Prom 21: Olivier Latry

4 Aug 2019, Royal Albert Hall

11:00 Sun 4 Aug 2019 Next Event

Proms 2019 Prom 21: Olivier Latry

11:00 Sun 4 Aug 2019 Royal Albert Hall

Celebrated French organist Olivier Latry returns to the Proms for the first time in over a decade. The organist of Paris鈥檚 Notre-Dame Cathedral roams through 250 years of music in a wide-ranging recital that stretches from Bach to de Falla.

Programme

- - Aram Khachaturian
  - Gayane 鈥撀燬abre Dance (transcr. Kiviniemi)(3 mins)
- - Manuel de Falla
  - El amor brujo 鈥� Ritual fire dance (transcr. Latry)(5 mins)
- - Ludwig van Beethoven
  - Adagio in F major (for mechanical clock)(5 mins)
- - Johann Sebastian Bach
  - Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
- - Eug猫ne Gigout
  - Air c茅l猫bre de la Pentec么te(3 mins)
- - Franz Liszt
  - Prelude and Fugue on the name BACH, S 260(14 mins)(arr. Guillou)
- - Charles鈥怣arie Widor
  - Bach's Memento 鈥� No. 4: Marche du veilleur de nuit(4 mins)
- - Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
  - Danse macabre (arr. Lemare)(8 mins)

Performers

Olivier Latry
organ
organ

Composers

About This Event

Celebrated French organist Olivier Latry returns to the Proms for the first time in over a decade for a programme centred around transcriptions and arrangements for the 鈥楰ing of Instruments鈥�.

The organist of Paris鈥檚 Notre-Dame Cathedral roams through 250 years of music in a wide-ranging recital programme that stretches from Bach to Falla.

There鈥檚 a rhythmic charge to the recital, which includes virtuosic transcriptions of Khachaturian鈥檚 frenzied Sabre Dance, Falla鈥檚 hypnotic Ritual Fire Dance and Saint-Sa毛ns鈥檚 devilish Danse macabre, as well as Bach鈥檚 dramatic Toccata and Fugue in D minor, and Bach arrangements by French organist-composers Widor and Gigout.

There will be no interval

Image: Olivier Latry 漏 Deyan Parouchev