Saint-Jean-Baptiste Gallery Organ
Hilary Punnett, Assistant Organist of Christ Church Cathedral, will perform her recital for the degree of Master in Music Performance from McGill University on the 1915/1996 Casavant organ of the Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste: 309, rue Rachel Est (corner Henri-Julien), Montreal (Mont-Royal Metro), on Tuesday, May 3, at 8:00 pm. Admission free.
Programme
Meine Seel erhebt den Herren / My soul doth magnify the Lord, Fuga sopra il Magnificat, BWV 733, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Performance by James Kibbie at the 1721 Gottfried Silbermann organ, Georgenkirche, Rötha, Germany [listen]
Sonata VI in d, Op. 65, No. 6, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, (1809-1847)
St. Patrick’s Breastplate (Allegro maestoso) from Organ Sonata No. 4, ‘Sonata Celtica,’ Op. 153, Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Performance by James Kibbie at the 1721 Gottfried Silbermann organ, Georgenkirche, Rötha, Germany [listen]
Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' / All glory be to God on High, BWV 663, Johann Sebastian Bach
Performance by James Kibbie at the 1755 Gottfried Silbermann/Zacharias Hildebrandt organ, Dresden Cathedral [listen]Sonata VI in d, Op. 65, No. 6, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, (1809-1847)
Performance by Peter Hurford at the 1978 Rieger Organ in Ratzeburg Cathedral, Germany [YouTube]
St. Patrick’s Breastplate (Allegro maestoso) from Organ Sonata No. 4, ‘Sonata Celtica,’ Op. 153, Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Performance by Joseph Payne [NML] (info)
Intermission
Hymne d’Action de Grâce (Te Deum) from Trois Paraphrases Grégoriennes, Op. 5, No. 3, Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
Performance by Jean Langlais at the 1859 Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Basilique Sainte Clotilde, Paris [Pipedreams]
Choral Varié sur le Thème du ‘Veni creator,’ Op. 4., Maurice Duruflé(1902-1986)
Performance of Marie-Madeleine Duruflé-Chevalier at the 1965 Aeolian-Skinner organ of Christ Church Cathedral, Saint Louis, MO [Pipedreams]
Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel from L’Ascension, Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Performance by Olivier Messiaen at the Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Church of the Sainte-Trinité, Paris [Grooveshark]
Choral alléluiatique no. 2 from L’Orgue Mystique, Op. 57, Domenica XVII Post Pentecostem, Charles Tournemire (1870-1939)
Performance by Georges Delvallée at the Cavaillé-Coll 1859 / Beuchet-Debierre 1933 and 1960 organ of la Basilique Ste-Clothilde, Paris [musicMe] (info)