Renowned concert organist and Pittsburgh-native ADAM BRAKEL performs at Saint Paul Cathedral on the famous 1962 Rudolf von Beckerath pipe organ.

Program:
PEETERS: Concert Piece, Op. 52a
SWEELINCK: Variations on Est-ce Mars
R. FARRELL: Florida Suite (Premiere)
REGER: Dankpsalm, Op. 145
J. S. BACH: Jesu Meine Freude, BWV610
J. S. BACH: Trio super Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV664
J. S. BACH: Prelude and Fugue in E Minor (“Wedge”), BWV548
VIERNE: Feux Follet from Pièces de Fantaisie
EBEN: Finale from Nedĕlni Hudba
L. de SAINT-MARTIN: Toccata de la Libération

About the performer:
Hailed as “an absolute organ prodigy” by National Public Radio and “one of the most talented organists in the world” by the Chicago Tribune, concert organist Adam J. Brakel is a preeminent artist “with the technique and virtuosity that most concert pianists could only dream of.” (NPR)

Adam’s celebrated performances span the globe—from coast to coast in the United States to across Europe and Asia. Brakel has one of the largest and most diverse performing repertoires in the world. His expansive list includes the entire spectrum of styles featuring the complete organ works of Bach, Bruhns, Buxtehude, Couperin, Liszt, de Grigny, Franck, Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Duruflé.

Brakel’s performance highlights include the complete works of César Franck, and, most notably, the fiendishly difficult Six Etudes of Jeanne Demessieux, of which Adam is one of the few organists in the world to have performed and recorded in its entirety. A graduate of the Peabody Conservatory and Duquesne University, Adam has a rich and decorated musical pedigree, having studied with Donald Sutherland and Dame Gillian Weir. He has taken top prizes in the Albert Schweitzer Organ Competition, the Gruenstein Memorial Organ Competition, the John Rodland Memorial Scholarship Competition, the French Organ Music Seminar Competition, and the Carlene Neihart International Organ Competition. He has also earned the André Marchal Award for Excellence in Performance as well as the Oundle Award, among other honors.

Adam J. Brakel is the newly appointed Director of Music at Royal Poinciana Chapel in Palm Beach, Florida. For seven years prior, he served as Director of Music for the Diocese of Orlando and St. James Cathedral in Orlando, Florida.

Adam J. Brakel is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC.