Program
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- FRANCK ,
- arr. Calvin HAMPTON
- Allegretto from Symphony in D minor
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- TATUM
- “Tea For Two”
- trans. Alcée Chriss III
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- Intermission
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- ARLEN ,
- arr. Alcée CHRISS III, PETERSON
- “Over the Rainbow”
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- TRADITIONAL ,
- arr. Alcée CHRISS III, SWANN
- Improvisation on “Amazing Grace”
Artists
About this Performance
Known for incorporating gospel and jazz influences in his performances, Alcée Chriss III “plays with clarity, imagination, musicality, virtuosity, and yes, personality” (American Record Guide). A featured star in the PBS documentary Pipe Dreams, the Texas-born keyboardist has won international competitions from Miami to Montreal. Now, he makes his Walt Disney Concert Hall debut on the monumental “Hurricane Mama” organ with music from Bach to Broadway and beyond.
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Event starts at 6:30PM
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Learn MoreThe Walt Disney Concert Hall Organ
Architect Frank Gehry devoted a great deal of time to the design. He worked with Los Angeles organ designer and builder Manuel J. Rosales to create something different from a typical church organ with its rows and rows of metal tubes. Gehry’s initial designs included pipes hanging from the ceiling and the organist in a cage halfway up the wall. Rosales found the concepts fanciful and marvelous, but he knew there was no way they would lead to the construction of a practical musical instrument.
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