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Thank you to the MaixanDo Association for sharing the release of the magazine Orgues Nouvelles n° 56! The MaixanDo Association seeks to promote the work of Marie-Véra Maixandeau (1929-2018), an inspired composer from Monte-Carlo. A child prodigy and virtuoso, unaffected by her poor eyesight, she entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris in 1945 inContinue reading “Merci, l’Association MaixanDo !”

Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834-1890) was a Danish painter, mostly famous for his depictions of historical and biblical scenes. He is considered to be one of Denmark’s greatest artists of all times. Carl Bloch proved to be highly gifted from a young age and, although his parents were against him becoming an artist, he started studyingContinue reading “Fourth Sunday of Advent”

Czech artist Alphons Mucha, mostly known for his contribution to decorative art such as posters (in particular those of Sarah Berhard) was also a devoted Catholic driven by mysticism. Unsatisfied with his works and his career in advertising, he decided to focus on a sacred art that would reflect his personal visions about Christianity. HeContinue reading “Third Sunday of Advent”

Close to the French artistic movement called “the Nabis”, inspired by Paul Gauguin, and later a theoretician of Symbolism, Maurice Denis (1870-1943) devoted himself to religious art. He founded the “Ateliers d’Art Sacré” with George Devallières – a school promoting a new sacred Art – and decorated the interiors of several churches while working towardsContinue reading “Second Sunday of Advent”

In the aftermath of the Second World War, France set about renewing the religious art that had been partly destroyed in the bombardments. In 1956, Robert Renard, the chief architect in charge of French heritage sites and historical monuments, suggested commissioning contemporary artists to restore the stained glass windows that had been damaged.  Marc ChagallContinue reading “First Sunday of Advent”

I have recently had the great pleasure of playing at Saint Mary-le-Bow church in Cheapside, London. This beautiful church, just 5 min away from St Paul’s Cathedral, was founded around 1080 and has had a turbulent history of collapses and reconstructing. The current church is a reconstruction dating from 1946, after it was destroyed inContinue reading “A small tour around St Mary-le-Bow church, London”

Release of the CD “Singulièrement plurielles”, a recording of organ works by female composers. Most women composers have been forgotten by history – or their music completely left aside. In 2020, organ teacher Éric Lebrun from the Conservatoire in Saint-Maur (South-East of Paris) developed a project to shed light on forgotten female composers, while alsoContinue reading ““Singulièrement plurielles””