Church sets first concert on restored organ

The first concert on the Hill Byrne Christiansen memorial organ will be held at 8 p.m. on First Friday, Aug. 2, at First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange St., Lancaster. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m.

The 30-minute program performed by organist Larry Hershey will include "Prelude on 'Sine Nomini'" by Leo Sowerby, "Elegy" by John Ireland, and "Resurrection" from "Symphonie-Passion" by Marcel Dupre. The Hill Byrne Christiansen memorial organ is a restored and enhanced pipe organ built by the late Sebastian Gundling of Lancaster that is now installed in the balcony of the 1854 First Reformed Church.

Admission is free. For more information, call the church office at 717-397-5149.

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