BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.6//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:302@tacomaago.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200125T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200125T211500 DTSTAMP:20191126T234545Z URL:https://tacomaago.org/events/johann-vexo-organiste-de-choeur-notre-dam e-de-paris/ SUMMARY:Johann Vexo\, Organiste de Choeur\, Notre-Dame de Paris DESCRIPTION:Music at St. James Cathedral presents\n2020 Vierne Complete Org an Works:\nJohann Vexo\, Organiste de Choeur\, Notre-Dame de Paris\n\nSatu rday\, January 25\, 2020 at 7:30pm\n$18 suggested donation\nSt. James Cath edral\n804 9th Avenue\nSeattle\, WA 98104\nMore info &\; advance passes :\nhttp://www.stjames-cathedral.org/music/concerts/Vexo.aspx\n(206) 382-48 74 or musicoffice@stjames-cathedral.org\n\nOver the course of 2020\, St. J ames Cathedral\, Seattle will present the complete organ works of composer Louis Vierne\, the principal organist at Notre-Dame Cathedral from 1900-1 937\, in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of his birth. For our firs t concert in this celebration\, we are honored to welcome Johann Vexo\, th e current Choir Organist of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame\, in recital\, fea turing Vierne’s Symphony No. 1. His recital also includes J. S. Bach’s Fantasia and Fugue in G minor\, BWV 542\; Felix Mendelssohn’s Variation s sérieuses\; and César Franck’s Choral No. 3 in A minor.\n\nJohann Ve xo was born in the French city of Nancy–a city close to the borders of B elgium\, Luxembourg\, and Germany. Surrounded and influenced by the rich m usical and cultural heritage of that region of France\, his training and p erformance career developed so rapidly that at age 25 he was appointed Or ganiste de Choeur (Choir Organist) at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame\, Paris . Soon thereafter he was also appointed Organist of the grand Cavaillé-Co ll organ of the Cathedral in Nancy\, and most recently Professor of Organ at the Superior Music Academy in Strasbourg. His very physical approach to playing results in wonderfully rhythmic music-making\, “the kind you fe el as well as hear\, and in riveting performances where this is no notion of organ playing as dull or dutiful or pompous.” (Dallas Morning News). Johann Vexo is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Trucken brod Concert Artists\, LLC.\n\nSt. James Cathedral is home to two magnific ent pipe organs that together form the grand organ\, one of the largest mu sical instruments in Seattle. A single organist can play both organs from one console\, resulting in a unique and exciting “surround-sound” expe rience for the listener. The oldest instrument\, built by the Hutchings-Vo tey company in 1907\, was installed in the West Gallery when the Cathedral was first constructed. The Rosales Opus 30 organ\, in the East Apse\, was added in 2000. Organ builder Manuel J. Rosales writes\, “Given the soli dity and massive sound of the 1907 Hutchings-Votey organ\, the new Rosales organ\, based on the French models\, would bring a fresh\, bright\, crisp sound to the wonderful acoustics of St. James Cathedral. A sound that wou ld be perceived of as complementary to the old organ as well as being dist inctive on its own. Also\, the new organ\, although not particularly a lar ge instrument\, would offer an organist most of the resources needed to pl ay the vast range of French literature.” More information on the organs at http://www.stjames-cathedral.org/music/organs/default.aspx\n\nOther upc oming concerts in the 2020 Vierne Complete Organ Works series include Cath edral Organist Joseph Adam on February 21 and May 29\, featuring Symphony No. 2\, Symphony No. 5\, and the second and fourth books of Pièces de F antaisie.\n\nPARKING\n- Limited free parking is available in the O'Dea Hig h School parking lot\, entrances on Marion and Columbia Streets between Te rry and Boren Avenues.\n- Paid street parking is enforced until 8:00pm.\n- Handicapped parking is available on the west side of Terry Avenue\, betwe en Marion and Columbia.\n- The 1st Hill Medical Pavilion garage at 1124 Co lumbia St. (at the corner of Boren and Columbia\, across from the O’Dea lot) is open until midnight\, with $5.00 evening parking.\n- A 24-hour gar age\, the First Hill Plaza Garage\, located at 1300 Summit Avenue (between Madison and Spring)\, offers $3.00 parking for up to 10 hours on evenings after 5:00pm and weekends.\n\nPUBLIC TRANSPORTATION\n- St. James Cathedra l is within a few blocks of a number of bus lines and the First Hill Stree tcar. The #60 bus stops directly in front on 9th Ave. To plan your trip\, visit tripplanner.kingcounty.gov (or 206-553-3000)\, or maps.google.com  and search for 804 9th Avenue\, Seattle\, 98104. CATEGORIES:Organ Recitals LOCATION:St. James Cathedral\, 804 9th Ave\, Seattle\, WA\, 98104\, First H ill\, United States GEO:47.6076463;-122.32589059999998 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=804 9th Ave\, Seattle\, WA\ , 98104\, First Hill\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=St. James Cathedral:geo:47.6076463,-122.32589059999998 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR