Super Bowl Sunday Organ Concert

Jan Kraybill's twenty-second Super Bowl Sunday Organ Concert will be an online performance, typical of the COVID-19 era. What's definitely not typical about the recorded event is Kraybill's use of three organ consoles at the Community of Christ Auditorium and Temple. 

"Virtual Virtuosity: A tribute to all virtuosos of the COVID digital era" begins at 2:30 p.m. Central Standard Time on 7 February. The free event on the church's YouTube channel will be available for viewing for a limited time after the initial event.

Kraybill designed the concert to honor all who have faced the challenges of the COVID era with creativity and courage. Viewers also will learn interesting facts about seldom-seen parts of the headquarters complex. 

Repertoire will include:

• William Walton's Crown Imperial March (transcription by Herbert Murrill)
• Herbert Howells' Psalm-Prelude Op. 32, No. 2 (on Psalm 37:11, "the meek shall inherit the earth")
• J.S. Bach's Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 541
• Paul Manz' Partita on St. Anne ("O God Our Help in Ages Past")
• Franklin D. Ashdown's Variations on "The Star-Spangled Banner"
• Sigfrid Karg-Elert's O Gott, du frommer Gott ("O God, Thou Faithful God"), Op. 65, No. 50
  
• Jehan Alain's Litanies