Carlton Russell to give organ recital at Wheaton
October 3, 2000
Carlton T. Russell, professor of music and college organist at Wheaton, will play a faculty recital in Cole Memorial Chapel on Friday, October 13, at 8:00 p.m. The recital will be performed on the college's large Casavant pipe organ, and will consist of music in continuous variation form -- passacaglias and chaconnes -- by Bach, Pachelbel, Rheinberger, Buxtehude, Louis Couperin, and contemporary composers Gerhard Krapf and Richard E. Brown. The program will include two well-known works: Bach's great Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, and Pachelbel's Kanon in D Major (made famous through the soundtrack of the 1980 Robert Redford movie ''Ordinary People,'' and still a popular choice for weddings).
The Wheaton organ, a 3-manual, 39-stop, tracker-action instrument, is one of the largest in southeastern New England. It is an outstanding example from the 20th-century organ revival, a movement that produced many fine pipe organs built according to historic principles of tonal and mechanical design. Built in 1969, the organ was the gift of the late Catherine Filene Shouse [base ']18, and other donors. ''With Grateful Gladness,'' a compact disc recorded in celebration of the organ's 30th anniversary, will be available for purchase at the recital, with proceeds to Wheaton's general scholarship fund.
A member of the Wheaton faculty since 1963, Dr. Russell has given recitals on many historic instruments throughout New England. A graduate of Amherst College, Princeton University and The Episcopal Divinity School, he has written numerous articles and reviews on church music and organ playing, has composed several published anthems and is an active choral conductor. An Episcopal clergyman, he is a priest associate at Trinity Church in Wrentham, Mass.
The program is open to the public without charge, and Cole Memorial Chapel is wheelchair accessible.
For directions to Wheaton, call the office of communications at 508-286-8235 or log on to www.wheatoncollege.edu/About/Directions/.