Robert Morehead

April 26, 2015

5. Jeanne Demessieux's short  work "Tu Es Petrus"

Today's  short Act of Praise contains a chant that depicts Matthew 16:18: "And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.   Listen  for the following in Jeanne Demessieux's setting for the organ:

• Its march-like quality representing the beginning of the journey of the Church of Christ
• Its rigid, stationary and fixed bass line that represents the foundation of the Church
• Its loud, declamatory statement of the chant reminding us of the victory of the Church-that God has already acquired the victory!

Prelude: Largo-Handel
Postlude: Paraphrase On A Chorus In Judas Maccabeus (handel), Op. 90, No. 16- Guilmant