Watch the video of Nancy Freitas Novelly's March 16, 2022 recital, performed on the
our Lively-Fulcher organ and livestreamed from the Cathedral.
Recital by Nancy Novelly
We are delighted to welcome organist Nancy Freitas Novelly of Southport, NC to the Cathedral on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 12:40pm to present a 40-minute concert in our recital series celebrating the second anniversary of the completion of our Lively-Fulcher Great Organ. We are pleased once again to give our parishioners and the greater Washington, DC community the opportunity to hear marvelous music in an ideal recital setting.
This concert will be open to the public and livestreamed on our YouTube Channel. Face coverings are encouraged but not required.
Featured Works
- Magnificat VIII. Toni by Heinrich Scheidemann (1595-1663)
- Fugue in C, BuxWV 174 by Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
- Chorale: Vater Unser im Himmelreich by Martin Luther; harm. Johann Sebastian Bach
- Vater Unser im Himmelreich by Georg Böhm (1661-1733)
- Toccata from Toccata, Adagio and Fugue, BWV 564 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
- Prelude and Fugue in C minor, Op. 37, No. 1by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Meet the Artist
Nancy Freitas Novelly has advanced degrees in Organ Performance, German, and Theology (Liturgical Studies). She is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory and College, Westminster Choir College, the Norddeutsche Orgelakademie in Bunderhee, Germany, and the University of Notre Dame. Her professors have included David Boe, Bill Porter, Lisa Goode Crawford, Harald Vogel, and Joan Lippincott.
Nancy has just retired from 41 active years as Director of Liturgy and Music for various Catholic churches in Connecticut, Florida, Maryland and Virginia. Her specialty and first love is early Baroque keyboard music. She now resides in Southport, North Carolina, enjoying more time to play organ and harpsichord, and to continue her research on the keyboard music of J.P. Sweelinck.
Contact: Tom Stehle, Pastoral Associate for Liturgy and Director of Music Ministries
Upcoming
The next concert in our series will be Sunday, May 1, 2022 at 3:30pm with Edward Alan Moore, of East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, PA. Details will be announced.