François Couperin - Kyrie from Mass for the Convents

Rick Burk performing on the Friday Pipes series at Third Baptist Church, St. Louis, Missouri. Complete information on Friday Pipes and the organ can be found at www.fridaypipes....
François Couperin (1668-1733) was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known as Couperin le Grand ("Couperin the Great") to distinguish him from other members of the musically talented Couperin family.
Couperin was born into one of the best known musical families of Europe. His father Charles was organist at Church Saint-Gervais in Paris, a position previously occupied by Charles's brother Louis Couperin, a highly regarded keyboard virtuoso and composer whose career was cut short by an early death. As a boy, François must have received his first music lessons from his father.
Only one collection of organ music by Couperin survives, the Pièces d'orgue consistantes en deux messes ("Pieces for Organ Consisting of Two Masses"), the first manuscript of which appeared around 1689-1690. The two masses were intended for different audiences: the first for parishes or secular churches, and the second for convents or abbey churches. These masses are divided into many movements in accordance with the traditional structure of the Latin Mass: Kyrie (5 movements), Gloria (9), Sanctus (3), Agnus (2), and an additional Offertoire and Deo gratias to conclude each mass. This is the five Kyrie movements of the second mass.

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Very nice. I am glad someone concertizes these pieces. I have had the music for a few years. Nice to jave a reference. - S. Mc Mullen StL AGO Member.