Organ Recital Series - Christopher Jacobson

Sunday, January 25, 2015
5:00 pm
Organ Recital Series - Christopher Jacobson
Location: Duke Chapel

Christopher Jacobson was appointed Chapel Organist and Divinity School Organist at Duke University in the summer of 2014. Previous positions have included Associate Organist at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Columbia, South Carolina, and Assistant Organist at Washington National Cathedral. He has won prizes in several organ competitions and presented organ recitals in North America, Europe, and Australia. One reviewer noted that, “demonstrating excellent technique and mature interpretation, Christopher Jacobson presented one of the strongest recitals of the convention” (The American Organist). “Kit” will present his first recital in Duke Chapel on the Aeolian organ.  The recital will be broadcast on video feed and visible on a screen in the Nave.  The program will feature the monumental Three Preludes and Fugues, Op. 7 by French organist, Marcel Dupré.  With the acrobatics of these pieces he advanced organ technique to new heights, and forever changed what was humanly possible to play at the organ. 

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