Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, April 4, at 12:15 p.m., as we welcome organistJames D. Hicks, whose program, entitled “Nordic Journey – Music from the North,” features music that will delight you:
- Prelude – Peeter Süda, Olli Saari
- Burlesco – Páli Isolfsson
- North American Fanfare – Aaron David Miller
- Two movements from Orgelsymphonie No. 10 in “Blue” (No Name Bossa Nova; Blues Melancollque) – Andreas Willscher
- Three Pieces in Jazz Style – Mons Leidvin Takle and Oscar Peterson
James D. Hicks is a concert organist living and working out of Califon, New Jersey. A graduate of the Peabody Conservatory of Music, Yale University, and the University of Cincinnati, Hicks has also studied at the Royal School of Church Music in the UK. James held liturgical positions throughout the USA over the course of thirty-five years and now devotes himself to concert, publishing, and recording projects. Over the past fifteen years, James has researched the music of the Nordic lands, and the result is an ongoing venture entitled Nordic Journeys.
If you are unable to join us in person, you may view a livestream on our YouTube channel (Friends of National City Christian Church) or on our Facebook page (National City Christian Church). You may also view a recording afterwards at those same sites.