TGIF, June 5, 5:30pm

Friday our concert features Michael Raillard—an organist, composer, and church musician—playing Pierné, Bach, Brahms, a hymn, and an original composition. Doors to the sanctuary open at 5:15pm and the concert begins at 5:30pm. The concert is free with donations accepted.

Program

Gabriel Pierné (1863 – 1937)
Prelude Op. 29, No. 1

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
Canon a 4 from the Musical Offering BWV 1079)
Transcription forOrgan: Jean Guillou (1930 – 2019)

Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)
Prelude: Herzlich tut mich verlangen Op. 122, No. 10
(My heart is filled with longing)

J. S. Bach
Canon a 2, per tonos (by steps) from the Musical Offering

Johannes Brahms
Prelude: Herzlich tut mich erfreuen Op. 122, No. 4
(My heart is filled with pleasure)

Hymn: My heart is filled with pleasure

J. S. Bach
Fuga canonica in Epidiapente from the Musical Offering

Michael Raillard
The Easter rains are late this year… (2025/2026)

J. S. Bach
Alla breve in D Major BWV 589

Michael Raillard

Michael Raillard is an organist, pianist, and composer from Amarillo, Texas. He is a retired Software Developer.

He has held organ positions in Presbyterian, Episcopal, and Methodist churches for over 30 years, and is currently the organist at Westminster Presbyterian in Amarillo. He began playing the organ in his mid-30’s and is largely self-taught. He holds the Fellowship certificate from the American Guild of Organists.

He holds a degree in Music Theory and Composition from the University of Texas at Austin. As a composer, he has written music for solo piano, solo organ, chamber ensembles, choral ensembles, and solo voice.

In retirement, he has resumed composition more intensely and renewed musical studies. He is studying piano with Sarah Rushing and composition with Max Vinetz. He has participated in masterclasses at First Presbyterian, Santa Fe, with Kimberly Marshall and Nathan Laube.