St. John’s Organ Society is pleased to announce the 32nd 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.
The 2025 Summer Concerts are performed on Thursday evenings at 7:30. St. John’s Catholic Church is located at 207 York Street in Bangor. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.
July 24
Choeur d’Enfants d’Ile-de-France (France)
The 2025 Summer Concert Series begins on Thursday evening, July 24, at 7:30 with a special choral concert with organ featuring the Choeur d’Enfants d’Ile de France, a children’s choir from Levallois, France, founded by Prof. Francis Bardot and presently directed by Raphaëlle Boutillier. They will be performing Sacred Choral Works from the 17th-20th Centuries. The 2025 Summer Concert Series continues with outstanding organ music performed by artists from Europe and the United States.
July 31
Laurent Jochum (Paris, FR)
Music of Johann Sebastian Bach, César Franck, Théodore Dubois, and Denis Bédard.
August 7
Leo Abbott (Boston, MA)
Music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Camille Saint Saëns, and George E. Whiting.
August 14
Edith Yam (Rochester, NY)
Music of August Gottfried Ritter, Dudley Buck, and Franz Liszt.
August 21
Jennifer Velázquez (Marlborough, MA)
Music of Felix Mendelssohn, César Franck, and Eugène Gigout.
August 28
Kevin Birch, organ, and Anatole Wieck, violin (Bangor, ME)
Music of Pablo Bruna, Georg Muffatt, and Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck.
Fall Concert – Tuesday, October 7
James Kennerley (Portland, ME)
For more details on the performers, please visit our Upcoming Events page.