Hommage à Frescobaldi

Hommage À Frescobaldi by Jean Langlais is a set of eight pieces for Organ. Dedicated to his professor Marcel Dupré, these pieces require the use of pedals and could be practised by upper-intermediate /advanced players.

The pieces are:
1. Prélude au Kyrie
2. Offertoire
3. Elevation
4. Communion
5. Fantaisie
6. Antienne
7. Thème et variations
8.Épilogue

While all the pieces include keyboard and pedals, the epilogue is a pedal solo.

Girolamo Frescobaldi was an Italian composer of the Renaissance and Baroque period who was also appointedStPeter’s main organist. His work was some of the most influential music of the 17th century.

Jean Langlais was a French composer who contributed prolifically to the Organ repertoire.