Organ recital: Olivier Latry

Tuesday, August 4, 2026, 8:30 PM

Estimated Run Time: 1 hour

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris

More than any other instrument, the organ is a matter of transmission, with the great masters passing on to their disciples both the instruments they have played and the poetics they have developed. Focusing on the figure of Louis Vierne, organist at Notre-Dame from 1900 to 1937, Olivier Latry explores the music of his students and friends, Maurice Duruflé, Jehan Alain, and Gaston Litaize. The latter, in turn, passed on his art to artists such as Olivier Latry.
Another unique feature of the organ is the centuries-old practice of transcription: like many of his colleagues at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, Vierne reworked Bach's masterpieces for the grand symphonic organ.
Olivier Latry will use his talent to trace these illustrious and fascinating connections.

Photo by ©Henry Buffeteau

Program

Olivier  Messiaen (1908-1992)
Apparition de l’Eglise éternelle   
 
Johann-Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sicilienne (Transcription for organ Louis Vierne)

Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Carillon de Westminster
 
Gaston Litaize (1909-1991)
Scherzo

Vincent Paulet (*1962)
Élégie
 
Jehan Alain (1911-1940)
Litanies
 
Maurice  Duruflé (1902-1986)
Prélude et fugue sur le nom d’Alain
 
Olivier Latry (*1962)
Improvisation

Cast

Olivier Latry, grand organ