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Moveable Feast: Bach Organist Recital

Sunday, April 27, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Adult: $35
Student: $17.50
Youth: $7.50

For the final THE COMPLETE BACH presentation of our 2024-2025 Season, organists Mark Mummert and Wesley Hall will perform an afternoon of all-organ music. Beginning at Trinity Lutheran Church and ending at First Baptist Church, these performances are just a short walk apart on Worcester’s scenic Salisbury Street.

Trinity Lutheran Program
Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542
Schmucke dich, o liebe Seele (Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness), BWV 654
Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564

First Baptist Church Program
Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 537
Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 711
Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 715
Wenn dich unglück tut greifen an, BWV 1104
Praeludium and Fugue in C Major, BWV 566a

Featured Performers

Mark Mummert, organ
Wesley Hall, organ

Mark Mummert (b. 1965) is the Assistant Director & Accompanist for The Worcester Chorus of Music Worcester, Inc., (Dr. Chris Shepard, Artistic Director) and the director of The Worcester Chorus Women’s Ensemble. Mark is also Cantor at Trinity Lutheran Church (ELCA), Worcester, MA where he leads the music in all worship services, conducts the exceptional Trinity Choir, and is artistic director of the Music at Trinity fine arts series. Mark also serves on the voice faculty at Hanover Theater Conservatory in Worcester. Prior to moving to Worcester, Mark was the 2015 Distinguished Visiting Cantor at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. Mark served as the Director of Worship at Houston’s Christ the King Lutheran Church (2008-2015) and as Seminary Musician at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia (1990-2008).

Mark is also a tenor chorister with CONCORA (Connecticut Choral Artists), a professional choral ensemble based in Hartford, CT. Mark is a composer of portions of the first musical setting of Holy Communion in Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), the commended worship book of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He is the editor of Psalm Settings for the Church Year (2008, Augsburg Fortress) and Music Sourcebook for Lent and Three Days (2010, Augsburg Fortress). His numerous compositions for Christian worship are available from Augsburg Fortress. Mark’s recording Reformation Chorales Reformed (2017) includes organ works by J. S. Bach, Mendelssohn, Distler, and Clarke. The album is available for download and for streaming on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Youtube. Numerous recordings are available at Mark’s Soundcloud site. Mark was principal musician for the 2005 National Convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, the 200 ELCA Churchwide Assembly and Worship Jubilee, and visiting scholar for Emory University’s Candler School of Theology’s “The Singing Church” Project in 2012. Most recently, Mark was organist for the International Choral Festival Barcelona in 2024.

As a singer, Mark has performed professionally with The Worcester Chorus, Choral Arts Philadelphia, the Bach Society Houston, and the Houston Chamber Choir. Mark’s voice can be heard on the Grammy nominated recordings, “soft blink of amber light” and “Rothko Chapel.” Mark studied organ with Earl Ness and John Binsfeld, voice with Robert Grooters, and choral conducting with Alar Harler at Temple University’s Esther Boyer College of Music. He is currently pursuing advanced vocal studies with Jane Shivick.

Recognized in 2016 by the Diapason Magazine as a “20 Under 30” leader in Organ, Harpsichord, and Sacred Music in the United States, Wesley Hall is a dynamic organist and early musician with a passion for translating the music of the past into the context of today’s audience. Wesley blended his passion for music and liturgy at the Yale School of Music and Institute of Sacred Music, going on to receive an Artist Diploma in Organ Performance from the Oberlin Conservatory. His passion for early music took him to Lübeck in 2020 where he spent the year as a Gasthörer with Arvid Gast, learning from the exquisite instruments of Northern Germany. As both a solo artist and collaborator, his performances have been heard across the United States, Canada, and Europe. On TikTok, he is known as “Westpiper” where he has over 200,000 followers. His videos have received millions of views, and he looks forward to bringing organ music to even more people who haven’t yet experienced it. Presently, Wesley serves as Minister of Music and the Arts at the First Baptist Church of Worcester, Massachusetts, and as Organist for the Saint Mark’s School in Southborough, Massachusetts. He is an Academic Collaborator at Worcester Polytechnic Institute where he teaches organ and collaborates with vocal ensembles.

Music Worcester thanks the following sponsors of this presentation:

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Sunday, April 27, 2025
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