Tallinn International Organ Festival Reval 2024

HOMMAGE À HUGO LEPNURM

 

On a journey to the world behind the mirror, Alice finds herself in Organ Land, instead of Wonderland. There, she meets and talks to various organ registers. The work is explained by a Narrator and the video screen shows fairytale images. The Narrator's text is in Estonian.

ALICE IN ORGAN LAND

Etienne Walhain, organ, Belgium

Aare-Paul Lattik, Narrator

 

Antonio Vivaldi / Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for organ C-Major

César Franck                     Pièce Heroïque

Jean Guillou            Alice in Organ Land

 

Born in Belgium, Etienne Walhain is the appointed organist of the Ducroquet and Merklin organ at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai. Meeting Jean Guillou in 1998, with whom he worked for 10 years in Paris and Zürich, was a major turning point in his career. Etienne Walhain is currently pursuing his career as a concert artist, which has, to date, taken him throughout Europe, USA and Canada.