Two events will be held at Harvard this weekend as part of the highly acclaimed national touring exhibition, "Festival Organ: The King of Instruments," which is in the Greater Boston area for a 10-week run through Dec. 31. Both events are free and open to the public.

At 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2, Laurence Libin, curator of the Department of Musical Instruments at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, will present "The Organ in America" at Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Kirkland St.

At 3 p.m. on Sunday, "Of Sound and Spirit: Organ Music Through the Ages and How it Moves Us" will be presented by organist Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra; moderated by Michael Barone, host of Public Radio International's Pipedreams program. Also at Adolphus Busch Hall, the presentation will be part of the "Organ Recitals at Harvard" Series. Ruiter-Feenstra is associate professor of music and university organist at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Mich.

For more information, call the toll-free festival hotline at (888) 870-PIPE.

 

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