On MAY 19, 2024
Immanuel Lutheran Church will celebrate the 100th Anniversay of the Dedication
of the original Moller pipe organ (Opus 3817) that was installed in the
balcony of the original Immanuel Lutheran Church at 15 S. Caroline Street in
East Baltimore. This impressive edifice was built in 1864.
During the
summer of 1934 a fire, started by lightning, nearly destroyed the building. The
building was later rebuilt, and by 1935 a new Moller piipe organ was installed
in the church (Opus 6304) that retained some of the parts from the original organ.
Immanuel's long
time Minister of Music/Organist/Choir Director Dr. Richard Wegner (1924-2020)
came to Immanuel Lutheran Church in 1948. He retired in 2016, a tenure of 68
years!
When Immanuel's
present church building was dedicated in in 1951, this organ was placed in the
Chancel with the addition of more pipes. A separate small antiphonal pipe organ
was added to the balcony in 1963 as Moller Opus 9802. The balcony organ can
be played from the main organ console, A new console was added to the Chancel
organ in 1978.
We will
celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Dedication of our Pipe Organ on May 19,
2024. Our organist will play some of Immanuel's favorite concert pieces: The
Organ Prelude will be "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" by Johann
Sebastian Bach. The Organ Postlude will be "Toccata from the First
Symphony for Organ" by Louis Vierne. Our Choir will sing "Now Let Us
All Praise God and Sing" by Gordon Young, accompanied on the organ.
Please put this
important date on your calendar, and invite your friends to come for this
celebration.
