Monday, January 5, 2009

Louis Braille's birthday

Sunday, January 4 was the bicentennial of Louis Braille's birth. To celebrate, Notre Dame hosted an organ recital last night. The organist was Jean-Pierre Leguay, who is the blind organist at the cathedral, and he presented work from himself and four other blind organists who had served as organists in Paris. The event was well attended, and there must have been at least a hundred blind people (many with their dogs) in the audience. Here are two short video--one to give you a flavor of the recital, and the other of Leguay's curtain call at the end. 

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