Recital: Lawrence Archbold April 10, 2005

Lawrence Archbold, the Enid and Henry Woodward College Organist and professor of music, will present the 13th recital in his continuing series ?Exploring Organ Music? at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 10 in the Carleton College Concert Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

The organ recital, titled ?Organ Music of Cesar Franck and His Followers,? will feature French organ music from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Archbold will perform Franck?s well-known ?Cantabile? (1878) and ?Chorale No. 1? (1890) as well as works by seven of Franck?s students including Pierne, Ropartz, Chausson, d?Indy, Breville, Vierne and Tournemire. Previous concerts have included works by 20th century composers and Johann Sebastian Bach.

Archbold received his A.B., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. He has published a book titled ?Style and Structure in the Praeludia of Dietrich Buxtehude,? written numerous articles on German baroque and French romantic organ music, performed more than 100 organ recitals and currently is editing a companion volume to his 1997 book, ?French Organ Music from the Revolution to Franck and Widor.?

The Carleton College Concert Hall has limited disability accessibility. For more information or disability accommodations, call the Carleton music department at (507) 646-4347.