Pâques au tison : Radio France célèbre joyeusement l'orgue profane avec Olivier Latry

By Suzanne Lay-Canessa, 15 March 2016

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“Un Olivier Latry en grande forme, techniquement irréprochable, aussi prudent que rêveur”

Reviewed at Maison de la Radio et de la Musique: Auditorium, Paris on 13 March 2016

Tournemire, Improvisation on Victimae Paschali laudes

Franck, Prélude, Fugue and Variation, Op.18

Messiaen, Joie et Clarte des Corps Glorieux

Escaich, Five Verses on "Victimae paschali laudes"

Duruflé, Suite for Organ, Op.5: prelude in E flat minor

Duruflé, Suite, Op.5: Siciliène

Duruflé, Suite, Op.5: Toccata

Olivier Latry, Organ

French connections: Sydney Symphony performs Saint-Saëns

David Larkin, 11th July

In the run-up to Bastille Day, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra offers an entirely French programme under the baton of Stéphane Denève, with Olivier Latry as organ soloist.

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Beauty and tribute: Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philadelphia Orchestra

Cameron Kelsall, 17th May

In his second week of local performances, the Finnish composer-conductor offers a lush performance of music by a beloved collaborator, the late Kaija Saariaho.

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Olivier Latry inhabits the four elements of fire, water, earth and air

Alexander Hall, 31st May

Pull out all the stops and blow through all the pipes: the mighty organ is there to be celebrated! Olivier Latry demonstrates his mastery of the art.

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Personal reflections: Esa-Pekka Salonen's Organ Concerto in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 19th January

Two forces of nature meet when Esa-Pekka Salonen and Olivier Latry share the stage for the German premiere of Salonen's own Organ Concerto, with a programme that also includes incandescent Bartók.

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Gallic double act: Latry and Lefebvre in Budapest

Catherine Ennis, 22nd May

The grand finale to Müpa's mini-festival to celebrate ten years since the installation of the organ in its concert hallwas as spectacular a musical event as you could wish for.

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From pulpit to fairground: a fête à la française

Mark Pullinger, 10th March

Paris in the springtime: cold winds, driving rain and even a flurry of snow. Tonight, courtesy of Debussy’s Printemps, something a little more seasonal raised the temperature.

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Suzanne Lay-Canessa

Docteure en littérature comparée, passionnée de langues, Suzanne a consacré sa thèse de doctorat à Jean-Sébastien Bach. Elle enseigne le français, la littérature et l’histoire de l’Opéra à l’Institute for American Universities et à Sciences Po Aix. Collaboratrice régulière du journal Zibeline, elle publie dans les rubriques Musiques, Livres, Cinéma, Spectacle vivant et Arts Visuels.