Please join us at National City Christian Church on Friday, May 2, at 12:15 p.m., as we welcome French organist Emmanuel Duperrey, who has prepared an exciting program:
- Opening from Glassworks – Philip Glass
- Gaelic Fantasy – Hans Andre Stamm
- Ostinato – Christopher Lübens
- Cantabile No. 2 – Enrico Pasini
- Offertoire en fa mineur – Giovanni Morandi
- Caelistis – Emmanuel Duperrey
- Final (Homage Igor Stravinsky) – Naji á Hakim
Emmanuel Duperrey was born in France in 1972. He entered the organ class of Marie-Louise Langlais at the Conservatoire National de Région de Paris in 1990 and received the Gold Medal in 1994. That same year, he also earned the Diplôme de Virtuosité from the Schola Cantorum in Paris (studio of Marie-Louise Langlais) as well as the Diplôme de Virtuosité at the Marcel Dupré Competition in Chartres. Further study with Michelle Leclerc at the Conservatoire de Valenciennes earned him the Diplôme de Perfectionnement in 1995. Concurrently with his post as Organist at Notre Dame de l’Espérance in Villemonble, Mr. Duperrey performs recitals in France, Germany, England and the United States.
If you are unable to join us in person, you may view a livestream on our YouTube channel (Friends of National City Christian Church) or on our Facebook page (National City Christian Church). You may also view a recording afterwards at those same sites.