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The Last Century

tue 23 may 2017 20:00 hrs

Music by 20th-century composers. Breathtaking – modern music for the instrument with the longest breath of all: the organ.

Latvia, the German Eifel, and, essential in broadcast such as this one, France. These are the countries we will be visiting; from the Dom of Riga,to the abbey of Himmerod and from a Trappist monastary in Großlittgen, Germany (near Trier) to the organ of the Notre Dame in Paris.

Playlist:
01:33 | Péteris Vasks – Cantus Ad Pacem
Iveta Apkalna on the Walcker organ at the Dom of Riga (Latvia)

18:38 | Naji Hakim – Bagatelle
IIveta Apkalna on the Walcker organ at the Dom of Riga (Latvia)

24:05 | Philip Glass – Music in Contrary Motion
Iveta Apkalna on the Klais organ in the abbey of Himmerod, a Trappist monastary in Großlittgen, Germany (near Trier)

33:35 | Alexandre Guilmant – Sonate No.1, Final
Olivier Latry on the Cavaillé-Coll organ at the Notre-Dame de Paris

41:11 | Francis Poulenc – Litanie à la Vierge Noire
Olivier Latry, organ, and the Vocal Ensemble of the Choir School of the Notre-Dame in Paris, conducted by Lionel Sow

50:08 | Improv. op: Thierry Escaich – Poème Symphonique
Improvisation by Olivier Latry, on the Cavaillé-Coll organ at the Notre-Dame de Paris

At the French network, a new concert hall is being used, for which organ builder Gerhard Grenzing, living in Barcelona, built a new instrument. An impression of that beautiful piece of work you will find in the video below.


Le chantier de l’orgue de Radio France (2/2) byradiofrance

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