BRIAN PRESTON HARLOW - Saint Thomas Church

SAINT THOMAS CHURCH FIFTH AVENUE
THE REVEREND ANDREW C. MEAD, OBE, DD, Rector
JOHN SCOTT, LVO, D.Mus. Organist and Director of Music
FREDERICK TEARDO, Associate Organist
KEVIN KWAN, Assistant Organist
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ORGAN RECITAL SERIES
BRIAN PRESTON HARLOW
Sunday, 13 November 2011 at Five-fifteen o’clock
On the Loening-Hancock Organ:
Fantasia in G (Pièce d’Orgue), BWV 572
Adagio für Glasharmonika, K. 356
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756-1791)
Transcription et reprises variées par François Delor
On the Arents Memorial Organ:
Fantasy on the name Marilyn Keiser
Pamela Decker
(b. 1955)
from ‘Suite du Premier Ton’
Grand plein jeu
Duo
Récits de cromorne et de cornet séparé
Dialogue sur les grands jeux
Chorale-Improvisation sur le ‘Victimae Paschali’
Louis-Nicolas Clérambault
(1676-1749)
Charles Tournemire
(1870-1939)
BRIAN PRESTON HARLOW holds the degrees of Doctor of Musical Arts, Master of Musical Arts and Master of
Music from Yale University School of Music, as well as the Bachelor of Music degree with High Distinction from
Indiana University School of Music. His teachers include Martin Jean, Marilyn Keiser and Thomas Murray, organ;
Gerre Hancock, William Porter and Jeffery Brillhart, improvisation; and Richard Rephann, harpsichord. From the
Yale Institute of Sacred Music, he received the Robert Baker Scholarship and the Faculty Prize for exemplifying the
ideals of the Institute. From Indiana University he received the Austin Caswell Award and a Distinguished Alumni
Service Award Scholarship; he was also named a member of the Honors Division and an Arthur R. Metz Scholar.
He is the recipient of two awards from the American Guild of Organists: the award for the highest grades on the
Associate exam and the S. Lewis Elmer Award for the highest grade on an upper level exam. Dr. Harlow is
Organist and Choirmaster at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Gladstone, New Jersey. He served from 2007-2010 as
Director of Music at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Morristown, New Jersey where he directed a large program of
multiple choirs and a concert series. He also served as Assistant Organist at St. James’ Church, Madison Avenue,
Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, and Trinity Church, New Haven, Connecticut as well as Director of Music at
churches in Connecticut, Indiana and Massachusetts. Dr. Harlow has given a number of recitals in the United States
and England. He also performs regularly with other instrumentalists and in organ duet recitals with his partner
Christopher Jennings. He has recorded for Koch International Classics and BKM Associates. Dr. Harlow is active as
a teacher and composer and in the American Guild of Organists and Association of Anglican Musicians. Updated
information can be found on his website: www.harlowjennings.org/brian.html
Sunday, November 20 – 5:15 p.m.
KEVIN KWAN, Assistant Organist
For a complete listing of the 2011-12 St. Thomas Organ Recital Series, please visit:
www.SaintThomasChurch.org/music/recitals