A Thanksgiving Offering

Open Concert Program

Maria Gajraj, newly appointed organist of Ottawa’s Christ Church Cathedral, plays music themed on gratitude by J.S. Bach, Mendelssohn, Dame Ethel Smyth, Bert Matter and Messiaen.

Maria Gajraj, pipe organ

Program

J. S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 547
Felix Mendelssohn: Sonata no. 6 in D Minor, Op. 65/6
Dame Ethel Smyth: Chorale Prelude and Fugue on “O traurigkeit, o herzeleid”
Bert Matter: Von Gott will ich nicht lassen
Olivier Messiaen: Le Livre du Saint Sacrement, XVIII: Offrande et Alleluia final