1845 Cavaillé-coll organ, revised, at La Madeleine in Paris, France

A Flashy French Festival

…a three-century collective of composers provides a colorful package for our holiday pleasure.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of December 24, 2007

Links and Resources:

• Printable program listings

Music played in the program

Part I

PIERRE COCHEREAU: Variations on a Romanian Christmas Carol –Pierre Cochereau (Cavaillé-Coll/Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris) Solstice CD-152

ALEXANDRE GUILMANT: Offertoire sur deux Noëls, Op. 19, no. 2 –Herman van Vliet (1888 Cavaillé-Coll/Church of Saint Sernin, Toulouse) Festivo CD-6962.092

JEAN HURÉ: Christmas Communion –Susan Landale (1988 Oberthür/Cathedral of Saint Stephen, Auxerre) REM CD-311202

LOUIS-JAMES-ALFRED LEFÉBURE-WÉLY: Noël Variations in F –Ben van Oosten (1846 Cavaillé-Coll/Church of the Madeleine, Paris) Dabringhaus & Grimm CD-316.1278

Part II

MARCEL DUPRÉ: 6 Antiennes pour le Temps de Noél, Op. 48 –Ben van Oosten (1915 Casavant/Church of Saint John the Baptist, Montreal, Canada) Dabringhaus & Grimm CD-316.1288

THEODORE DUBOIS: 2 Christmas Pieces (Petite Pastorale champenoise’ Postlude cantique) –Helga Schauerte (1880 Merklin/Moulins Cathedral, France) Syrius CD-141382

Part III

MICHEL CORETTE: Noél Variations, Vous qui désirez san fin –Michel Chapuis (1783 Clicquot/Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Souvigny) Valois CD-4637

ALEXANDRE-PIERRE FRANÇOIS BOËLY: Messe du Jour de Noël (selections), Op. 11 –Thomas Schmögner (1774 Isnard/Church of Saint Maximin, Provence) Edition Lade CD-024

JEAN LANGLAIS: Christmas Prelude on Adeste fidelis –Colin Walsh (1898 Willis/Lincoln Cathedral, England) Priory CD-648

GASTON LITAIZE: Variations sur un noel angevin –Gaston Litaize (1979 Albiez/Propsteikirche, Kempen, Germany) Motette CD-10431

Filler– LEFEBURE-WELY (see above)