Bartlett’s Living Lord Lutheran Church to be next stop on pipe organ tour

The Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour kicks off its third season on Sunday, Oct. 4, with a stop at Living Lord Lutheran Church, 1044 Congress Drive in Bartlett, to show off the church’s hybrid pipe and digital Rodgers organ.

During the free 4 p.m. concert, Living Lord Lutheran’s organist, Jonathan Hirtzig, will perform works by J.S. Bach, Charles-Marie Widor, Paul S. Jones, Matthew Karram and John Williams, and there will be organ and trombone pieces performed by Hirtzig and the Rev. Kristian Johnson.

The Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour is a series of free concerts, begun in 2024, showcasing Elgin’s and the surrounding area’s many unique pipe organs and hybrid pipe and digital organs.

The concerts feature local organists and the host church’s musicians. Program content varies from formal organ repertoire to chamber ensembles, choir anthems and hymn-sings. The mission of the series is to revive interest in the pipe organ, open up new performance venues, and provide an affordable and educational concert experience to the community.

Freewill offerings will be taken at each concert to benefit the host church’s programs and ministries, but additional donations to support the organ tour or sponsor guest instrumentalists can be made to First Congregational Church of Elgin.

Visit fcc-elgin.org/organ-tour or contact Dr. Jeff Neufeld, director of music, through the church office for details.