Dieu parmi nous (from La Navité du Seigneur) - Olivier Messiaen, performed by Gillian Weir at the Cavaillé-Coll organ in St. Ouen, Rouen (France).
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@photo3642u Жыл бұрын
God Is amongst us! A visitor entering the Abbey Church of St Ouen upon hearing this may consider that it is so. Ms Weir's playing builds on the magnificence of Messiaen's work in a way only she can do. Her intimate collaboration & support to Messiaen during his lifetime is God's Blessing for her. Bravo!
@bachtehude24377 жыл бұрын
The 32' Contre-Bombarde at the end is simply one of the most awe-inspiring sounds on earth
@tedphillips25015 жыл бұрын
Would you believe the resonators on Cavaille-Coll 32' Bombardes could be as much as 3' across? What to do when you have to fill 4.5 million cubic feet of air with a huge uniform sound? I wish I knew how he could do the same with a Bourdon that "worked" at supporting so many varieties of color and volume. Pure Genius.
@RobertCoulter5 жыл бұрын
@@tedphillips2501 "Would you believe the resonators on Cavaille-Coll 32' Bombardes could be as much as 3' across?" No, I would not.
@tedphillips25015 жыл бұрын
All three of my organ teachers studied with Marcel Dupre in the early 1950's. The one who also became a Moller rep related that to me. I will concede that 3'' is more likely to be the circumference, making the diameter at just under a foot. Still, Cavaille-Coll was known to try different things - the one my teacher related may have been a one-of or he may have mis-spoken. @@RobertCoulter
@Pipe-organ-recordings3 жыл бұрын
It is also a very small scale, when you see the pipes.
@angelquinn33783 жыл бұрын
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@algojeff3 жыл бұрын
L’œuvre sublime de Messian. Le chef d’oeuvre des chefs d’oeuvres du XXE siècle. Un dieu parmi nous. Et je suis agnostique, de tradition catholique, mélomane de Trash Metal, Power Metal, Hard Rock, jazz fusion, free jazz, be-bop, blues rock, musique sacrée, musique baroque et musique ancienne. Tous des dieux parmi nous, ces créateurs et interprètes. Ite missa est.
@MegaCirse3 жыл бұрын
Merci l'ami pour toutes ces références 😊💖🌟🍫🍸💎🎭🎵🎻💎 ça fait plaisir¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@vleermuisje212 жыл бұрын
Gilian Weir is de juiste organiste op de juiste plaats om deze diepgravende muziek te spelen op een van de weinige nog originele Cavaille Coll orgels ter wereld. Elke keer als ik deze grandioze muziek hoor van Olivier Messiaen raakt het me diep in mijn ziel. Wat zou het fijn zijn als ik na mijn lichamelijke dood deze man zou mogen "ontmoeten" in de dimensie hierna.
@blueeyedbehr6 жыл бұрын
since she studied with messiaen, she probably knows better how to perform his works in cathedral spaces than the American organists making disparaging remarks below.
@Highinsight75 жыл бұрын
She is sooo far above anything here in the states... especially at this stage of the game... So full of drama, holy mystery and life....
@shawardara5 жыл бұрын
My teacher said to me that criticising Gillian Weir was a bit like criticising God😌. I took his point.
@dissilymordentroge58185 жыл бұрын
@@shawardara God made more mistakes.
@brendanconner599911 жыл бұрын
Messiaen as an organ composer is considered second only to Bach. There's a saying that Bach's music builds a cathedral of sound, and Messiaen's adds the stained glass windows.
@OrbiliusMagister4 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful comment! Can you tell us who said those words?
@josephhutchison19833 жыл бұрын
This song stands alone as my favorite organ composition. If God played the organ maybe this is what it would sound like!
@stylusfantasticus3 жыл бұрын
Are you serious or just mad?¿?
@sambristow519512 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to play the first movement of L'Ascension to Dame Gillian - she seemed very impressed - but she went on to go into an in-depth explanation of Messiaen's music. It was deeply fascinating - she is quite a teacher - and you can tell just how much she connects to Messiaen's music. Love this video - ending toccata section a bit rushed for my liking but apart from that a perfect example of how great a Messiaen interpreter she is.
@bobh50875 жыл бұрын
It's such a joy to hear this fiery tour-de-force played so wonderfully by such an accomplished organist on such a powerful instrument in these "living, breathing" acoustics. Breathtaking! 👍👏
@andrewbrash62744 жыл бұрын
This might be the best thing I’ve seen and heard in my life.
@josephhutchison19833 жыл бұрын
It's God! It's God!
@MarkHarmer12 жыл бұрын
Visceral, unearthly music beautifully played on an amazing instrument. What's not to love? Glorious!
@nelsonwhaley63482 жыл бұрын
This is a simply superb performance...worth also listening to Simon Preston's recording at Westminster Abbey in the 60's too..marvelous drawn out chords when required, then very fast..love the all enveloping power and articulation of both these great artists. Messrs Latry etc too of course!
@dex_drk8333 жыл бұрын
Whenever i hear the first chords played, followed by the deep bass pedals note, i need to stand. No matter what i’m doing and no matter where i am. Thank you Maestro Messiaen. And this is by far the best performance on youtube, chapeaux Madame Weir
@jayhough19504 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely amazing and awe inspiring! What a composition! What an instrument!! What an organist!!! Turn up the volume on this one but be careful to not blow your speakers!!
@jamesgensel31575 жыл бұрын
This is why I am an organist!
@IwanOchs53 жыл бұрын
Hört sich verdammt gut und professionell an!
@schonimarkus7612 Жыл бұрын
Jaaaaaaaa absolut höchste erhebende Freude!!!! WOW, THE INCREDIBLE BECOMES BELIEF.....Danke Gillian Weir, you can't play it more poignantly
@amisdelorguekerndegersthei27838 жыл бұрын
J'aime particulièrement cette œuvre et c'est un grand plaisir de l'entendre sous vos doigts. Quelle belle sensibilité ! Merci.
@NeilTaggartLeedsUK10 жыл бұрын
A superb rendition by Gillian Weir - and the tempi are perfect too!
@TurtleFL4 жыл бұрын
Was wondering who had more talent in her pinkie than most musicians have in their whole careers... She does a great job
@andre2607195511 жыл бұрын
The ultimate performance; glorious!!!
@kyotokid47 жыл бұрын
...this is ny far the best performance I have heard of this work. I used to play this but never as intense and and with the passion as this.
@wolfgangriegler-sontacchi11406 жыл бұрын
kyotokid4 I agree, would you kindly also listen to my interpretation of part IX "Dieu parmi nous"? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7WojcWjnbi8ZXU.html
@Highinsight75 жыл бұрын
certainly up there...
@nelsonwhaley63483 жыл бұрын
Yes, Dame Gillian is a superb English organist..the opposite gender equivalent of Simon Preston in my view (Why has SP not been knighted at the very least, I can only wonder).
@soco134668 ай бұрын
Awesome.
@jmdujardin5 жыл бұрын
cette oeuvre de Messiaen en ce lieu sur cet orgue Cavaillé-Coll de St Ouen, c'est intensément prenant et magnifique, merci beaucoup à vous, Gillian Weir !
@astrophytumvero11028 жыл бұрын
@jacopomonteverdi5 жыл бұрын
Hot organ shoes, Dame Gillian!
@astrophytumvero11028 жыл бұрын
c'est la meilleur version que j'ai entendue jusqu'à présent !!
@rgnechuta11 жыл бұрын
Fantastic mixtures on this organ very great sound on this instument.
@domila53164 жыл бұрын
Saint Ouen and Messiaen: Top
@raphaelmeyer99408 жыл бұрын
From the breeze to the storm, magnificiently rendered...
@zamarioijean4736 Жыл бұрын
Merveilleuse interprétation de ce final de la Nativité du Seigneur, avec une registration adéquate !
@BalletBabyBoy3 ай бұрын
When I was very young and played the organ in our church I became obsessed with this piece. I was able to buy a copy somehow and gave it to my piano teacher Miss Alison Hulchur who was also an organist. She was excited to learn it.
@jasontiller3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this available for us to enjoy. I've heard the Rouen organ live and I would LOVE to have heard this live, too!! Amazing!
@jaminvincent56906 жыл бұрын
Grand Cavaillé-Coll !!! Sonorités inégalées !!! Incroyable en se qui concerne les 32 pieds de la contre bombarde, quelle puissance !!!
@rgnechuta11 жыл бұрын
He is writing on a glorious organ that completely resembles the wonderful asthetic glory of God and when you take a little chord that dosen't sound that good and play it on a organ like this it becomes beuatiful music.
@ColinHarvey78 Жыл бұрын
Really fine, focused and colourful performance. She really makes it hers, with her own insights and interpretation. Stellar organ…
@Nikorgan13 жыл бұрын
This sound ! Overwhelmingly magnificent
@charlesbrown19347 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I LOVE this organ.
@wolfgangriegler-sontacchi11406 жыл бұрын
I agree, would you kindly also listen to my interpretation of part IX "Dieu parmi nous"? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7WojcWjnbi8ZXU.html
@lek8449 жыл бұрын
I know Dr. Weir is playing this faster than some commenters' likings, but I still think it's a stunning performance with great excitement. BTW, someone below said that Messiaen is not Weir's forte; however, she is recognized as one of the leading interpreters of his works. I have a wonderful set of Messiaen's complete organ works performed by Weir on the Collins label.
@lek8448 жыл бұрын
Good luck! It's a challenge.
@pieterackermann54898 жыл бұрын
WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE.
@Highinsight77 жыл бұрын
She's JUST AWESOME.... in every way!
@NikkkitoNippongo7 жыл бұрын
This is the REAL heavy metal's power chords, tons of pipes singing loud "God Among Us" (Dieu Parmi Nous" God speaking!
@wolfgangriegler-sontacchi11406 жыл бұрын
I agree, would you kindly also listen to my interpretation of part IX "Dieu parmi nous"? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7WojcWjnbi8ZXU.html
@BruceXuHasADream5 жыл бұрын
@BVale sad but times are changing and tastes are getting shallower
@damienderbes19625 жыл бұрын
Yes, and also ..trip hop !
@supafrogg25810 ай бұрын
Bravo! A wonderful performance by Ms. Weir!
@bkarosi5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic performance!
@anthonywatellet898611 жыл бұрын
Magnifique, bravo !
@NeilTaggartLeedsUK11 жыл бұрын
Absolutely superb!
@charlesdavis58029 жыл бұрын
Messiaen the Mystic and Dr. Weir the Mystic, a perfect match. This particular work always reminds me of what might have been going on pre the Big Bang, i.e. pre the great "Let there be…" and behold what was let forth. Congratulation! Sent with love. CVD
@charlesleyes8705 жыл бұрын
I have the same kinds of thoughts...the creation.
@davidcrook41666 жыл бұрын
An exciting performance of an exciting piece about an exciting subject well, I think it is! Thank you, Dame Gillian.
@adrianmlridgewayarcmlramll19655 жыл бұрын
Absolutely stunning!!!!! Thank you so much for sharing!
@fabiobadalamenti94142 жыл бұрын
Tres belle interpretation.👏👏👏👏
@simonsteam12 жыл бұрын
Thankyou for Uploading this. Its a stunning recording and video of 3 of the most important musical people around. Cavaille-Coll. Messiaen, and of course Weir.
@MrKairoshu Жыл бұрын
Interprétation exceptionnelle.
@mr.booker92634 жыл бұрын
This is just sublime: perfect combination of music, organ, and ORGANIST!!
@jmdujardin5 жыл бұрын
How marvelous !! Thanks a lot
@Surixurient9 жыл бұрын
Catholics really knew something about the infinite power and grandeur of the almighty. No wonder church attendance is down, maybe if they abandoned the house bands playing cute little sing along diddies in those sterile modern gathering spaces, and brought back masses that were more like classical concerts in the cavernous smoke filled cathedrals with stained glass washing everything in brilliance, then things might turn around.
@dalerider31245 жыл бұрын
Your remarks, for me, border on the edge of scripturally prophetic. Amen!
@dissilymordentroge58185 жыл бұрын
Catholics? Where did you get the idea that only Rome unleashed anthems clear and service high on their congregations?
@erichgroat8384 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more. In fact, if we'd just bring plainchant back - Vatican II gives it _explicit_ pride of place in the Mass - things might turn around. (I tire of people saying it sounds too old-fashioned. It was old-fashioned a thousand years ago!)
@JoshuaSobel4 жыл бұрын
@@2468HOTROD Highest churches I've ever been to are Notre Dame and some little Episcopal church in North Carolina. Both incredibly spiritual experiences
@malcy11004 жыл бұрын
Sorry. I my comment in the wrong place. Yes, you're right.
@williamvarga2655 жыл бұрын
What an incredible performance. I felt like i was listening to this piece for the first time again.
@peteacher527 жыл бұрын
Bravo! Dame Gillian. Beethoven stated that in his opinion, the organist who is master of the instrumeny, is the chiefest of musicians. Amen. He should know as he began his career as an organist.
@PMS19506 жыл бұрын
Superb in every way. Best ever interpretation. Gillian is simply the best. Although, Diana Bish is a close second.
@ears619 жыл бұрын
that people care to play and listen to this is clear proof of the Divine
@bennystein79768 жыл бұрын
Really? Maybe God was busy listening to this, instead of answering prayers on 9/11.
@RobinBeaumont7 жыл бұрын
quite i have played this for decades still get goose pimples but no sigh of a divine being!!
@wolfgangriegler-sontacchi11406 жыл бұрын
ears61 I agree, would you kindly also listen to my interpretation of part IX "Dieu parmi nous"? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7WojcWjnbi8ZXU.html
@leoflanagan66066 жыл бұрын
This is as it says 'God is among us' we should cherish His presence and thank Him for this beautiful treasure from Messiaen, His faithful servant.
@OldPost6615 жыл бұрын
I was thinking that the section immediately before the big toccata (before the B pedal point and chords above) could use a stronger beat. It was sounding a little chaotic and random. Like a big bunch of birds happily singing away in an aviary. Wait a minute. This is Messiaen! Maybe that was the idea . . . Brilliant performance.
@damienderbes19628 жыл бұрын
Had this record between some others with my first turntable when i was 6. I was playing THIS record endlessly..
@damienderbes19624 жыл бұрын
@@2468HOTROD Hopefully, you've heard it.
@PetervanDalen30539 жыл бұрын
Ik ben de Alpha en de Omega, Ik ben het Begin en het Einde. Buiten mij is er geen GOD. Zonder Mij is er geen Leven. In de muziek van Olivier Messiaen voel je de intense aanwezigheid van GOD.
@wolfgangriegler-sontacchi11406 жыл бұрын
Peter van Dalen I agree, would you kindly also listen to my interpretation of part IX "Dieu parmi nous"? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7WojcWjnbi8ZXU.html
@akelofgren9468 Жыл бұрын
GILLIAN gives me hope
@antoniosakrivopoulos34276 ай бұрын
4:35 the last 3 chords 🤯🖤🖤
@blueeyedbehr12 жыл бұрын
since gillian weir studied with messiaen, i believe she knows what she is doing.
@okseo8565 жыл бұрын
Shit I can't stop watching it.
@MegaCirse4 жыл бұрын
Gott ist nur ein herrliches und beruhigendes Konzept, aber ich bewundere manchmal die Taten, die Schriften und Lieder der Männer und Frauen, deren Inspirator er ist
@Ciloster8212 жыл бұрын
Bellissimo!
@sandermeijer83897 жыл бұрын
Gillian is playing brilliant Of course a lot discussion about the tempo but she is making brilliant music anyway. Messians biggest inspiration where the birds. and with that fact on the background is this tempo not to fast. there is a lot of fine toucher and rest in the way she plays. Its God Almaigty who is coming down .... that means power glory and light and thats wat Gillians intrepetaition is telling.
@lanonyme6 жыл бұрын
Comme me disait un ami, lors d'un concert où cette oeuvre était jouée : "C'est sponsorisé par Ronron, car c'est Dieu par Minou."
@michaelschantz67087 жыл бұрын
Many consider this piece the ultimate synthesis of Messiaen's deep, reverent, and poetic Catholic mysticism plus the rythmecist blossoming within the soul of his genius. However, this is a relatively early work compared the later L' Ascension Suite, (Transports de Joie) but all the sheer magnificence, rythmic drive, dynamics, use of "color" in the Modes of limited Transposition are there.
@Pymmusic11 жыл бұрын
Bravissima!
@redabdab Жыл бұрын
Brava!! An absolutely magnificent performance by Dame Gillian on a perfect instrument for the piece (the only better one - perhaps - being the CC organ at La Trinité). I'm only sorry that whoever was behind the camera chose to wander all over the building rather than focus on her extraordinary playing (this is an organ work, not an architecture documentary - please!). I hope footage exists of her playing the rest of this marvellous work. Thank you for sharing this absolute treat!
@Airy596 жыл бұрын
The central part (on 8+4 stops, mixture in the pedal) is, musically speaking, the climax of this piece, and very well rendered in its restlessness. The final "toccata" is indeed played a bit fast, especially given the acoustics of St Ouen, but the extraordinary sound of the organ and the maestria of the organist make me conclude, "so be it".
@preussenberlin74613 жыл бұрын
soli deo gloria
@georgemurphy25795 жыл бұрын
Simon Preston, Marilyn Keiser and Gillian Weir are the authorities on this composer. Joan Lippincott can also be included here. The latter is equally versed in Alains works.
@davidreece619310 жыл бұрын
Derek - definitely not your typical hymn arrangement you would hear at a Sunday morning service. The 4th Sunday after Christmas the organist at our church played this on the recession as clergy and choir left the stalls. La Nativitie is about the nativity of the Christ child. Only one piece in the whole work is about the future crucifixion and that is almost the same piece that appears in L'Ascension. The rest relate to the word of god, shepherds, angels etc... Our organist played all of the pieces from the collection. Children of god was always played on Christmas day on the procession into the stalls. This piece as I understood was about the flight to Egypt and Christ being the greater glory to god in the final chords. Yes Messiaen was a devout catholic and each piece was prefaced by a passage from the bible. Note I am not preaching doctrine hear as I am now an atheist, but I do love a great piece of organ music when I hear it especially when you get a toccata like this at the end regardless of the reglious connection or not. I used to turn the pages for the organist as well to this and one year the copy fell off of the reading ledge. ArghHH!
@marcdhoore33887 жыл бұрын
To play on my funerals. Marc D'Hoore.
@jmdujardin7 жыл бұрын
Please, advise us when needed...
@paulcaswell2813 Жыл бұрын
@@jmdujardin LOL. Wonderful though this piece is, I think for my funeral I'd choose Dupré's Cortége et Litanie...
@vleermuisje212 жыл бұрын
Uitstekende opname van "Dieu parmi nous" van de onvergetelijke Olivier Messiaen. Deze diepgelovige man wist/weet met zijn weergaloze muziek de diepste (religieuze) gevoelens in je los te maken. In deze muziek voel, hoor en ervaar je de tegenwoordigheid van GOD: "Ik ben de Alpha en de Omega. Ik ben het Begin en het Einde. Zonder mij is er geen leven".
@stephenkunst75503 жыл бұрын
Messiaen's take on the title seems to be missed by many. Since the Victorian illusion of the LBJ in a manger is sugar coated, this idea that God is on earth walking around, is a frightening idea which is no longer in the modern person's thinking.
@AlbertoOlivieri8 жыл бұрын
Hi for All here who want to slow down use SoundSourgeon or Transcribe or Audacity (free) and easily You can slow down the piece withot almost loose nothing of it...
@fffhhh99823 жыл бұрын
Video: Klang- u. Bild-Übermittlung sehr eindrucksvoll !
@TheProsaicCult6 жыл бұрын
tempo is quite good.
@malcy11004 жыл бұрын
You're right.
@Adrianomarino2 жыл бұрын
Io avrei paura suonare tutto solo in una chiesa immensa! Scerzi a parte so che si vuole restaurare il Cavaillè di Rouen. Bravi. I vostri organi sono inimitabili. Neanche i moderni hanno timbri come i vostri. Pensare cghe aristide avrebbe voluto regalare un organo a San Pietro. Poi non so se non l'hanno voluto o se le guerre l'hanno impedito. Peccato ne avremmo avuto uno in Italia
@Nikorgan11 жыл бұрын
I know it can be hard to see the beautiful side in this kind of music. I was actually thinking like you a few years ago. And I still consider some of Messiaen's other compositions too difficult to "accept". But for others like this one, with the right rendition and atmosphere, it trully becomes an enlightment. It's not Vierne or Widor, it's a different language. It's somehow a musical description of a very deep feeling. Come back on this page in a few years from now and I hope you'll see ... :-)
@wolfgangriegler-sontacchi11406 жыл бұрын
Would you kindly also listen to my interpretation of part IX "Dieu parmi nous"? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7WojcWjnbi8ZXU.html
@paulcaswell2813 Жыл бұрын
Not so sure - there's almost as big a gap stylistically between late Vierne and Widor as there is between Messiaen and Vierne...
@giuseppeT809111 жыл бұрын
bello misterioso mistico
@charlottewhyte9804Ай бұрын
would this be hard to learn Miss Weir
@omahas900010 жыл бұрын
I adore Dame Gillian Weir. That said, I do wish she'd played this about 20% more slowly, so that the fabulous elements of this great work could have been enjoyed by all listeners. She, intimately aligned with the work, knew ever nuance. But to those trying to take it all in within the enormous acoustical confines of St. Ouen are left to wonder at what "might have been heard." I'm sorry, honestly, to take any sort of negative stance in Ms. Weir's performance, as I do so deeply admire her. However, if rendered a little more "majestically", this recording would, in my own personal opinion, have been even more wonderful than it already is.
@ds18689 жыл бұрын
omahas9000 This recording was made by the BBC, for an organ series of six programmes of only 30 minutes duration originally broadcast on BBC2 in the 1980s. The programmes had a set format of three pieces, interspersed with talk from Dame Gillian Weir with respect to the particular organ being played and the location. Consequently, there was a time constraint placed on most of these performances, so that the tempo of this piece was perhaps a little more 'pacey' than would normally be the case, in order to meet editing constraints. Still, I hope you would agree the quality of the recording is excellent, given that this was an outside BBC recording conducted in Rouen, France in the 1980s. It also shows the stunning beauty of this Abbey church of St Ouen, which is nearly the same size as Notre Dame de Paris, but is not a cathedral.
@omahas90009 жыл бұрын
ds1868 Actually, yes, I own the program you're referring to and love all of it. What you say makes perfect sense. I wish I could meet her some day and simply offer my personal "thank you!" for have provided me with so much pleasure and joy.
@matthewscott71985 жыл бұрын
I'm glad to know there was some excuse for this horribly rushed performance. The central dance section is a complete mess, the birdsongs sounds like technical exercises. All of Messiaen's complexity and rhythmic structure is hidden by her desire to go as fast as possible. Frankly, I'm disgusted. Sure, the toccata at the end sounds fine, if a little brisk, and that's what most listeners are are waiting for. But there's just no excuse for treating the rest of the piece like this.
@cybergrind7 жыл бұрын
That bass¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
@julienbrugger73275 жыл бұрын
I love this video. I have a question: This organ does not have any electric help for stop changes. Did she do the stop changes by herself, or is the video been cut by these parts?
@JoshuaSobel4 жыл бұрын
There are combination pedals which can turn on or off certain groups of stops (mainly the reeds). It's also possible she changed registration either by herself or with the help of an assistant.
@pordzio4 жыл бұрын
@@JoshuaSobel this instrument is also unique in that it has a peadl tha operates some of the stops directly.
@JoshuaSobel4 жыл бұрын
@@pordzio yes, I forgot about that! It's a pretty cool system.
@Parker64326 жыл бұрын
The other thing Dr Weir can do is drive a MEAN car!!!
@paulcaswell2813 Жыл бұрын
She's an organist, what do you expect. Pierre Cochereau (Notre-Dame de Paris), having the most public organ job in France, had to be seen to drive a French car, which he did appearance-wise. (Citroën DS); however, what he didn't tell anyone was that there was a Maserati engine under the bonnet... ;-)
@damienderbes19624 жыл бұрын
From 0:35 I know now where I like trip-hop from..
@docsketchy7 жыл бұрын
This is a good performance. However, I really prefer those performances where those five epic chords (heard here between 7:17 and 7:21) are drawn out to two or three seconds each, and allowed to reverberate. I'm not sure if this is incorrect or not, but it really makes a far more effective end of this piece for me. I can't imagine that Messiaen intended these amazing chords to be the cute little things Ms Weir plays here. They should bring the roof down!
@Gwailo544 жыл бұрын
Messiaen's own recording from 1956 goes in the opposite direction and milks them too much for all they're worth in my opinion. Back then he may have had a different opinion. I've had a piece of mine played much slower than I intended but it worked much to my surprise. It always boils down to the player, audience, and the space in between, and that's one hell of a big area of unknown quantities!
@notredameswarrior112 жыл бұрын
@TrombaMilitare16 you really have to be open minded to like all of bachs stuff. i will admit i dont like all of bachs stuff i only like some. no matter what every composer is a genious. my favorite piece is the widor 6th symphony allegro. that piece has so much dynamic and so much stuff in it its truely a masterpiece.
@willowthebored12 жыл бұрын
Messiaen on this instrument is interesting. I won't say I dislike it, but the ending Toccata IS a bit too fast - not necessarily because of any musical reason, but because the Barker machines can have a hard time keeping up at that pace. One of Cavaille-Coll's few failings - exhaust-based pneumatics are much faster than the traditional Barker lever.
@shiningarmor28388 жыл бұрын
It's Jordan Rudess!
@criticalmindset84712 жыл бұрын
I know an organist likely her face especially with that darker hair playing duprevariation noel
@simun6412 жыл бұрын
Messiaen is perhaps more enjoyable for a musician to play, than leaning back and listen to, I guess. But this is great music, no doubt, and excellent performed
@notredameswarrior112 жыл бұрын
@TrombaMilitare16 well yea. him to
@cheath8705Ай бұрын
No matter how well any electronic audio amplifiers are made, still no match to an actual pipe organ of any kind.
@notredameswarrior112 жыл бұрын
@64ftContraBombarde then can you explain to me what hes trying to do?
@sashineb.21149 жыл бұрын
Wonderful recital, but as others have said, it's a bit rushed, particularly in that space.
@TurtleFL4 жыл бұрын
Great thing about these dissonant pieces is if you're playing the wrong notes, nobody's gonna know :-^
@TurtleFL4 жыл бұрын
I'm kidding -- she's doing a superb job. (Of WHAT, I have no idea ) -- ;-)