On September 4, 2025, St. Anthony’s Church in Papenburg welcomed Thierry Escaich, titular organist at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
This week's concert recording has been available on Deutschlandfunk since May 10. Follow this link Thierry Escaich: From the Seine to the Ems you can listen to the concert, explanations about the Walcker organ and St. Anthony’s Church, interviews with Thierry Escaich, and information about the works performed.
As part of the Bremen Music Festival, Escaich performed works by Mendelssohn, Cochereau, Louis Vierne, and Stravinsky, as well as one of his own compositions, before delighting the audience at the end with improvisations on the two themes “Hejo, spann den Wagen an” and the North German song “Dat du min Leevsten büst.”
Text: Barbara Köster, Photo: Anna Siebert