This spring, Santa Fe Pro Musica collaborates with the New Mexico Museum of Art and local organists in presenting four free solo organ recitals on the recently renovated Reuter pipe organ in St. Francis Auditorium. The first installment of this series features Pro Musica’s organ extraordinaire David Solem in music by Louis Vierne, J.S. Bach, and César Franck.

PROGRAM      

LOUIS VIERNE Carillon de Westminster, Op. 54, No. 6
J.S. BACH Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582
CÉSAR FRANCK Organ Chorale No. 2 in B Minor

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photo: Christy Parent

David Solem, organ

David Solem has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music from Baltimore’s Peabody Conservatory where he studied organ, harpsichord, piano, and flute. He has over 30 years of experience in liturgical music and has taught applied music and choral arts at Loyola University in Chicago. Solem is the assistant organist at the First Presbyterian Church and plays keyboards of all kinds, including baroque chest organ, double-manual French harpsichord, single-manual Flemish harpsichord, harmonium, the Reuters organ in St. Francis Auditorium, and the Hamburg Steinway in the Lensic. He is also a Jungian psychoanalyst in private practice in Santa Fe.

Organ Recital Series Schedule

Part I—Wednesday, February 21 at 10 AM | David Solem, organ

Part II—Wednesday, March 20 at 10 AM | Frederick Frahm, organ

Part III—Wednesday, April 17 at 10 AM | David Solem, organ

Part IV—Wednesday, May 15 at 10 AM | Maxine Thévenot, organ