Jehan Alain has been played on NTS in shows including Kit Records, featured first on 3 August 2019. Songs played include Trois Dances: Joies - Deuils - Luttes, Le Jardin Suspendu and Variations Sur Un Thème De Clément Janequin.

Jehan Ariste Alain (February 3, 1911 – June 20, 1940) was a French organist and composer.

Alain was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the western suburbs of Paris. His father, Albert Alain (1880-1971) was an enthusiastic organist, composer and organ-builder who had studied with Alexandre Guilmant and Louis Vierne. Jehan received his initial training in the piano from Augustin Pierson, the organist of Saint-Louis at Versailles, and in…