Stephen Tharp recording

Stephen Tharp has released a new recording with ACIS Productions, Stephen Tharp—The St. James’ Recital, recorded on the Schoenstein organ of St. James’s Church, Madison Avenue, Manhattan, where Tharp serves as the artist-in-residence. Repertoire includes works composed for him by Anthony Newman and George Baker, music of Duruflé, Simonds, and Bossi, and transcriptions of Wagner and Ravel. It is available from www.acisproductions.com. 

Tharp’s activities over the next season include: his 50th international tour, beginning with the opening concert for the Cirencester International Organ Festival in England; a further trip to Spain; festivals in Den Haag, the Netherlans, and at the new concert hall of the Hochschule für Musik, Würzburg, Germany, both commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Jeanne Demessieux; the closing concert for the AGO western regional convention at the LDS Conference Center, Salt Lake City; U.S. concerts marking the 20th anniversary of the death of William Albright; and Aeolus Recordings’s release of Vierne’s Symphonies V and VI from St. Sulpice, Paris. He is also a member of the jury for the 2018 Chartres International Organ Competition.

For information: www.stephentharp.com.