April 2016 Programme

Louis Vierne (1870-1937) - Messe Solennelle in C# minor, Op. 16

Kyrie Eleison

Gloria in Excelsis Deo

Sanctus

Benedictus qui Venit

Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) - Motets

Ubi Caritas

Tota Pulchra es

Olivier Messaien (1902-1992) - Organ Solo: Apparition de l’Église Éternelle

Louis Vierne Messe Solennelle in C# minor, Op. 16

Agnus Dei

Interval

Jean Langlais (1907-1991) - Messe Solenelle

Kyrie Eleison

Gloria in Excelsis Deo

Sanctus

Benedictus qui Venit

Maurice Duruflé - Motets

Tu es Petrus

Tantum Ergo

Jehan Alain (1911-1940) - Organ Solo: Choral Phrygien

Olivier Messaien - O Sacrum Convivium

Jean Langlais - Messe Solenelle

Agnus Dei

“There is nothing so magnificent as the Solemn Eucharist.
If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us.”

Saint Jean Vianney (1786-1859, French priest, canonised in 1952 by Pope Pius XI)