Isaac Johnson is once more offering an organ recital, this time to celebrated the Solemnities of the Ascension and Pentecost! He has prepared a wonderful selection of works dedicated to these two liturgical themes. You can’t miss it! (AND IT IS FREE!!)
Program
Fete--Jean Langlais
Trumpet Tune on "Salve Festa Dies"--Douglas E. Wagner (Vaughan Williams's "Hail Thee, Festival Day")
Oh Welt, ich muss dich lassen--Johannes Brahms
Fanfare-Recessional on "Llanfair"--Franklin Ashdown (Robert Williams's "Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise")
L'ascension--Olivier Messiaen
Intermission
Brief improvisation on the sequence "Veni Sancte Spiritus"
Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott--Dieterich Buxtehude
Komm, Gott Schopfer, Heiliger Geist--J.S. Bach
Prelude, Adagio, et Choral Varie sur le theme du "Veni Creator"--Maurice Durufle
About the Performer
Isaac Johnson is one of our regular accompanists at St. Francis of Assisi. He is also a second-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.
St. Cecilia Schola Cantorum is a group of volunteer singers at St. Francis of Assisi, who focus on traditional hymnody, Gregorian Chant (English and Latin), and Polyphony written in the sacred tradition. They sing regularly at Sunday, 10am Mass and on Solemnities. If you are interested in joining, please contact Fidel.