PROGRAMME:
Charles Tournemire – Maurice Duruflé
Choral-improvisation on Victimæ paschali laudes
César Franck
Choral in B minor
Richard Wagner
Pilgrims Chorus from Tannhäuser
Thierry Escaich
Improvised scherzo on Wagner’s theme
Marcel Dupré
Prelude and Fugue in B major, Op. 7 No. 1
Maurice Duruflé
Choral varié on Veni creator
Olivier Messiaen
Alleluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel from
L’Ascension
Camille Saint-Saëns
Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix, Dalila’s aria from Samson et Dalila (arranged by Thierry Escaich)
Fantasia No. 1 in E-flat major
Thierry Escaich
Improvised fantasia on given themes
Performed by Thierry Escaich (organ)