MUSIC
MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2019
6:45 PM

Dupré: Symphonie-Passion
St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue
1 West 53rd Street, Midtown, Manhattan

Free (donation requested)
https://www.saintthomaschurch.org/calendar/events/worship/24641/holy-week-musical-meditation-dupr-symphonie-passion

This List has made no secret of its high level of affection for 20th Century French organ music, with its pungent modern harmonies spicing echos of Gregorian chant (or, in the case of Messiaen -- not on this program -- of the music of the planet Mars).  Dupré is a great early master of the style, transitioning out of Romanticism -- and what's more, he recorded some rather famous records at this very Church in the late '50s (although it had a different organ back then).  Also on the program is a piece by a the lesser-known proponent of the style, the Belgian composer Paul de Maleingreau.  St. Thomas's Assistant Organist, Benjamin Sheen, is a very fine player.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  Back into the worldly world with trad Alsatian food from a master chef at the Baccarat Grand Salon.