This concert was to have been given jointly by Patrice Keegan and Carole O'Connor, playing a programme of duets, Patrice has had to withdraw, due to illness, and we wish her a speedy recovery to full health.
Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)
La nef sacrée, op.171, no.1: ‘Offertoire au Christ-roi’
Jehan Alain (1911–1940)
Ballade en mode phrygien, JA 9
Jean Langlais (1907–1991)
Chant héroïque, from Neuf pièces, op.40
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Fuga sopra il Magnificat, BWV 733
Georg Böhm (1661–1733)
Vater unser im Himmelreich
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–1707)
Passacaglia in D minor, BuxWV161
Johann Sebastian Bach
Pièce d'Orgue, BWV 572
Jehan Alain
Choral dorien, JA 67
Jean Langlais
Hymne d’Actions de grâces, ‘Te deum’
With Raymond O'Donnell:
John Rutter (b. 1945)
Variations on an Easter theme for organ duet
Carole O’Connor is an organist, accompanist and teacher. She holds degrees from DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama (BMus and PhD) and UCD (MMus). She studied organ with Anne Leahy, Una Russell and David Adams. She was organist of St Andrew’s Church, Westland Row (Dublin) for 16 years and served as artistic director of Dún Laoghaire Summer Organ Concerts for the 2021 and 2022 series. She has given recitals throughout Ireland, and regularly collaborates with Patrice Keegan for organ duet performances. Carole is currently the accompanist for NCH Cór na nÓg, and organist and choir director of Whitefriar Street Church in Dublin.
