Charlie Chaplin’s “The Gold Rush”

Friends of the Stone Church present our ninth Silents Are Golden concert featuring Charlie Chaplin’s “The Gold Rush” (1925) with live improvised accompaniment by organist Peter Krasinski on the Gilbertville Johnson & Son pipe organ.

7 pm, Saturday, April 11, 2026 

Tickets $20, purchase online here

Organist, conductor, and music educator Peter Krasinski is broadly recognized for his imaginative and energetic performances. Winner of First Prize in Improvisation from the American Guild of Organists National Competition, he is known worldwide for his unique accompaniment to classic silent films.

The “Gold Rush” takes viewers to the Klondike, Alaska where a comedy unfolds amid harsh conditions. Writer, producer, director and leading actor Charlie Chaplin plays his “Little Tramp.” The film also stars Georgia Hale, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman, and Malcolm Waite. It is the fifth-highest grossing silent film in cinema history. Variety called The Gold Rush “the greatest and most elaborate comedy ever filmed.” The New York Times called it “the outstanding gem of all of Chaplin’s pictures, as it has more thought and originality than even such masterpieces of mirth as The Kid and Shoulder Arms.”

Peter Krasinski is House Organist of the Providence Performing Arts Center, Principal Organist at Mechanics Hall, Organist of the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Boston, Organist at First Church of Christ, Scientist in Providence RI, and accompanist at Beth El Temple Center in Belmont, MA. He recently presented THE CAMERAMAN staring Buster Keaton to a sold out audience at the Musiikkitalo, Helsinki, Finland, and appeared in an Oscar-winning move “The Holdovers.” For more information on the artist, please visit www.Krasinski.org.

Water and popcorn included

All Concerts at the Stone Church are free to those under 18.

Holders of the Massachusetts Card to Culture may request up to two free tickets at the box office for any ticketed concert on the concert day, or may make a reservation by email to events@FriendsoftheStoneChurch.org.

Partial support for our 2025-2026 concert season has been provided by the Mass Cultural Council. Support for Spring concerts, including our free community concerts, has been received from the Local Cultural Councils of Barre, North Brookfield, and Petersham.
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Local Cultural Councils are local agencies supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a State agency.