Christmas Day Organ Recital
Benjamin Straley, Washington National Cathedral organist, and George Fergus, AAM Gerre Hancock Fellow in Church Music, play a Christmas afternoon recital of traditional and familiar holiday favorites on the Cathedral’s great organ. $10 recommended donation. Passes are not required.
Repertoire
Chorale Prelude, ‘In dulci jubilo,’ BWV 729
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Partita on ‘Adeste fidelis’
Charles Callahan (b. 1951)
Nöel Étranger
Louis-Claude Daquin (1695-1772)
Selections from the Nutcracker Suite
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), tr. Frederick Hohman
Overture Miniature
Marche Characteristique
Russian Dance
Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella
arr. Keith Chapman (1945-1989)
Carillon ou Cloches
Jean-François Dandrieu (c. 1682-1738)
The Sussex Mummer’s Christmas Carol
Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961)
Carillon de Westminster, Op. 54
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah
George Friderick Handel (1685-1759) adapted for the organ
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Admission
- Free
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Dates Offered
- December 25, 2016 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm