The Organs at Notre Dame: An Update Almost One Year After the Fire

The latest episode of Square Notes: The Sacred Music Podcast has just been released.

Our guest for this episode is the fantastic titular organist of Notre Dame, Olivier Latry, who gives us an assessment of the damage and what to look for in the road ahead. He also discusses the development of the instrument and its role in the sacred liturgy, and the development of the organ repertoire.

For more information about Olivier Latry, please click here: www.concertorganists.com/artists/Olivier-Latry/.

For more information about the Introduction to the Organ for Pianists class this summer at St. Joseph’s Seminary, click here: www.dunwoodie.edu/dunwoodie-music-classes.



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Tweet your requests to the organist of Notre Dame

Tickets are now on sale for the Dedication Concert of the newly restored Kilgen Organ at Our Lady of Refuge in Brooklyn, NY. The concert, on October 18 at 7pm, will be given by Olivier Latry, one of the Titular Organists at Notre Dame, Paris. In what must be a first, Olivier Latry will include a piece in his programme which has been requested in advance on Twitter, using the hashtag #latryinNYC.

The rest of the programme includes J.S. Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, Franck's Prelude, Fugue and Variation, Widor's Allegro vivace from Symphony No.5 and works by Vierne and Saint-Saëns. The restoration of the organ sounds like an incredible labour of love and you can read about it here. Kudos to Joe Vitacco, Chairman of the Organ Committee and Fr. Michael Perry, the Pastor of the Parish for managing to bring this about.