Great Music in a Great Space
The Great Organ: Great Artists

Thierry Escaich

 

 

February 6, 2013, 7:30 pm

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The Cathedral welcomes back internationally-acclaimed French organist, improvisor, and composer Thierry Escaich, who helped rededicate the newly-restored Great Organ on the 2009–2010 “Great Organ: Great Artists” series, portions of which can be heard on the CD/DVD release From Ashes to Glory (Pro Organo label). This concert is generously underwritten by Bruce Westcott.

 

Symphonie-Passion, Op. 23 - Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
I. Le monde dans l'attente du Sauveur

Choral No. 2 in B minor - César Franck (1812-1890)

Improvisation: Passacaglia and Fugue (in Romantic style) on a submitted theme

Trois esquisses pour orgue - Thierry Escaich (b. 1965)
I. Tournoiement
II. Rituel
III. Variations sur un souvenir

Symphony No. 4 in G minor, Op. 32 - Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
IV. Romance
V. Final

Verset pour la Fête de la Dédicace - Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)

Improvisation: Theme and variations on a submitted melody