Festival d'orgue de Vouvant : << L'Oiseau de feu >>

> Thursday 7 August 2025 / 7pm

David CASSAN, titular organist of the great organ of the Oratoire du Louvre in Paris, professor of organ at the Conservatoire de Nancy and of improvisation at the Conservatoire de Saint-Maur-des-Fossés.

- Franz Liszt (Doborjan 1811- Bayreuth 1886) : Fantasy and fugue on the name of B.A.C.H.
Syncretic version for organ by Jean Guillou (Angers 1930 - Paris 2019) based on Franz Liszt's versions for organ and piano
- Johann Sebastian Bach (Eisenach 1685 - Leipzig 1750) : Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
- César Franck (Liège 1822 - Paris 1890): Prayer
- Igor Stravinsky (near St Petersburg 1882 - New York 1971):
The Firebird, excerpts
"XI: Infernal dance of Katscheï's subjects", "XII: Lullaby", "XIII: Disappearance of Katscheï's palace and spells, animation of the petrified knights, general jubilation".
Transcription for organ by Pierre Pincemaille
- David Cassan (1989): improvisation

David Cassan trained at the Caen Conservatoire and the Paris and Lyon Conservatoires. He has pursued a career as a soloist, performing with orchestras such as the Orchestre de Paris, the Orchestre national de Lyon and the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, in numerous venues in France and abroad (Germany, England, Russia, China, Israel, Latvia, Estonia, Spain, Uruguay, Netherlands, Ireland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland).
David Cassan performs the entire organ repertoire, with a particular preference for the works of J.S. Bach and French composers of the 19th and 20th centuries. A passionate and creative improviser, he regularly accompanies silent films on organ or piano.
David Cassan has won a dozen international 1st prizes, including those in Chartres, St Albans (England) and Haarlem (Netherlands). Invited to give master classes abroad, David Cassan teaches organ at the Conservatoire de Nancy, improvisation at the Conservatoire de Saint Maur-des-Fossés and is titular of the great organ of the Oratoire du Louvre in Paris.

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Price: €10 / Support price: €15
Under-16s: free (only at the concert entrance)

Tickets at
Vouvant, Fontenay-le-Comte, La Châtaigneraie, Maillezais and Mervent Tourist Offices - Tel: 02 51 69 44 99
At the church, ½ hour before the concert: payment by card possible

Access to the concert via the Théodelin nave / PRM access

Children: recommended for ages 5 and up