Organist Kevin Birch returns to Waldoboro’s Broad Bay Congregational Church, for a concert on the church’s historic 1875 E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings Organ, accompanied by violinist Anatole Wieck and cellist Sarah Hoskins, on Friday, September 6, 2024  at 7:00 PM on 941 Main Street, Waldoboro.  

The program will feature Joseph Rheinberger’s Suite for Organ, Violin and Cello (1887) and works of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) and Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924).  

Kevin Birch says, “Rheinberger’s Suite for Organ, Violin and Cello (Opus 149) is a major chamber work with a rarely-explored combination of instruments. We are very excited to be performing it at Broad Bay Congregational Church!” 

Kevin Birch has performed solo recitals in the US, Canada, Europe and South America.  He.studied at the New England Conservatory and the University of Iowa, earning a Master of Music and a Doctor of Musical Arts.  He is Director of Music at St. John’s Catholic Church in Bangor and is the Executive Director of St. John’s Organ Society - a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and stewardship of E. & G. G. Hook’s Opus 288, built for St. John’s Church in 1860.  He is especially devoted to the many historic fine organs in Maine.

Born in Latvia, Anatole Wieck, studied violin and viola at the Juilliard School of Music in NYC where he earned his bachelor, master and doctorate degrees.  Since 1986, Dr. Wieck has performed in Europe, and North and South America as well as teaching at the University of Maine.

Sarah Hoskins plays cello in the Bangor Symphony; collaborates with musicians, dancers and spoken word artists; and teaches music to K-8 students. She earned Cello Performance degrees at Wheaton College and DePaul University and was a prize winner in the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.