“DARKNESS & LIGHT” ORGAN AND VIDEO – A RECITAL Bernard Foccroulle (organ) / Lynette Wallworth (video)

With Darkness and Light, the Belgian organist and composer Bernard Foccroulle and the Australian artist Lynette Wallworth have developed a concert experience that moves beyond the boundaries of the traditional organ recital. The project combines a wide-ranging program of organ works spanning four centuries with video projections shown on two separate screens, inviting audiences to hear and see organ music anew.

The carefully curated musical selection traces musical and thematic correspondences between works by composers such as Bach, Messiaen, and Alain, alongside contemporary pieces by Sofia Gubaidulina, Toshio Hosokawa, and Foccroulle himself. The rich symbolism of Wallworth’s video art brings together evocative portraits of Australian landscapes - both natural and man-made - with astronomical imagery. In a constant dialogue, images and music continually reinterpret one another, coming together as a powerful and emotional reflection on the forces that bind humanity, landscape, and the cosmos.

“The video images were as majestic as the organ sounds… a magnificent experience… These sounds left a deep impression.” - De Standaard, Brussels, 19 March 2014