Pie Jesu by Gabriel Faure (1845-1924), arr. by Noel Rawsthorne

Faure was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. This piece is the 4th movement in Faure's Requiem in D-minor, the best known of his large-scale works. The composer said of the Requiem, "Everything I managed to entertain by way of religious illusion I put into my Requiem, which moreover is dominated from beginning to end by a very human feeling of faith in eternal rest."
This arrangement for organ is found in a collection called "Best Loved Organ Music--Book One". It is played here by Geoff Olson, organist of St. Paul's United Church of Christ in St. Paul, MN. The organ is a 30-rank Wicks/Hunt pipe organ, supplemented with a Hauptwerk virtual organ system, using the 65-stop 1877 Father Willis Organ at Salisbury Cathedral, England. To listen to more of my organ videos, go to / geoffolson1039​​​​ .
Hope you enjoy this piece and thanks for listening.

[@ColetteRalph]

Beautiful recital of Faure's Pie Jesu; i have played this version, arranged by Noel Rawsthorne, at Catholic Mass, this morning, thank you, for your RUclips performance of this Piece

[@GeoffOlson1039]

You are welcome. Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@bcgrittner]

Not familiar with this piece, but I enjoyed the serenity this piece offers. Well done, as usual, Geoff.

[@GeoffOlson1039]

Glad I could introduce you to a new piece. If you liked this, you might want to search You Tube for the soprano/orchestral version of this piece as well as the entire Requiem. Some of my favorite music.