any and all who seek God in our midst.  A festive reception will follow the organ recital.

Jeffrey Parola is an organist, conductor, and vocalist. Jeffrey is the Music Director at the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, where he conducts the Cathedral Choir, plays organ for daily Masses, and serves as administrative head of the Cathedral music program. Prior to this appointment, Jeffrey served as Director of Music at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Westwood, where he conducted the Schola Cantorum and Caritas Choirs, in addition to playing organ and serving as administrative head of the parish’s dynamic and robust music program. He was formerly Master of the Music at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Hollywood, where his duties included playing the organ and conducting the choir for high Anglican liturgies. Jeffrey made his Walt Disney Concert Hall debut in the world premiere performance of David Lang‘s sleeper’s prayer for treble and organ. He has given organ recitals in the Los Angeles metro, the Bay Area, and New York City.

Jeffrey’s program includes:

Suite du Deuxième Ton     Michel Corrette (1707-1795)

Plein jeu

Duo en Rondeau

Trio pour les Flûtes

Basse de Trompette

Duo sur les Flûtes

Récit de Trompette ou de Haut-bois

Trio

Andante

Fugue en toutes blanches

Grand jeu

Concerto in D Major    Claude Balbastre (1724-1799)

Prélude

Allegro

Gavotte

Prelude and Fugue in D Minor             Claude Balbastre