Méditation

The hauntingly beautiful principal theme of Maurice Duruflé’s “Méditation” (written around 1964) is more familiar to musicians through its use as the opening thematic material found in the Agnus Dei, from his 1966 “Messe Cum Jubilo.” Although one of his least familiar works, it is also one of his most technically accessible and was found useful to Duruflé during mass at Saint-Étienne-du-Mont in Paris. It is published by Durand.

Randall Mullin performs this work on the Grand Symphonic Cavaillé-Coll Hauptwerk sample set, which combines the stops of the gorgeous Cavaillé-Coll organs found in the French churches of Notre Dame de Metz and St. Etienne Abbey in Caen.