St. James Cathedral Summer Concert Series: Organist Jonathan Dimmock – Paris: Between the Wars
$18 suggested donation
Guy Weitz — 'Regina Pacis' from Symphony No. 1
Guy Weitz — Symphony No. 1
Jehan Alain — Deuxième Fantaisie
Charles-Marie Widor — Trois Nouvelles Pièces
Charles-Marie Widor — 'Mystique' from Trois Nouvelles Pièces
Olivier Messiaen — Prélude pour orgue (Prelude for organ)
Maurice Duruflé — Prélude, Adagio, et Choral varié sur le thème du Veni Creator
Jonathan Dimmock, organ
Weitz – "Regina Pacis" from Symphony No. 1
Vierne – Impromptu
Alain – Deuxième Fantaisie
Widor – "Mystique" from Trois Nouvelles Pièces
Messiaen – Prélude
Duruflé – Prélude, Adagio, et Choral varié sur le thème du ‘Veni Creator’
Passes are a suggested donation of $18; available online or at the door. Free gelato reception following the concert!
Organist Jonathan Dimmock is well-known internationally as a recitalist, accompanist, ensemble musician, non-profit founder, and writer. A graduate of Oberlin and Yale, he has the unique privilege to have been the only American Organ Scholar of Westminster Abbey; he has also served three American cathedrals: St. John the Divine (New York), St. Mark’s (Minneapolis), and Grace (San Francisco). Jonathan lives in San Francisco, where, for over twelve years, he was Music Director at St. Ignatius Church (the largest Jesuit church in the United States) and where he is currently Principal Organist at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Organist for the San Francisco Symphony, Director of Music at Congregation Sherith Israel, Organ Instructor at Sonoma State University, and a regular freelance performer. He is one of the few organists in the world to tour on six continents.
Mr. Dimmock has recorded more than 50 CDs and can be heard on the Grammy Award-winning San Francisco Symphony recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8. In addition to numerous listings on YouTube, as well as all other online music sites, he has been interviewed and featured on numerous radio and television stations including National Public Radio, Radio France, BBC3, ABC (Australia), MTV2 (Budapest), BCC (Barbados), and SABC (South Africa). His teachers and mentors include Olivier Messiaen, Gillian Weir, Simon Preston, Jean Langlais, Peter Hallock, Haskell Thomson, William Porter, Thomas Murray, Ton Koopman, Harald Vogel, J. Franklin Clark, Paul Halley, Naji Hakim, and Frédéric Blanc.
He is co-founder of the highly acclaimed American Bach Soloists, founding director of Artists’ Vocal Ensemble (AVE), and Founder of The Resonance Project, which uses music in international conflict resolution. He is a certified teacher of Meditation in Daily Stress, a practice designed by Michel Pascal and the Dalai Lama, and is deeply committed to healing our world through the beauty of music.