Lenten Organ Recital

The tradition of musical programs in Lent goes back many decades at St. Bart’s and we’re delighted to continue the tradition with these 40-minute organ recitals. A large-screen monitor will enable the audience to sit under the Celestial organ, an ideal listening spot in the nave, while still enjoying an up-close view over the organist’s shoulders and of the pedalboard. 

March 10th: St. Bart's Associate Organist and Choirmaster, Alexander Pattavina

While selecting and ordering specific works, a pattern emerged resembling the days of Holy Week! While no single work on the program is explicitly related to Lent or Holy Week, each piece captures the spirit of the day in some way. For instance, on Palm Sunday, Christ is met with cheers of “Hosanna” upon entering Jerusalem. The first work of the program, Jean Langlais’s Te Deum, is replete with jubilant gestures (cheers, perhaps?) that fit that character. Alexander will elaborate on the reasoning behind each of his selections and how he hopes they capture the ethos of the first six days of Holy Week: Palm Sunday through Good Friday. Here is Alexander's complete program:

Palm Sunday - Langlais: Hymne d'action de grâce - Te Deum

Holy Monday - Nadia Boulanger: Prélude

Holy Tuesday - Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543

Holy Wednesday - Bach: O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß

Maundy Thursday - Messiaen: Prière après la communion from Livre du Saint-Sacrement

Good Friday - Duruflé: Prélude from Suite, Op. 5

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Lent at St. Bart's