William James Lawson marked his fiftieth year as a church organist and recitalist on October 8 by performing the first of two recitals at Main Street Baptist Church, Binghamton, New York. The program consisted of four organ suites by modern American and English composers: Georgian Suite, opus 81, by Francis Jackson (1917–2022); Suite “Laudate Dominum” by Peter Hurford (1930–2019); Suite in C (Delaware Suite) by David Schelat (b. 1955); and Archangel Suite by Craig Phillips (b. 1961). The program was performed on the church’s Russell & Company instrument of three manuals, 32 ranks.
Lawson is organist of Main Street Baptist Church and is an instructor of organ, harpsichord, and voice at Binghamton University. The second recital in the series, titled “The Danish Organ,” will be performed in May 2024.
For information: mainstreetbaptist.net.
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