Comment by Gill Sans SUBS:
For his 'Variations on a Noël' Dupré has chosen to set variations on the theme of the pretty hymn tune Noël Nouvelet (Now The Green Blade Riseth). The 'Introduction' is almost note-for-note taken from the hymn, played very quietly; thereafter the arrangements vary between tranquil and violent, and all points in between.
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Jane Watts' YT channel has mistakenly listed all the 'Noël' tracks as being from Dupré's 1931 suite 'Le Chemin de la croix'