Organ Recital at Houghton Chapel

The Wellesley College Music Department Concert Series welcomes internationally acclaimed performer Peter Westerbrink of the Netherlands to perform on the historic Fisk Organ in Houghton Chapel.

Specializing in the lineage of organ composition and performance that emerged in northern Germany during the Baroque era, Westerbrink has acquired an outstanding reputation as a concert organist, teacher, and jury member. Performing and teaching actively throughout Europe, South America, and the United States, he also participates in radio and recordings.

Westerbrink’s recital will explore the rich diversity of seventeenth-century European organ music through works by the Italian composer Bernardo Storace, the Flemish composer Peeter Cornet, the German composer Matthias Weckman, the French composer Marin Marais, and the eminent North German composer Dieterich Buxtehude, whose music stands among the most influential achievements of the Baroque era.

This event is free and open to the public.