Proms 2015 Prom 52: Thierry Escaich - BBC Proms

23 Aug 2015, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Sun 23 Aug 2015 Next Event

Prom 52: Thierry Escaich

19:30 Sun 23 Aug 2015 Royal Albert Hall

French organist Thierry Escaich puts the Royal Albert Hall organ through its paces with a programme of works by Bach, Brahms, Mendelssohn – and some of his own compositions.

Programme

- - Johann Sebastian Bach
  - Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582(12 mins)
- - Johannes Brahms
  - Prelude and Fugue in G minor, WoO 10
  - Chorale Prelude 'Herzliebster Jesu'
- - Thierry Escaich
  - Chorale-Étude 'Herzliebster Jesu'
- - Johann Sebastian Bach
  - Chorale Prelude 'Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir'(6 mins)
  - Chorale Prelude 'In dir ist Freude'(3 mins)
- - Thierry Escaich
  - Chorale-Étude 'In dir ist Freude'
  - Improvisation on a Theme by J.S. Bach
- - Johann Sebastian Bach
  - Chorale Prelude 'Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir'
- - Felix Mendelssohn
  - Organ Sonata in A major, Op. 65 No. 3
- - Johannes Brahms
  - Chorale Prelude 'Herzlich tut mich verlangen'
- - Thierry Escaich
  - Chorale-Étude 'Herzlich tut mich verlangen'
- - Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer
  - Chorale 'Christ ist erstanden'(3 mins)
- - Thierry Escaich
  - Chorale-Étude 'Christ ist erstanden'
  - Improvisation: Suite on Themes by J. S. Bach

Composers

About this event

Bach and beyond – a fascinating musical journey with Thierry Escaich, renowned organist of the church of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont in Paris (where he is a successor to Maurice Duruflé), and an ambassador of the great French School of improvisation.

There will be one interval

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Discover the Music

Bach: Chorale Prelude ‘In dir ist Freude’, BWV 615 (extract)