All are welcome on Sunday, October 25, 2026, at 3:15pm for an Organ Recital

Program

Organ Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 42         Alexandre Guilmant (1837 - 1911)

I. Introduction and Allegro

II. Pastorale

III. Final

24 Pieces de Fantasie, Suite No. 4, Op. 55. IV: Naïades    Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937)

24 Pieces de Fantasie, Suite No. 2, Op. 53. III: Hymne au soleil   Vierne

Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, Op. 45            Rachel Laurin (1961 – 2023)

Trois Improvisations, No. 2: Petit canon       Nadia Boulenger (1887 - 1979)

Trois Improvisations, No. 3: Improvisation Boulenger

Te Deum, Op. 11          Jeanne Demessieux (1921 - 1968)

John Henderson is an organist, collaborative pianist, composer, and educator based in Washington, DC. In addition to maintaining a busy performance schedule and a private music studio, John serves as organist and music director at Saint Bernadette Catholic Church in Silver Spring, as an assistant organist at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, and on the faculty for both the music and drama departments at The Catholic University of America. He previously served as assistant organ at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle.

Contact: Tom Stehle, Pastoral Associate for Liturgy and Director of Music Ministries