Great Organ Music at Yale with Shin-Young Lee

The Yale Institute of Sacred Music will welcome guest artist, Shin-Young Lee this weekend to perform music by Borodin, Bach, and Widor on Woolsey Hall’s magnificent Newberry Organ. During her time in New Haven, Lee is also conducting masterclasses with the ISM’s organ students. 

Sunday’s full repertoire:

* Alexander Borodin (1833-1887): Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor (transcribed by Shin-Young Lee)
* JS Bach (1833-1887): Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
* JS Bach (1833-1887): Passacaglia, BWV 582
* Charles-Marie Widor (1844 – 1937): Symphony for Organ No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42, No. 1

All are welcome and the concert is free! This event is part of the Great Organ Music at Yale series. Full details, including a livestream link, can be found here. 

For a taste of what’s to come, watch this video of Lee playing the Carnaval des Animaux by Camille Saint-Saëns on the Grenzing organ of Radio France, Paris.