Oboe-Organ collision avoided

By MIKE DUNHAM
Sharman Piper
A chamber recital featuring oboist Sharman Piper, violist Anne Gantz Burns and pianist Cynthia Epperson has been planned for months to take place this afternoon at Anchorage Lutheran Church, 420 N Street. Then came word that Paul Jacobs, head of the organ department at Juilliard, would perform at the same time at St. Mark Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3230 Lake Otis Parkway.
Paul Jacobs
Jacobs, 32, is winding up a marathon of performances in all 50 states, Alaska being the final one in the series. His national reputation is nothing short of spectacular.

So the Alaskan women moved their own program — which includes Telemann, Hindemuth and, most intriguingly, the rarely heard Franco-American master Charles Loeffler — back a few hours. Jacobs’s milestone concert will take place at 4 p.m.; Piper and colleagues will perform at 7 p.m.

Both events are free, with donations accepted.