Easter Day Organ Recital

The Rev. Benjamin Straley and George Fergus, Washington National Cathedral organists, play an Easter afternoon recital on the Cathedral’s great organ. $10 recommended donation.

Repertoire

Prelude and Fugue in B major, Op. 7
Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)

Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 547
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Exultemus (from ‘Seven Sketches on the Psalms’)
Percy Whitlock (1903-1946)

Toccata
Marcel Lanquetuit (1894-1985)

Toccata on “O Filii et filiae”
Lynnwood Farnam (1885-1930)

Music for the Royal Fireworks
Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Paraphase on “Judas Maccabeus”
Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)

Toccata, from Symphony V, Op. 42 no. 1
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)