Pipedreams Organ Concert

March 18, Saturday from 9AM-5PM – the annual Before Bach’s Birthday Bash, a sequence of five hour-long concerts devoted primarily to music by Johann Sebastian Bach, presented this year at various venues in Minneapolis:

9:00-10:00 AM – St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral (519 Oak Grove Street)

2013 Foley-Baker (4 manuals, 87 stops, 80 ranks)

10:30-11:30 AM – Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church (511 Groveland Avenue)

1979 Sipe (4 manuals, 55 stops/78 ranks)

1:00-2:00 PM – 1st Unitarian Society of Minneapolis (900 Mount Curve Avenue)

1961 Holtkamp (3 manuals, 27 stops, 35 ranks)

2:30-3:30 PM – Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church (2020 West Lake of the Isles Parkway)

1980 Jaeckel (19 stops, 28-ranks)

4:00-5:00 PM – St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (1917 Logan Avenue South)

1998 Dobson (2 manuals, 36 stops, 45 ranks)

All events are free (donations accepted) and open to the public. Join us for the entire day, or at any of the five individual destinations. The first hour’s program will be broadcast live on YourClassical Minnesota Public Radio network stations (KSJN-99.5FM in the Twin Cities). More information at tcago.org.