This concert is presented in person, at the Saints-Anges de Lachine church

Details

• The size of the church allows social distancing
• No tickets required

Biography

The Duo Vernet-Meckler was formed in 2006, when Olivier Vernet wanted to explore the organ pieces too rarely played in their authentic four-hand versions, or the great transcriptions for this formation. This impulse quickly materialized in several recordings hailed by enthusiastic critics in musical magazines such as Classica, Diapason, Pianiste, PianoNews, The American Organist, etc. : the complete Mozart, the complete Mendelssohn with the transcription of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by the author, the recital for the inauguration of the organ of the Cathedral of Tulle, the Joseph Haydn program on the organ of Mougins, the complete works for organ by Niels Gade, the “Pasión” around Hispanic dance, the “Concertos à 8 mains” in world premiere including the two concertos for piano and orchestra by Johannes Brahms in transcriptions for the new configuration of 4-handed organ and 4-handed piano as well as pieces specially written for 4-handed organ on the Cavaillé-Coll organ in Lunel then on the Merklin organ in Commentry. Also recorded are “BACH(s)”, dedicated to the Bach dynasty and including many unpublished pieces, “Le Rameau d’Olivier” devoted to transcriptions by the duo of works by Jean-Philippe Rameau on the historic organ of Saint -Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume and the “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” dedicated to French symphonic music on the great organ of Monaco Cathedral. All of these four-handed recordings are regularly broadcast on the airwaves, in France and abroad (France Musique, Europe 1, France Inter, Radio Classique, RCF, RTBF, RAI, American Public Media, etc.). In addition to an important concert activity which has taken them, among other places, to France, Russia, Belgium, Switzerland and Spain, the duo devotes a large part of its activity to the research and development of the repertoire for four-handed organ, by collecting old scores – often unpublished manuscripts – and by soliciting numerous current composers who dedicate works to him.