Elgin church recreates program from 1893 at pipe organ concert

Renowned organist Douglas Cleveland​ will perform the exact program that historically acclaimed organist Clarence Eddy performed 130 years ago.

was set Tuesday night to recreate the first concert on its big pipe organ. That concert happened 130 years ago – back when the World's Columbian Exposition was happening in Chicago.

CBS 2 Photographer Lana Hinshaw-Klann caught up with Cleveland as he practiced the William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini – which was among the selections Eddy performed 130 years ago. Cleveland is also a concert organist who performs around the world. As noted on his website, he has played at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris; Westminster Abbey in London; the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing; and the Minato Mirai Concert Hall in Yokohama, Japan, among many other venues around the world. He has also put out albums – including one of a performance on the comparatively new organ at the University of Chicago's Rockefeller Chapel, which dates from 1928.

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