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Justus Parrotta to perform Halloween Concert at Sterling Organ House, Laurel Maryland, on October 28th, 2023 at 4PM

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On Saturday, October 28th at 4PM Justus Parrotta will perform a Halloween concert at Sterling Organ House in Laurel, Maryland on the Hauptwerk Virtual Organ system. The instruments for the performance include the Cavallé-Coll organ at St. Ouen in Rouen France and the Johann Friederich Wender organ at Bachkirche in Arnstadt, Germany.

The program is as follows:

Ballade, Op 100 No. 15 – Friederich Bergmüller (1806-1874) arr. Justus Parrotta (b. 1988)

Gnossienne No. 1 – Erik Satie (1866-1925) arr. Justus Parrotta 

The Storm, Op 109 No. 13 – Friederich Bergmüller arr. Justus Parrotta

Gnossienne No. 2 – Erik Satie arr. Justus Parrotta 

Funeral March of a Marionette – Charles Gounod (1818-1893) arr. Justus Parrotta

Gnossienne No. 3 – Erik Satie (1866-1925) arr. Justus Parrotta 

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Intermission

Tarantula Symphony No. 1 (Premiere) – Justus Parrotta

I. Treading Across the Floor Late at Night

II. Lazy Tarantula

III. The Grand Chase

Selections from “On an Overgrown Path” – Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) arr. Justus Parrotta

I. A Blown-Away Leaf

II. The Little Owl Continues Screeching

III. Good Night

Carillon de Longpont – Louis Vierne (1870-1937)

Admission is $30 per person.

For more information regarding reservations please contact Kevin Sterling at kasterling@verizon.net.