Prior to the June 3 recital on the 1845 Henry Erben organ at the French Huguenot Church in Charleston, South Carolina, part of Piccolo Spoleto’s “L’Organo” series of recitals, the L’Organo board, led by Robert Gant, presented to the leadership of the church a copy of the Organ Historical Society’s recent publication, The Work-List of Henry Erben: Organ Builder in Nineteenth-Century New York, by Stephen L. Pinel (see “Book Reviews,” June 2021 issue, pages 11 and 25).
“L’Organo” is presented by the City of Charleston’s Office of Cultural Affairs as part of the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, an arts festival of concerts, theater, visual arts, etc., alongside the international Spoleto Festival USA, in the two weeks following the Memorial Day weekend. For information: piccolospoleto.com.
Pictured in the photo: “L’Organo” committee members Lee Kohlenberg, Nicholas Quardokus (a member of The Diapason’s 20 Under 30 Class of 2017), Nancy Lefter, Julia Harlow (in gallery), Murray Somerville, and chairman Robert Gant, along with Stephan Bucher, who serves as liaison between the French Huguenot Church’s Body of Elders and its Board of Administration, and church music committee member Richard Donohoe.
