Organ recital: Vincent Dubois

Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 8:30 PM

Estimated Run Time: 1 hour

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris

Some of the most popular concert pieces illustrate the immense expressive range of the grand organ of Notre-Dame, at the time of its restoration, in all its diversity, from repertoire to transcriptions.
From Bach to Vierne, Rachmaninoff to Ravel, they highlight the timelessness of an instrument that its builder, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, in 1868, designed to mirror the symphony orchestra.
Two excerpts from Olivier Messiaen's La Nativité cycle, including the famous finale Dieu parmi nous, will conclude this Christmas concert.

Photo by ©Kathleen Rengnet

Program

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

César Franck (1822-1890)
Choral n° 2 en si mineur FWV 39, excerpt from Trois chorals FWV 38-40

Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Naïades, excerpt from Quatrième Suite op. 55 of Vingt-quatre pièces de fantaisie pour orgue

Sergueï Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Prelude in C sharp minor, excerpt from Morceaux de fantaisie op. 3 (transcription by Louis Vierne)

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Les Anges - Dieu parmi nous, excerpt form La Nativité du Seigneur

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Rigaudon - Menuet - Toccata, excerpt form Le Tombeau de Couperin (transcription by Vincent Dubois)

Cast

Vincent Dubois, grand organ