A Few More Preludes and Postludes

26 May (Trinity):
J.S. Bach: Fugue on Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 716
Niels Gade: Aleneste Gud i Himmerig
31 May (Visitation):
Girolamo Cavazzoni: Magnificat octavi toni
Johann Pachelbel: Meine Seele erhebet den Herren, P.362
2 June (Corpus Christi, observed):
Olivier Messiaen: Le banquet céleste
Alexandre Guilmant: Strophe sur l'hymne Pange lingua
(On the evening of the 2nd of June I will be presenting an organ-and-voice recital in observance of Corpus Christi, mind you.)
9 June:
Jean Langlais: Suite Médiévale - II. Tiento
J.S. Bach: Nun ruhen alle Wälder, BWV 756

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June 11th through July 4th I will once again be in Europe, as it happens. This year's itinerary includes a bevy of Luther and Bach sites, mostly in Thuringia, and then Hamburg, Stade, Lübeck, Magdeburg (with a concert in nearby Niederndodeleben), and Prague.

A Recital for Corpus Christi

Last year an organist friend of mine presented what I somewhat derisively called a "Eucharistic Piety Concert". I suppose he'll take some satisfaction in seeing that I am now doing the same, this upcoming June 2nd (which is the Feast of Corpus Christi, observed). So as not to bore the audience too terribly by playing only organ music, I have invited a very talented soprano friend of mine, a Miss Katie B., to join me for some selections. You are, dear reader, as ever, most heartily invited.

"O Sacred Banquet": A Recital for the Feast of Corpus Christi
4:30pm Sunday, June 2nd
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Dixon, Illinois

• J.S. Bach (1685-1750): Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 532
  
• Mode V: Adoro te devote
  
• Gerald Near (b. 1942): Prelude and Four Variations on "Adoro te devote"
  
• César Franck (1822-1890): Panis angelicus, Op. 12, Mvt. 5
  
• Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992): Le banquet céleste
  
• Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904): "God Is My Shepherd", Op. 99, No. 4
  
• Harold Darke (1888-1976): Meditation on "Brother James' Air"
  
• Mode V: O sacrum convivium
  
• Louis Vierne (1870-1937): Carillon, Op. 31, No. 21