[April 28 2024] Sunday Recital Series

Sunday, April 28, 2024

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5:15 p.m. | Saint Thomas Church

The Sunday Recital Series is free and open to the public. Usually starting at approximately 5:15pm, it follows the 4pm service on most Sundays during the academic term. The use of cameras and recording devices is strictly prohibited during the performance.

Today we welcome organist Jonathan Bolena of Staunton, VA (STCS ’20).

Played on the Taylor and Boody Gallery Organ
Pedal Exercitium, BWV 598	Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Fantasia in G minor, from ‘Fantasia and Fugue in G minor’, BWV 542	Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Chorale Prelude: Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 641	Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Fugue in G minor, from ‘Fantasia and Fugue in G minor’, BWV 542	Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Played on the Miller-Scott Dobson Chancel Organ
Adagio in E	Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
Chant de Paix, from ‘Neuf Pièces’	Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
Nimrod from The Enigma Variations	Edward Elgar (1857-1934)/arr. Bolena
Allegro Maestoso and Fuga from Sonata II	Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

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About the Artist

Jonathan Bolena (Choirschool ‘20), a resident of Staunton, VA, is currently a senior at Woodberry Forest School. There, he serves as Organ Scholar of St. Andrew’s Chapel and Assistant Director of the Chapel Choir. While at Woodberry, Jonathan co-founded and leads two groups: the Anglican Choral Tradition Society who has since concertized, and workshopped with British choral group VOCES8, and the Woodberry Forest Chamber Consort, an instrumental group in which he plays organ and harpsichord. Alongside his academic commitments, Jonathan serves as Interim Organist and Choirmaster at St. Paul’s Ivy—where he plays two weekly services and conducts the adult choir—and recently earned Associateship of the Royal College of Organists.

Jonathan has had private lessons with renowned teachers such as Alan Morrison, Isabelle Demers, and Christopher Jacobson. Last summer, he also studied with Janette Fishell and Jeffrey Smith on the inaugural Schola Cantorum course at Indiana University, on which he was an Organ Scholar. Prior to Woodberry, Jonathan attended the Choirschool where he sang both as a treble and later, under Dr. Filsell, as a bass. (He will return in September to Saint Thomas where he will serve as their inaugural Organ Scholar.)

Outside of music, Jonathan has an assortment of interests including theater and American History. He also enjoys running, biking, and lifting when not on the organ bench.

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Jonathan Bolena, organ, Staunton, VA (STCS ’20)

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