Brian Coggins, organ

Today, as part of Bach's Lunch at the Chapel of the Cross, Brian Coggins presented a masterful program featuring the works of Couperin, Buxtehude, Mendelssohn, Messiaen, and Langlais. It was very obvious he enjoyed performing these pieces, and it was a joy to listen to him.

Here is the program.

Messe pour les paroisses
   Offertoire sur les grandes jeux
   Tierce en taille from the Gloria
François Couperin (1668–1733)

Praeludium in a minor (BuxWV 153)
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–1707)

Sonata No. 4 in B-flat
   Allegretto
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)

L'Ascension
   Alleluias sereins d'une âme que désire le ciel
   'Serene Alleluias of a soul that desires heaven'
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)

Hymne d'Actions de grâces: Te Deum
Jean Langlais (1907–1991)