Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater Broadway at 65th Street
Olivier Latry, organ
ALL-MESSIAEN PROGRAM Apparition de l’église éternelle Verset pour la Fête de la Dédicace Selections from Livre du Saint Sacrement, Messe de la Pentecôte, Livre d’orgue, and La Nativité du Seigneur
Olivier Latry performed Messiaen's Prière après la Communion, from Livre du Saint Sacrement, as an encore.
Composer Olivier Messiaen holds a singular place in music. Informed by his joyous, exuberant faith, his unclassifiable sound often contains colorful evocations of birdsong. Internationally renowned Messiaen specialist Olivier Latry, an organist for Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral, presents an all-Messiaen program on Alice Tully Hall’s recently restored Kuhn organ.
“Olivier Latry plays the organ as [if] it were a living thing, coloring every nuance, conjuring up every combination requested by Messaien, enhancing and bringing to life each harmonic and rhythmic twist. Just perfect.” —Organists’ Review
Pre-concert lecture by Andrew Shenton at 6:15 in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
Please note: The performance begins promptly at its scheduled time. There is no late seating.
This performance is approximately one hour and 10 minutes long, with no intermission.
MESSIAEN: Livre du Saint Sacrement: III. Le Dieu caché
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