Thomas Ospital walks in the footsteps of master organists with head held high. Despite his young age, he has been given big boots to fill as Professor of Organ at the Conservatoire de Paris and as head organist of St Eustache. Ospital has a busy touring schedule in Asia and the USA but has made time to join us to celebrate the 3rd birthday of the Musiikkitalo organ. The highlight of his programme is the intense Danse macabre by Saint-Saëns, which opens with a bell tolling midnight. Ospital concludes his recital with an improvisation. We anticipate a feast of skill, wits and fire.
Ring in the New Year – Bring on the Organ
Thomas Ospital
Time- 1.1.2027 16:00
Duration- 2 h, incl. intermission
Tickets- 12,50–59 €
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prélude et fugue en Ré Majeur BWV 532
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Variations sur “Ah, vous dirai-je maman” K. 265 (arr. Thomas Ospital)
Maurice Ravel: Ma mère l’Oye, cinq pièces enfantines (arr. Thomas Ospital)
I Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant
II Petit Poucet
III Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes
IV Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête
V Le Jardin féerique
Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre (arr. Louis Robilliard)
Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin (arr. Thomas Ospital)
I Prélude
II Forlane
III Menuet
IV Rigaudon
Thomas Ospital: Improvisation