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

Von Alexander Hall, 01 Juni 2023

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“the Dutchman’s vessel steering thrillingly into the upper reaches of the Beaufort scale”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Festival Hall, London, am 31 Mai 2023

Messiaen, Apparition de l'Église éternelle, for solo organ

Liszt, Légende no. 1 "Saint François d'Assise: la prédication aux oiseaux", S 175

Saint-Saëns, Karneval der Tiere: Aquarium (arr. Shin-Young Lee)

Saint-Saëns, Carnival of the Animals: Aviary (arr. Shin-Young Lee)

Saint-Saëns, Karneval der Tiere: Der Schwan (arr. Shin-Young Lee)

Franck, Trois Pièces pour Grand Orgue: Pièce héroïque, no. 3

Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Vorspiel und Liebestod (arr. by Edwin Lemare)

Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Ouvertüre (arr. by Edwin Lemare)

Wagner, Rienzi, der Letze der Tribunen: Allmächt'ger Vater (arr. by Sigfrid Karg-Elert)

Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Vorspiel zu Akt 1 (arr. by Edwin Lemare)

Latry, Improvisation on the British national anthem

Olivier Latry, Orgel

Ariane Matiakh, Olivier Latry et le Philhar' au fil de l'eau

Chloë Rouge, 3rd October

Au sein d'un programme riche en évocations, le superbe concerto pour orgue Waves de Pascal Dusapin, magnifiquement porté par Olivier Latry, compense les limites de la direction d'Ariane Matiakh.

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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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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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Loin du froid des églises : chaleurs humaines de Kaija Saariaho

Suzanne Lay-Canessa, 13th February

Belle idée que de faire coïncider les ateliers dédiés à l’orgue de l’Auditorium et la programmation du festival Présences : l’orgue se prête mieux que n’importe quel instrument au désir de monographies de cette édition, mettant à l’honneur une compositrice à la croisée d’influences et de domaines d’expression.

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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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Alexander Hall

Alexander Hall divides his time between London and Hamburg, where he had a career in academic administration and teaching. He reviews for Bachtrack and Opera Today, and has also reviewed for Classical Source. A connoisseur of the great orchestras of the world, his musical memories stretch back to Karajan/Berlin Phil, Mravinsky/Leningrad Phil, Bernstein/Vienna Phil, and he has seen most of the great conductors from the past, including Böhm, Klemperer, Kubelik, Ormandy and Szell.

Olivier Latry inhabits the four elements of fire, water, earth and air at the Royal Festival Hall