Olivier Latry: Grand Organ Concert at Our Lady of Victories, Kensington

CONCERT DATE: THURSDAY 20 JANUARY 2022 at 19h30

PROGRAMME:

Johann-Sebastian BACH (1685 – 1750) :

Ricercare a six BWV 1079

Johann-Sebastian BACH / Charles-Marie WIDOR (1844 – 1937) :

Marche du Veilleur de nuit

Mattheus Final (Extrait de « Memento Bach »)

Johann-Sebastian BACH / Eugène GIGOUT (1844 – 1925) :

Aria de la Cantate de la Pentecôte

Louis VIERNE (1870 – 1937) :

Pièces de Fantaisie (deuxième suite, op. 53) :

- Hymne au Soleil

- Feux follets

- Clair de lune

- Toccata

Olivier LATRY (1962 - ) :

Improvisation

[NOTE: This new date replaces the original date from June 2020. Original tickets purchased through Eventbrite are still valid for this new date.]

Established as the leading worldwide ambassador for his instrument, French organist Olivier Latry has performed in the world’s most prestigious venues, been the guest of leading orchestras under renowned conductors, recorded for major labels and premiered an impressive number of works. Named titular organist at Notre-Dame in Paris at the age of 23 and organist Emeritus at the Orchestre National de Montréal since 2012, Olivier Latry is first and foremost an accomplished, thoughtful and adventurous musician, exploring all possible fields of the organ music, with an exceptional talent as an improviser.

Olivier Latry regularly appears in venues like the Berlin Philharmonie, Philharmonie de Paris, Disney Hall, San Francisco’s Davies Hall, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, Philadelphia’s Verizon Hall, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Vienna’s Musikverein and Konzerthaus, Budapest’s Palace of Arts, Royal Festival Hall, KKL Lucerne, Royal Albert Hall, Suntory Hall, Mariinsky, Rotterdam’s de Doelen, and as a soloist with leading orchestras such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Münchner Philharmoniker, Philharmonia Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony, RSO Wien, Hong-Kong Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Orchestre National de France, under conductors like Myung-Whun Chung, Andris Nelsons, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Stéphane Denève, Fabien Gabel, Christoph Eschenbach, Kent Nagano, Edo de Waart, Jukka-Pekka Saraste and François-Xavier Roth.

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The new Grand Organ at Our Lady of Victories by Anton SKRABL, completed in 2021, is one of the most exciting new instruments in the UK. With 52 stops over four manuals and pedals, the organ is inspired by the French Symphonic tradition, which found its culmination in the work of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll.

Specification of the Grand Organ:

PÉDALE (32 notes)

Contrebasse 32

Soubasse 32

Contrebasse 16

Principal 16

Bourdon 16

Prestant 8

Flûte 8

Octave 4

Contre Bombarde 32

Bombarde 16

Trompette 8

I: GRAND ORGUE (61 notes)

Bourdon 16

Montre 8

Diapason 8

Bourdon 8

Flûte harmonique 8

Prestant 4

Flûte 4

Octave 2

Trompette 8

Clairon 4

Quinte 2 2/3

Fourniture IV

Grand Orgue 16

Grand Orgue 4

Grand Orgue annulation 8

II: POSITIF (61 notes)

Diapason 8

Bourdon 8

Rhorflûte 8

Viole de gambe 8

Voix céleste 8

Octave 4

Bourdon 4

Octave 2

Dulciane 8

Quinte 2 2/3

Tierce 1 3/5

Trémolo Positif

Positif 16

Positif 4

Positif annulation 8

III: RÉCIT EXPRESSIF (61 notes)

Bourdon 16

Diapason 8

Bourdon 8

Violoncelle 8

Voix angélique 8

Flûte ouverte 4

Nazard 2 2/3

Octavin 2

Hautbois 16

Trompette 8

Hautbois 8

Voix humaine 8

Clairon 4

Plein jeu IV

Trémolo Récit

Récit 16

Récit 4

Récit annulation 8

IV: BOMBARDE (61 notes)

Flûte traversière 8

Flûte traversière 4

Trompette Pontificale 16

Trompette Pontificale 8

Trompette Pontificale 4

TIRASSES

Tirasse Grand Orgue

Tirasse Positif

Tirasse Récit Expressif

Tirasse Bombarde

ACCOUPLEMENTS

Positif - Grand Orgue

Récit - Grand Orgue

Bombarde - Grand Orgue

Récit - Positif

Bombarde - Positif

Bombarde - Recit

Grand Orgue - Bombarde

ACCESSORIES

Tutti I

Tutti II

Divisional pistons 1 - 10

General pistons 1 - 10 (to 999)

Stepper

Pedal divide

Host or Publisher Our Lady of Victories RC Church, Kensington