2024 Summer Concert Series

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St. John’s Organ Society is pleased to announce our 31st Summer Recital Series on Maine’s largest 19th-Century mechanical-action pipe organ, E. & G. G. Hook’s magnificent Opus 288, at St. John’s Roman Catholic Church in Bangor.

These hour-long recitals occur on Thursday evenings at 7:30.

July 25 – Steven Young
Taunton, MA
Music of Gustav Adolf Merkel, Théodore Dubois, and Charles-Marie Widor

August 1 – Erica Johnson
Walpole, MA
Music of Johann Sebastian Bach, Josef Rheinberger, and Elizabeth Stirling

August 8 – Hentus van Rooyen
Portland, ME
Music of Johann Sebastian Bach, César Franck, and Herbert Howells

August 15 – Sarah Johnson
New Haven, CT
Music of Johann Sebastian Bach, Amy Beach, and Horatio Parker

August 22 – Duo Edelen
Christina Scott Edelen (organ), Fred Edelen (cello)
Bath, ME
Music of Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Willem de Fesch

August 29 – Season Finale
Anatole Wieck (violin), Sarah Hoskins (cello), Kevin Birch (organ)
Bangor, Maine
Music of Johann Sebastian Bach, Gabriel Fauré, and Josef Rheinberger


St. John’s Catholic Church is located at 207 York Street in Bangor. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.

To learn more, visit the Upcoming Events page.

2024 Spring International Concert

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On April 9, 2024, concert organist, Loreto Aramendi, performed music of Buxtehude, Alain, Liszt, Franck, Messiaen, and Duruflé on the historic organ at St. John’s Catholic Church (207 York St., Bangor). Aramendi is the organist of the Cavaillé-Coll organ (1863) of the Basilique of Santa María del Coro in San Sebastian, Spain.