Demessieux: The Complete Works for Organ II

Saturday, November 13, 2021
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Saint Thomas Church

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In her centennial year, we celebrate Jeanne Demessieux as one of the great virtuosi of the 20th century, graduating from Marcel Dupré’s organ class at the Paris Conservatoire in 1941. She gave over 700 recitals across Europe and America, often astounding audiences by playing the organ in high-heeled shoes. As a composer, she left music which represents an outstanding continuation of Dupré’s great artistic legacy.

This 3-concert series is played by organist, Stephen Tharp, who is hailed as “the organist for the connoisseur” (organ – Journal für die Orgel, Germany) and is recognized as one of the great concert organists of our age. Tharp’s commercial release The Complete Organ Works of Jeanne Demessieux on Aeolus Recordings, received the 2009 Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, Germany’s premier critic’s prize for recordings, as well as the French 5 Diapason award.

In-Person Tickets

Digital Livestream Tickets

Dupré & Demessieux Souvenir Book

This 96-page commemorative program includes twelve concert programs of Marcel Dupré and Jeanne Demessieux’s Complete Works for Organ, presented at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue by organists Jeremy Filsell and Stephen Tharp in 2021. The detailed program notes were written by musicologist, David Gammie, and include archival material from Dupré’s visits to Saint Thomas Church. The $20 price includes shipping within the US. Shipping outside the US will incur an additional charge.

Purchase Program

Program

Prélude et fugue en ut majeur, Op. 13 (1964)

Nativité, Op. 4 (1943/44)

Sept Méditations sur le Saint-Esprit, Op. 6 (1945-47)

Performer

Stephen Tharp, organ

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Resources

Concerts at Saint Thomas 2021-2022 Brochure
Program

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