Join organist Bálint Karosi for Let Freedom Ring, a celebratory Independence Day recital on Thursday, July 3 at 3 PM at the First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia.

Performed on the church’s distinguished American-made Reuter organ, the program commemorates the 250th anniversary of the United States through a rich and colorful survey of American organ music. Works by Horatio Parker, Dudley Buck, Charles Ives, and Florence Price will explore the many voices of the American musical tradition, from hymn-inspired grandeur and transcendental lyricism to bold modernism.

The recital will also feature live improvisations by Bálint Karosi on audience-submitted themes, continuing the historic American tradition of spontaneous organ performance.

Let Freedom Ring celebrates the organ as one of America’s great civic and sacred instruments in the historic city where the nation first declared its independence