Charles W. Ore was commissioned by the French Organ Music Seminar to compose a piece for the 2017 seminar.
Ore performed his piece, Kyrie, Based on a Ninth Century Chant Embedded in Kyrie, Gott Vater, on the organ of St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City, in July 2017. Gabriel Marghieri, organist of Sacré-Coeur Basilica, Paris, France, and Vatican organist, Juan Paradell-Solé, assisted at the console.
Charles Ore performs his work at St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City (photo credit: Masako Gaskin)