Dr. Leightenheimer and the Quimby Organ
Sunday, November 24, 2024
2:00pm
WILL CALL opens at 1:15 PM
Doors open at 1:30 PM
St. Margaret's Church
47535 Hwy 74
Palm Desert, CA
Departing from tradition, Palm Springs Concerts will join with St. Margaret’s Church in Palm Desert to co-sponsor a performance at the church on Sunday, November 24, at 2 p.m.
The concert will feature Dr. Douglas Leightenheimer, playing St. Margaret’s classic pipe organ. It will be a performance featuring a kaleidoscopic selection of classical offerings by Bach, Boyce, Mendelssohn, Sowerby, Vierne and others.
Dr. Leightenheimer is the resident organist and director of music at St. Margaret’s. A native of Portsmouth, Ohio, he received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Fred Fox School of Music, at the University of Arizona.
Starring equally with Dr. Leightenheimer will be St. Margaret’s stellar pipe organ itself, the Quimby Pipe Organ Company’s ”Opus 50,” which was constructed and installed at the church in 1998. It boasts 4 manuals and 71 ranks, and is one of the finest pipe organs in Southern California.
Building the pipe organ was a challenge for the Quimby Company. Not only would the instrument need to bathe the acoustically dry church interior with the warm tones appropriate for religious services, but it would also need to achieve the high musical demands placed on it at concerts by the great composers.
Given the flexibility required, the organ builders responded heartily. They needed generous pipe scales, heroic pipe construction and full voicing. They planned a visual experience that would harmonize, without competing, with the church.
There was a provision for innovative features, such as double enclosed chorus reeds, and an unusual transfer system allowing the organist to maximize every musical color at his disposal.
Throughout the building process, the staff wanted to make this organ their finest work. Michael Quimby, the owner of the pipe organ company, has said that any acclaim the organ has achieved rests squarely with the dedication and careful work of his builders.
The Quimby Company succeeded in making an organ to support choral and congregational singing, in addition to being a powerful instrument for performing the varied concert literature for a variety of public events at St. Margarets.
This concert, jointly sponsored by St. Margaret's, is the first of Palm Springs Concerts’ classical performances for the 2024-25 season.
Please note: All sales final. No refunds.
Sunday, November 24, 2024
2:00pm
WILL CALL opens at 1:15 PM
Doors open at 1:30 PM
St. Margaret's Church
47535 Hwy 74
Palm Desert, CA
Departing from tradition, Palm Springs Concerts will join with St. Margaret’s Church in Palm Desert to co-sponsor a performance at the church on Sunday, November 24, at 2 p.m.
The concert will feature Dr. Douglas Leightenheimer, playing St. Margaret’s classic pipe organ. It will be a performance featuring a kaleidoscopic selection of classical offerings by Bach, Boyce, Mendelssohn, Sowerby, Vierne and others.
Dr. Leightenheimer is the resident organist and director of music at St. Margaret’s. A native of Portsmouth, Ohio, he received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Fred Fox School of Music, at the University of Arizona.
Starring equally with Dr. Leightenheimer will be St. Margaret’s stellar pipe organ itself, the Quimby Pipe Organ Company’s ”Opus 50,” which was constructed and installed at the church in 1998. It boasts 4 manuals and 71 ranks, and is one of the finest pipe organs in Southern California.
Building the pipe organ was a challenge for the Quimby Company. Not only would the instrument need to bathe the acoustically dry church interior with the warm tones appropriate for religious services, but it would also need to achieve the high musical demands placed on it at concerts by the great composers.
Given the flexibility required, the organ builders responded heartily. They needed generous pipe scales, heroic pipe construction and full voicing. They planned a visual experience that would harmonize, without competing, with the church.
There was a provision for innovative features, such as double enclosed chorus reeds, and an unusual transfer system allowing the organist to maximize every musical color at his disposal.
Throughout the building process, the staff wanted to make this organ their finest work. Michael Quimby, the owner of the pipe organ company, has said that any acclaim the organ has achieved rests squarely with the dedication and careful work of his builders.
The Quimby Company succeeded in making an organ to support choral and congregational singing, in addition to being a powerful instrument for performing the varied concert literature for a variety of public events at St. Margarets.
This concert, jointly sponsored by St. Margaret's, is the first of Palm Springs Concerts’ classical performances for the 2024-25 season.
Please note: All sales final. No refunds.
Sunday, November 24, 2024
2:00pm
WILL CALL opens at 1:15 PM
Doors open at 1:30 PM
St. Margaret's Church
47535 Hwy 74
Palm Desert, CA
Departing from tradition, Palm Springs Concerts will join with St. Margaret’s Church in Palm Desert to co-sponsor a performance at the church on Sunday, November 24, at 2 p.m.
The concert will feature Dr. Douglas Leightenheimer, playing St. Margaret’s classic pipe organ. It will be a performance featuring a kaleidoscopic selection of classical offerings by Bach, Boyce, Mendelssohn, Sowerby, Vierne and others.
Dr. Leightenheimer is the resident organist and director of music at St. Margaret’s. A native of Portsmouth, Ohio, he received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Fred Fox School of Music, at the University of Arizona.
Starring equally with Dr. Leightenheimer will be St. Margaret’s stellar pipe organ itself, the Quimby Pipe Organ Company’s ”Opus 50,” which was constructed and installed at the church in 1998. It boasts 4 manuals and 71 ranks, and is one of the finest pipe organs in Southern California.
Building the pipe organ was a challenge for the Quimby Company. Not only would the instrument need to bathe the acoustically dry church interior with the warm tones appropriate for religious services, but it would also need to achieve the high musical demands placed on it at concerts by the great composers.
Given the flexibility required, the organ builders responded heartily. They needed generous pipe scales, heroic pipe construction and full voicing. They planned a visual experience that would harmonize, without competing, with the church.
There was a provision for innovative features, such as double enclosed chorus reeds, and an unusual transfer system allowing the organist to maximize every musical color at his disposal.
Throughout the building process, the staff wanted to make this organ their finest work. Michael Quimby, the owner of the pipe organ company, has said that any acclaim the organ has achieved rests squarely with the dedication and careful work of his builders.
The Quimby Company succeeded in making an organ to support choral and congregational singing, in addition to being a powerful instrument for performing the varied concert literature for a variety of public events at St. Margarets.
This concert, jointly sponsored by St. Margaret's, is the first of Palm Springs Concerts’ classical performances for the 2024-25 season.
Please note: All sales final. No refunds.