Organ Recital: Ben Comeau

Sunday, September 17, 2023
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5:30 p.m. | Saint Thomas Church

Ben Comeau, organist

The Sunday Recital Series is free and open to the public. Usually starting at approximately 5:30pm, it follows the 4pm service on most Sundays during the academic term. The use of cameras and recording devices is strictly prohibited during the performance.

Today we welcome organist Ben Comeau from the United Kingdom.

Program

Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 545Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Lay your sleeping head
Organ transcription of Ben's setting of the W H Auden poem
Ben Comeau  (b. 1993)
ScherzoBen Comeau  (b. 1993)
Valse lenteGermaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)transcr. Ben Comeau  (b. 1993)
Das lila LiedMischa Spoliansky (1898-1985), Kurt Schwabach  (1898-1966)transcr. Ben Comeau  (b. 1993)
La valse des lilas (Once upon a Summertime)Michel Legrand  (1932-2019), Eddie Barclay (1921-2005), Eddy Marnay  (1920-2003)transcr. Ben Comeau  (b. 1993)
YoukaliKurt Weill (1900-1900-1950), Roger Fernay (1905-1983)transcr. Ben Comeau  (b. 1993)
Lotus BlossomBilly Strayhorn  (1915-1967)transcr. Ben Comeau  (b. 1993)
Willow weep for meAnn Ronell  (1905-1993)transcr. Ben Comeau  (b. 1993)
Jitterbug WaltzFats Waller (1904-1943)transcr. Ben Comeau  (b. 1993)
ToccataBen Comeau  (b. 1993)

Resources

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