TIMES & SEASONS
Organ Music for the Liturgy by 20th-Century Composers
Robert Grogan, organist
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC
Organist-composer Robert Grogan presents an imaginative program of music organized by the Liturgical Year. With few exceptions, composers of the 20th century and unusual repertoire are highlighted in this recording.
Advent:
Leighton: Fantasy on Veni Emmanuel
Christmas:
Reger: Weihnachten (Christmas)
Thomson: Pastorale on a Christmas Plainsong
Epiphany:
Duruflé: Prélude sur l'Introit de l'Epiphanie.
Presentation of Christ (Candlemas):
Dupré: Lumen ad revelationem
Lent/Passiontide:
Barber: Wondrous Love
Arnatt: Prelude for Passiontide
Easter:
Held: Partita on O Filii et Filiae
Pentecost:
King: Fanfares to the Tongues of Fire
Corpus Christi:
Langlais: Improvisation (Elevation)
Feasts and Solemnities of Mary and All Saints:
Tippett: Preludio al Vespro de Monteverdi
Jongen: Gaudeamus
Close of the Liturgical Year:
Tournemire: Improvisation sur le Te Deum
