On Sunday, April 26 at 5:00 pm, the Class of 1936 Distinguished Organists Recital Series endowment and the West Point Cadet Chapel will present Adam J. Brakel, a concert organist who began as a child prodigy and has continued to dazzle audiences around the world in a celebrated career. His challenging program will include works by American composers John Knowles Paine and William Albright as well as Buxtehude, Reger and Widor. The program will include one of the most technically difficult works written for the organ pedals, “Octaves” by Jeanne Demessieux, all performed on the Cadet Chapel organ, the world’s largest all-pipe instrument in a house of worship, numbering over 23,500 pipes!
Entry on post is with Real ID or Enhanced Driver’s License. Otherwise, another form of proof of citizenship is required including passport or other identification. Obtaining the entry pass is from the Visitor Control Center, 2107 New South Post Road, West Point, NY 10996. Annual passes are available for those who wish to attend multiple recitals and events. Parking is available near the chapel (722 DeRussy Road), and the Class of 1936 recitals are free to the community and general public.