Repertoire

The recital will feature an original piece by the composer, settings of beloved Christmas hymns by J.S. Bach, Johannes Brahms, and Wilbur Held, a series of French Noels (Christmas theme-and-variation pieces) by Louis-Claude D'aquin, and selections from Olivier Messiaen's monumental suite La Nativité du Seigneur (The Birth of the Lord), all with spoken notes and commentary by the performer.

About the Organist

Isaac Johnson is our regular organist for our Sunday, 8am Masses. He is a first-year Ph.D. student in Musicology at the University of Colorado-Boulder, where he specializes in the study of Gregorian Chant in North America. He holds degrees from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Samford University. He has served as music director, organist, tenor, composer, and choral director at parishes across the U.S. and has performed organ recitals at churches and cathedrals in both the U.S. and Canada. His wife Christen is an ICU nurse at Longs Peak Hospital, and they have two children, Linus (age 3) and Cecilia (age 1).