Trinity Lutheran Church, Roselle, Illinois, presents a hymn festival November 27 at 4 pm. Entitled “Blessings Beyond Description—Celebrating Hymns of Thanksgiving,” the hymn festival will feature John Behnke performing on the four-manual Rieger-Kloss pipe organ, the Gloria Dei Chorale, Trinity Brass Ensemble, and Gospbells handbell choir.
The program features works by John Behnke, including the hymn concertato Blessed by God beyond Description, composed for Trinity’s 100th anniversary in 2010. Behnke will also perform organ works by Bach and Vierne.
John Behnke is professor of music at Concordia University in Mequon, Wisconsin, where he teaches organ and directs the Alleluia Ringers, Concordia’s touring handbell choir. He is also organist at Trinity Lutheran Church in downtown Milwaukee, where he plays on an 1878 Schuelke organ.
A 1974 graduate of Concordia-River Forest, Illinois, he received master’s and doctoral degrees from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. For further information, contact Karen Mueller at 630/894-3263, or visit www.trinityroselle.com.
