Stephen Hamilton recital

Stephen Hamilton will play a recital on September 27 at Christ United Methodist Church, Rochester, Minnesota, on the church’s Wicks organ, Opus 6476, of four manuals, 60 ranks, and 17 digital voices. The program includes works by Messiaen, Pasquini, Valente, Franck, Alain, and Bach.

Wicks contracted to rebuild the organ of the church in January 2013. A new four-manual console was custom built, along with new chests, new solid-state combination action and relay system, and all the winding systems were reworked. Wicks rescaled some of the principal choruses, cleaned and revoiced all the reeds, tonal finished the entire organ, and added Walker digital voices. The project was finished in 2014. For information: www.cumethodist.com.