by Daniel Hathaway
French organist Vincent Dubois was appointed one of three titular organists of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris in 2016, sharing the post with his teacher, Olivier Latry, and long-time titular Philippe LeFebre.
Three years later, on April 15, the disastrous fire broke out in the roof of the 12th century building that miraculously spared the cathedral’s organ, but closed the structure for five years. That exiled Dubois and his colleagues from church and organ until a festive re-opening last December.
Dubois will return to Cleveland to play a solo recital on Tuesday, March 18 at 7:30. Ironically, the recitalist will be exiled this time from the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist — but not by fire.
In an email blast, director of music Thomas Fielding wrote, “Our Cathedral Holtkamp organ is unreliable at this point and slated for major renovation work starting right after Easter. This concert will be held, instead, at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral.” [Read more…]
Vincent Dubois, Titular Organist of the Cathedral of Soissons, France, played a splendid recital at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in downtown Cleveland on Wednesday, November 18. Indeed, he played almost enough music for two recitals, but such was the quality of his playing that the program did not seem overly long. The music chosen was standard repertoire by the big names of the organ world: Johann Sebastian Bach, Louis Vierne, Olivier Messiaen, Marcel Dupré, Charles-Marie Widor, César Franck, and Maurice Duruflé.