Christmas Organ Recital: Richard Gowers

Organist Richard Gowers performs Messiaen's complete La Nativité du Seigneur in a free Christmas recital at Buckfast Abbey.

Richard Gowers gives a Christmas organ recital at Buckfast Abbey, performing Olivier Messiaen's complete nine-movement cycle La Nativité du Seigneur. The work, written in 1935, musically depicts the Nativity through movements including La vierge et l'enfant, Les bergers and Dieu parmi nous. Admission is free with a retiring collection.