Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour features works by Bach, Buxtehude Nov. 15

The next stop on the 2026-27 Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour will be at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 357 Division St. in Elgin. The instrument featured is the church’s three manual, 30-rank pipe organ built in 1964 by Austin Organs Inc., opus 2402.

The concert will be performed by Michael Wall, former organist and director of music at Christ the Lord Lutheran. The program will feature works by Buxtehude, Sweelinck, Clérambault, Bach, and others. Admission is free and open to the public, and a free-will offering will be taken.

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 own musicians, and 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.

Free-will offerings are 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.

For information, visit fcc-elgin.org/organ-tour or contact Jeff Neufeld, director of music at First Congregational, through the church office at (847) 741-4045.