August 21, 2014
On May 18, James Welch performed a recital to mark the 75th anniversary of the 1939 Austin Organ Company Opus 2027 at the historic Sunset Ward building of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in San Francisco, California. The bishop who oversaw the construction of this, the first permanent LDS meetinghouse in San Francisco, was Serge Lauper. His daughter, Bonnie, whose married name is Goodliffe, would later become one of the Tabernacle organists in Salt Lake City.
Welch performed works of Bach, Boëllmann, Parry, Wood, Elliott, and Widor. Joining him on the program was former Sunset Ward organist Elizabeth Hill Forsyth, and current organists Lilyane Moulton and Ken Takahashi, in works of Pachelbel, Franck, and Burkhardt.
