Worship & Arts: Thomas Ospital Organ Recital

Acclaimed French organist Thomas Ospital, professor of organ at the Paris Conservatoire and titular organist of St. Eustache in Paris, makes his New York City debut with this performance. At 33 years of age, Ospital has quickly earned a place among the world’s finest concert organists. His program will include the Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582 by Johann Sebastian Bach, the Fantaisie in A Major and Cantabile by César Franck, the Pelléas et Mélisande Suite by Gabriel Fauré, transcribed by Louis Robillard, the Première Fantaisie and Deuxième Fantaisie by Jehan Alain, and Evocation IV by Thierry Escaich. Ospital will also create music on the spot by improvising on a submitted theme, an art for which he is renowned.