Robert McCormick plays Ave Maris Stella from Dupré Vêpres du commun des fêtes de la Sainte Vierge

Описание: Robert McCormick, is featured in this video playing Dupré: Vêpres du commun des fêtes de la Sainte Vierge on the organ at Saint Paul K Street in Washington DC.

Robert McCormick has been described by Choir and Organ as “indomitable and immensely gifted” and as “an artist of rare sensitivity and passion” by The Macon Telegraph, is Director of Music at St. Paul’s Parish, K Street, Washington, D.C. He is particularly known for his ability in organ improvisation. Appearances include the Riverside Church, the Barber Toccata Festiva and Jongen Symphonie Concertante with the Macon (Georgia) Symphony Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Organ Artists Series, the East Texas Organ Festival, Basically Bach Festival at St. Peter’s (New York), the Great Organists series in Albuquerque,the Atlanta Summer Organ Festival, and recitals and workshops for local AGO chapters nationwide. He has been a featured artist at conventions, conferences, and courses of the AGO, the Association of Anglican Musicians, and the Royal School of Church Music.

The 65 rank Schoenstein & Co. organ was built in 1996, with its primary aim to accompany the Anglican liturgy, yet it equally excels at organ repertoire of all periods.

About the: Dupré: Vêpres du commun des fêtes de la Sainte Vierge

The grand French liturgical tradition features plainsong sung in alternation with improvised organ "versets" between sung verses. Dupré's fifteen Antiphons originated as improvisations at Solemn Vespers on the Feast of the Assumption, August 15, 1919, at Notre Dame, Paris.

The first verset states the theme on the Great division, in canon at the fourth in the Pedal, with a rapid accompanimental figure in the left hand, played more quietly on the Swell and Choir. The second is very simple in structure, with the theme played in the left hand on a Cromorne (here, the Corno di Bassetto), with a haunting, chromatic accompaniment in the right hand. The third is an ornamented chorale using one of the organ's Cornet combinations, intended to be in the style of J. S. Bach. The final verset is a Toccata that begins with full organ. The melody is heard in the pedal, and later in canon with the right hand, and the work ends relatively quietly on the Swell, with the box closed.