organ concert

First of five organ concerts at Plymouth Congregational Church on Sunday, July 3. (Courtesy photo)

PLYMOUTH — Plymouth Congregational Church will present Justin Murphy-Mancini, Artist Faculty at University of S Maine and Director of Music at First Religious Society in Newburyport MA in a performance of Florence Price's Variations on "Peter Go Ring Dem Bells" and works of J.S. Bach, Vierne, Diemer and Hakim on Sunday, July 3 at 5 p.m. This will be the first of five concerts to demonstrate the versatility of the newly installed Viscount 4 manual digital hybrid organ.

The church has a long history with pipe organs dating back to the Henry Erben hand-cranked full tracker action pipe organ in 1854 to the Austin Organ installed in 1983 after the church was destroyed by fire.

The church's most recent organ upgrade, incorporates the 23 ranks of Austin pipes and is enhanced by the addition of nearly 60 ranks of digital stops of all musical qualities

Each Sunday in July will feature another New England organist.

Free will offering accepted. Sanctuary is air conditioned.

Located on the Common in downtown Plymouth, just off I-93 at exit 25. For more information call David Williams at 603-960-2578 or email: musicdirector@ussplymouth.org.

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