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3 Days | 3 Organs | 3 Concerts
Monday, October 26, 2026
7:00 PM
Richard Gowers
British organist, pianist and conductor
6641 Mission Rd, Prairie Village, KS (map)
Sponsored by the Greater Kansas City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and Village Presbyterian Church. Underwritten by M. Wayne Alexander and John W. Braum.
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Richards, Fowkes & Co., Opus 22
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British organist, conductor and pianist Richard Gowers performs at the world’s most prestigious venues with top orchestras and conductors while enjoying a diverse freelance career on the London concert scene.
In the 2025/26 season Richard Gowers returns to the Berlin Philharmonic for his third recital in back-to-back seasons, including Kabeláč’s Symphony No. 3 for Brass, Organ and Timpani, conducted by Jakub Hrůša. He gives his Royal Festival Hall and Royal Philharmonic solo debuts and returns as soloist to the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall. Recent seasons have seen solo debuts as organist with the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir Antonio Pappano, and London Philharmonic and Ulster Orchestras. As conductor he debuted with the Academy of Ancient Music in 2023 at the Monreale Festival in Italy, and in 2024 with the London Handel Orchestra, of whom he is Principal Conductor.
A graduate of Cambridge University, he was organ scholar at King’s College under the late Sir Stephen Cleobury before studying Piano Accompaniment at the Royal Academy of Music with Michael Dussek and Joseph Middleton. Recent seasons have seen solo appearances at the Royal Albert Hall, Philharmonie Berlin, Musikverein Vienna in collaboration with trumpeter Matilda Lloyd, Suntory Hall Tokyo, Lotte Concert Hall Seoul, Shanghai Oriental Art Center and Brisbane City Hall. He gives recitals at major festivals such as Toulouse Les Orgues, Hamburger Orgelsommer, Bordeaux Festival International Orgues d’Été, Brisbane Baroque Festival and for the American Guild of Organists. As a song accompanist he has performed at Oxford and Leeds Song Festivals and Wigmore Hall. In opera he was assistant to Finnegan Downie Dear at the 2025 Aix-en-Provence Festival in The Story of Billy Budd, Sailor and directed the children’s chorus for Barry Kosky’s Carmen at Covent Garden.
Richard Gowers is Director of Music at St George’s Hanover Square, Handel’s church in London, where he conducts annual performances of Handel's Messiah and the Bach Passions for the London Handel Festival. His debut album, Messiaen’s La Nativité du Seigneur, was recorded in King’s College Chapel and named a Gramophone ‘Editor’s Choice’, described in the magazine as “tremendously focused and intensely cerebral playing…[conveying] the fundamental musicality of the work”. He grew up in a family of academics in Cambridge and was a chorister in the Choir of King’s College. His teachers have included Nigel Kerry, David Goode, Stefan Engels (Leipzig), Gordon Stewart and Nathan Laube (Konzert Examen, Stuttgart). He teaches at the Royal Academy of Music, who elected him an Associate (ARAM) in 2024.
Tuesday, October 28, 2026
7:00 PM
Olivier Latry
Titular Organist at Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris
14251 Nall Avenue, Leawood, KS (map)
New Organ Inaugural Concert!
Sponsored by St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church.
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Saint John’s Abbey Organ Builders, Opus 1 2026
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Inaugural Concert!
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Established as the leading worldwide ambassador for his instrument, French organist Olivier Latry has performed in the world’s most prestigious venues, been the guest of top orchestras throughout the world under renowned conductors, recorded for major labels and premiered an impressive number of works. Named titular organist at Notre-Dame in Paris at the age of 23 and organist Emeritus at the Orchestre National de Montréal since 2012, Olivier Latry is an accomplished, thoughtful and adventurous musician, exploring all possible fields of the organ music, with an exceptional talent as an improviser.
Olivier Latry regularly appears in venues like the Berlin Philharmonie, Philharmonie de Paris, Walt Disney Hall Los Angeles, San Francisco’s Davies Hall, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, Philadelphia’s Verizon Hall, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Vienna’s Musikverein and Konzerthaus, Palace of Arts Budapest, Royal Festival Hall and Royal Albert Hall in London, KKL Lucerne, Suntory Hall, Rotterdam’s de Doelen, Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall, and as a soloist with orchestras including Berliner Philharmoniker, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Münchner Philharmoniker, Philharmonia Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony, RSO Wien, Hong-Kong Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Orchestre National de France, under conductors Myung-Whun Chung, Andris Nelsons, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Osmo Vänska, Rafael Payare, Stéphane Denève, Krzysztof Urbanski, Fabien Gabel, Christoph Eschenbach, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Alain Altinoglu, Kent Nagano, Edo de Waart, and Jukka-Pekka Saraste.
In 2023, Olivier premiered Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Sinfonia Concertante for organ and orchestra with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestre de Paris and Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen himself. Recent highlights include the Swiss, French and North American premieres of Pascal Dusapin’s Waves for organ and orchestra with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal. Other past premieres have included Kaija Saariaho’s Maan Varjot for organ and orchestra with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Orchestre National de Lyon and Philharmonia Orchestra in 2014, and Michael Gandolfi’s concerto with Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2015. He also premiered Benoît Mernier’s organ concerto for the inauguration of Brussels ’BOZAR new organ in 2017. In 2019, he played the German premiere of Thierry Escaich’s Third Organ Concerto, with Dresdner Philharmonie and Stéphane Denève.
His strong attachment to the French organ repertoire led him to record Olivier Messiaen’s complete works for organ for Deutsche Grammophon which he also performed in recitals in Paris, London and New York. In 2005, he recorded a César Franck album for Deutsche Grammophon. Among several other recordings, Olivier also recorded Saint-Saëns ’Symphony No.3 with Christoph Eschenbach and the Philadelphia Orchestra for Ondine. In 2013, he released Trois Siècles d’Orgue à Notre-Dame de Paris on Naïve featuring music written by former and current titular organists at Notre-Dame. In 2016, he recorded a recital on the Philharmonie de Paris ’Rieger organ for Warner Classics. In 2019, he started a collaboration with La Dolce Volta label with an album called Bach to the Future. Recorded on the celebrated organ of Notre Dame, the album features Bach’s transcriptions and original works specially adapted to this extraordinary instrument. His latest album on La Dolce Volta, Liszt Inspirations, was recorded on the organ of the Philharmonie de Paris and released in 2021.
A former student of Gaston Litaize, Olivier Latry taught at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris until 2024, and is a recipient of numerous international distinctions and awards worldwide, including the Prix de la Fondation Cino et Simone Del Duca (Institut de France – Académie des Beaux-Arts) in 2000, and Honoris Causa Fellowships from the North and Midlands School of Music (UK) in 2006, and from the Royal College of Organists (UK) in 2007. He was also named
International Performer of the Year by the American Guild of Organists in April 2009, and received an honorary Doctor of Music degree from McGill University in Montreal in 2010
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
7:00 PM
*This will be a different program than October 26th
Richard Gowers
British organist, pianist and conductor
416 W 12th St, Kansas City, MO (map)
Sponsored by the Greater Kansas City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Underwritten by M. Wayne Alexander and John W. Braum.
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This will be a different program than Monday, October 26th.
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British organist, conductor and pianist Richard Gowers performs at the world’s most prestigious venues with top orchestras and conductors while enjoying a diverse freelance career on the London concert scene.
In the 2025/26 season Richard Gowers returns to the Berlin Philharmonic for his third recital in back-to-back seasons, including Kabeláč’s Symphony No. 3 for Brass, Organ and Timpani, conducted by Jakub Hrůša. He gives his Royal Festival Hall and Royal Philharmonic solo debuts and returns as soloist to the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall. Recent seasons have seen solo debuts as organist with the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir Antonio Pappano, and London Philharmonic and Ulster Orchestras. As conductor he debuted with the Academy of Ancient Music in 2023 at the Monreale Festival in Italy, and in 2024 with the London Handel Orchestra, of whom he is Principal Conductor.
A graduate of Cambridge University, he was organ scholar at King’s College under the late Sir Stephen Cleobury before studying Piano Accompaniment at the Royal Academy of Music with Michael Dussek and Joseph Middleton. Recent seasons have seen solo appearances at the Royal Albert Hall, Philharmonie Berlin, Musikverein Vienna in collaboration with trumpeter Matilda Lloyd, Suntory Hall Tokyo, Lotte Concert Hall Seoul, Shanghai Oriental Art Center and Brisbane City Hall. He gives recitals at major festivals such as Toulouse Les Orgues, Hamburger Orgelsommer, Bordeaux Festival International Orgues d’Été, Brisbane Baroque Festival and for the American Guild of Organists. As a song accompanist he has performed at Oxford and Leeds Song Festivals and Wigmore Hall. In opera he was assistant to Finnegan Downie Dear at the 2025 Aix-en-Provence Festival in The Story of Billy Budd, Sailor and directed the children’s chorus for Barry Kosky’s Carmen at Covent Garden.
Richard Gowers is Director of Music at St George’s Hanover Square, Handel’s church in London, where he conducts annual performances of Handel's Messiah and the Bach Passions for the London Handel Festival. His debut album, Messiaen’s La Nativité du Seigneur, was recorded in King’s College Chapel and named a Gramophone ‘Editor’s Choice’, described in the magazine as “tremendously focused and intensely cerebral playing…[conveying] the fundamental musicality of the work”. He grew up in a family of academics in Cambridge and was a chorister in the Choir of King’s College. His teachers have included Nigel Kerry, David Goode, Stefan Engels (Leipzig), Gordon Stewart and Nathan Laube (Konzert Examen, Stuttgart). He teaches at the Royal Academy of Music, who elected him an Associate (ARAM) in 2024.