Friday, February 27, 2009                                                                           7:30 p.m.

Christ United Methodist Church

MUSIC FOR A GREAT SPACE

presents

JEAN-BAPTISTE ROBIN, ORGAN

Offertoire sur les Grands jeu                                                         François Couperin

from Messe des Paroisses                                                                (1668-1733)

Tierce en taille                                                                                Nicolas de Grigny

                                                                                                                (1672-1703)

Pièce d’orgue, BWV 572                                                       Johann Sebastian Bach

Très vitement-Gravement-Lentement                                              (1685-1750)

Prelude in C Minor (1841)                                                            Felix Mendelssohn

                                                                                                         (1809-1847)

Prelude and Fugue on B-A-C-H                                                               Franz Liszt

                                                                                                         (1811-1886)

INTERMISSION

Regard vers l’Aïr (A Look Toward the Air)                              Jean-Baptiste Robin

                                                                                                              (b. 1976)

Six Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 68                                                          Béla Bartók

       Joc cu nâta (Dance with Sticks)                                                       (1881-1945)

Bräul (Waistband Dance)

Pe loc (Stamping Dance)

Buciumeana (Hormpipe Dance)

Poarga romaneasca (Polka)

Maruntel (Quick Dance)

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune                                                     Claude Debussy

transcription for organ by J.-B. Robin                                             (1862-1918)

Dieu parmi nous                                                                               Olivier Messiaen

from La Nativité du Seigneur                                                           (1908-1992)

C. B. Fisk Organ, 1982

This concert is sponsored by Carolyn Cotton.

Mr. Robin concertizes under the auspices of Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists.