Gail Archer recital

Gail Archer Organ Recital
Join us on February 18 at 4 P.M.
First Saint Andrew’s United Church, London

Gail Archer is an international concert organist, recording artist, choral conductor and lecturer who draws attention to composer anniversaries or musical themes with her annual recital series in New York City, including her 2021 series, A Slavic Celebration and Max Reger, The Muse’s Voice, An American Idyll, Listz, Bach, Mendelssohn and Messiaen. Ms. Archer was the first American woman to play the complete works of Olivier Messiaen for the centennial of the composer’s birth in 2008: Time Out New York recognized the Messiaen cycle as “Best of 2008” in classical music and opera. Her recordings include her new 2022 Polish release, Cantius, and Chernivtsi, A Russian Journey, The Muse’s Voice, Franz Liszt: A Hungarian Rhapsody, Bach: The Transcendent Genius, an American Idyll, A Mystic in the Making (Meyer Media), and The Orpheus of Amsterdam: Sweelinck and his Pupils (CALA Records). Ms. Archer’s 2022 European tour took her to Switzerland, Germany, Poland and Lithuania. Highlights include the Zuger Orgeltage, Lucerne, Switzerland, St. George Lutheran Church, Glauchau, Germany with its fine Silbermann organ (1730), St. Paul Lutheran Church, Darmstadt, Germany, and the St. Christopher Music Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania.

For more information on Ms Archer, visit www.gailarcher.com