Canon John Bruce Organ Concert

Featuring:  Olivier Latry, Titular Organist for the Cathedral of Notre Dame     Paris, France

Sunday, April 26, 2009       2:00 pm    (Free will offering)

Olivier Latry, titular organist of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, is one of the world’s most distinguished organists, not only in France, but in the international community as well. He was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France in 1962, and began his study of piano at the age of 7, and his study of the organ at age 12; he later attended the Academy of Music at St. Maur-des-Fossés, studying organ with Gaston Litaize.  From 1981-1985 Olivier Latry was titular organist of Meaux Cathedral and at age 23 he won a competition to become one of the three titular organists of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris. Since 1995 he has taught at the Paris Conservatory. Olivier Latry and his wife Marie-Therese have three children and live in a little village outside Paris. Olivier Latry Program Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)     Choral No. 2 in B minor César Franck (1822-1890)     Andante Sostenuto (from Symphonie Gothique) Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)     Two movements from Symphonie No. 1 Louis Vierne (1870-1937) 1. Allegro vivace 2. Final       -intermission-     Joie et clarté des Corps glorieux (from Corps glorieux) Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)     Lied Gaston Litaize (1909-1991)     Toccata Jean Guillou (b. 1930)     Improvisation Olivier Latry (b. 1962)