Wednesday, 19 February

7.00pm – c.8.15pm

Bath Abbey

Olivier Latry organ

Marchand

Grande Dialogue

Couperin

Tierce en taille (Messe des Couvents)

de Grigny

Hymne Ave maris stella

J S Bach

Allein Gott in der höh sei ehr BWV 663

J S Bach

Allein Gott in der höh sei ehr BWV 711

J S Bach

Allein Gott in der höh sei ehr BWV 715

J S Bach

Passacaglia & fugue in C minor BWV 582

Latry

Improvisations

We open Bath Bachfest 2025 with something new: an additional short concert of organ music played on Bath Abbey’s magnificent Klais organ by one of the world’s most distinguished organists, Olivier Latry. Named titular organist at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris aged just 23, Latry is a French organist, improviser, composer and teacher, renowned as an accomplished, thoughtful and adventurous musician. In his Bath debut he will present a programme of music by J S Bach, the French composers Marchand, Couperin and de Grigny, and concluding with his own improvisations.