My goodness I have just discovered you recently. You are an amazing communicator and musician. I need now to view all your video's. Thank you so much.

Great work on the Dubois toccata Fraser! Your face at the end of the video says it all. It says to me “Did I really just sight read my way through that?” 😂

Good job with playing through this fine piece. 👍❤️ As one of my organ profs "beat into us" - "Never Stop Playing, regardless of what happens. Otherwise the illusion / 'spell' is broken." Sound advice. I've always loved Dubois' accessible, emotive, and lyrical organ music. Thanks for this very interesting and enjoyable lesson.

I know it isn’t a French one but one of the easier toccatas is John Rutter’s Toccata in Seven

I'm envious 😁 of how you can just play that 'frrrench' toccatas by ear making it look easy peasy 😄 Love your videos Maestro! Keep it up. Greetings from South Africa 👋

Once again a really refreshing, unpretentious lesson in how to learn and play these wonderful instruments and the music written for them. I've been trying to play the Dubois toccata for several years and as I use it as an exit processional, I rarely get to the B Major bit or beyond. It's lovely to hear this played by a "real person" rather than some organ maestro who just plays it so fast it loses its impact. I really enjoyed watching that. Thanks Fraser

Very nice, Fraser! I really like the clear and bright upper work stops you used.

The Gigout Toccata is probably my all time great - never tier of listening to it.

Fantastic job at sightreading... you could have fooled me! Very natural talent! I had forgotten about Dubois and Gigout and their wonderful music. I must replenish my cup with their music. Thank you for your fantastic videos. I plan (after the holidays) to purchase your CD and music so I can cherish and learn from them. Danke Fraser!!

Fraser: "hands just plays arpeggios, easy! *Continues to play the wrong notes Also, Fraser: "(clears throat), easy......." This was hilarious. 🤣 Thanks for the video.

The Dubois Toccata is one of my favourites, and my wife and I exited the church following our marriage to this piece, so it was quite emotional hearing you play it. Like you Fraser, I’ve heard it fast, very fast and super-fast and I kind of like it at your pace. Personally I can struggle through the first page at about half the speed you played it, and thanks to your valuable learning tips I shall revisit this toccata and see if I can improve. As always Fraser a delightful video.

You're a wonderful communicator! Very civilised. 💐

Goodness gracious, sir! You are brilliant! Stunning video, and I got a decent dose of chuckling in too. You have a wonderful way with words. Two pieces I can only dream of playing. Musical greetings from a huge fan.

Wow, what a joyful piece. That was my first exposure to the piece. Thank you so much for sharing!!!!

Another marvelous presentation Fraser, and a truly nice plus spirited Dubois Toccata !!

Amazing. Well done, and showing you are human too! You have inspired me to give it a try. Thanks a million!

Your videos are so inspiring - you really know how to make learning fun !!

Blimey - that's sightreading way beyond my pay grade 😳 (but I've downloaded the 12 Pièces and will manage the middle section of No 3 tomorrow 😄) - thanks for a hugely enjoyable video!

so cool that you make video both in english and german! respect! although I don't play organ myself, just a classical amateur pianist ;)

This video encouraged me to dig out my copy of the music and give it another try. Lets hope that doesn't encourage me to put it away again.

That was great! I always enjoy a classicalpiece of music at the end of the vids. I was always thinking, that organ of yours would look so much better if it had its matching baroque-ish styled mechanical console

Remember the famous saying " the space between the notes is just as important as the notes themselves". Technically accurate hitting of the note doesnt necessarily make for good playing style. Style is more "holistic" than just pounding keys.

Pretty awesome performance! Love the brilliant top end of this instrument, and the beautiful bass stops. *

Dubois toccata is a difficult one to do vEry fast because we need the space in between the scalar consecutives notes to make it sound clear and good.

Well done, Fraser!! It's a very tricky piece. I'm 67 years old, and still can't manage it!!! LOL!!! Peter A :)

I just started learning the gigout toccata recently, so perfect timing on that! I’ll be waiting on some tips because at 16 with not a lot of experience and short fingers it’s a little painful 😂

omg I love playing T. Dubois Toccata in G. I haven’t played it in a while though since churches are closed because of the pandemic. I play it on my piano but it’s not as exciting as it is played on the organ. It’s not “clean”. But I still love playing it. You played it cleaner than I do.

B major. Pig of a key. 🤣🤣🤣 Like if you agree.

Bravo sir. The Dubois was used in the introduction to Dame Gillian Weirs’ series “The King of Instruments” back in ‘89. 😁

Eglise Saint-Augustin on an organ built by Barker (!) (An English Instrument in France?) Gigout held the bench there longer than many people live.

I'm not sure if it's deemed "acceptable" to do so, but I've found that a quick glance down at the keys on those occasions when the right thumb needs to pass under the other fingers helps to avoid landing on the wrong note.

Ah, how wonderfully done! For basically sight-reading for all intents and purposes, your final performance there at the end was absolutely delightful! Also, as a funny aside: when you posted a preview shot of yourself holding up the first page of the score, I got so excited because I recognized the music that I just had to comment about how I loved that particular toccata. Ironically, I had a brain burp of sorts and called it the Gigout toccata, even though I do and DID quite very well know it is the Dubois* and not the Gigout. I've played both; not sure why I mixed the composers up in my comment there. But how ironically delighted was I to see that you ARE in fact tackling the Gigout, anyway! I suppose I was having a bit of a premonition, eh? Best of luck, kindest regards, and thank you so much for sharing your wonderful talents and your delightful personality with us! You've quickly become my favourite organ channel on this platform. I would love to have the chance to meet you one day if the world heals enough for me to ever follow through on my plans to visit some churches in the Netherlands. Watching you has given me many reasons to consider making that a trip to Germany, instead! Thank you again. Stay safe and well and keep up the bloody good work!

I once recorded the Gigout on my Korg 01W and added the pedals on track 2. Fingering is a bugger but I managed it. maybe now I should buy the Dubois and have another go

I love this video 😃😃😃😃

Dubois's Toccata starts from 7:45

Beautifully ...!

Please Fraser - your thoughts about. - ForScore -- iPad based sheet music. Thanks

I love the version of KJM but how you play is actually great.

BTW, thanks for the ear worm. I cant play it yet but I can't get it out of my head, either.

My first and only was BWV 565 Toccata und Fuge in D-moll

I,d be happy if you explain gigout’s toccata, it’s one of my favourites and it sounds really good !

Anyone else want to grab the first 6 seconds for their new ringtone? 😂

ohhh nice played! But so qwick liked the toccata very much!

Actualy fist piece what i learn was Dmi toccata from Bach... :D but the fist piece what i master was toccata by Gigout.

I think Garth Edmondson's "Toccata" is an easy toccata to learn and master for a beginner.

The toccata is no.3 from 12 piecs by Dubois, not no.4 as you put on the blog!

Lemmens Fanfare from L’École d’Orgue is another rather easyish toccataishy piece - but for little effort sounds rather nice.

20:45 I think "gothic" is the word you were looking for to describe the Gigout toccata. Always sounds more English than French to me, but maybe that's just because I always associate it with having a gothic feel.

I think I had it backwards. I did Boellmann's Toccata from Suite Gothique first XD. Also anyone else on a Fraser Gartshore binge recently?

Synchronize the hands velocity with the delay of transmission type. This is one of another problem together of acoustic delay from church and where is the pipe division box.

Fabulous! Great instrument too! Where is this organ?

hi fraser nice video how about to you to play widor 6 symphont for 50k?

Ah! Iv played dubois so many times! Im currently practicing the Final of the 1st symphony of vierne Edit: I also think driffill and Becker are good

I must admit I'm unfamiliar with this piece, but it reminds me a lot of Lemmens Fanfare.

I wish my fingers were as flexible as that!!

oh wow nice, Jehan Alain someday?

Mr. Gartshore is there any Organ pieces that Piano can't be played or Piano pieces the Organ can't be played? Because the Piano & Organ both are different instruments. Is there any pieces is couldn't be transcribed to each other(Piano to Organ or Organ to Piano)?

That makes more sense...

Great stuff Fraser. B Major is the Devil's key!!

Hi Fraser, very well done :)) love it. You were talking about the German version. Did you do that under the same account or is that another account? Thanks Stay safe and healthy. Regards from NYC Claude

We all yearn to play the Durufle.

Question about the shop, will there be digital copies of the music in the future? It might make it easier for people to get it without worrying about international shipping costs/restrictions.

I think Gigout was at Saint-Augustin.

For Christmas you should play a boogie woogie version of jingle bells

Well now! That seems simple enough.😳😬😮

Question on your sheet music, if I buy “the works”, do they all come in one book or is each piece separate?

Sehr schön Könntest du mir fieleicht die noten verlinken

When the 5 manuals organ come ?

Argggh!! These youtube commercials are getting on my last nerve. But anyway, If I were to ever be offered a "re-do" of my life and can choose what that life is to be, I want to be an organist and be a student of Fraser's.

"Maitre, merci."

I think that the easiest Toccata is the one in D minor by Gaston Bélier. Lots of repetition and easy modulations.

Gigout’s toccata isn’t what I’d call easy. The beginning is quite simple indeed, but it gets much harder as it goes.

Will the live stream for members only be a stream of a new organ?

I'm not sure but I think that Gigout was organist in the Saint Augustin

So, I have a suggestion, on your next organ video can you play the star spangled banner? It would sound really amazing on the organ

Fraser I have e-mailed you (I am the 13 year old from Greece ) but you haven't replied. Please I would like some answere

Wasn’t Gigout the organist of St.Sulpice?

Ok. Im not a beginner. Im nowhere near good enough to be a beginner. I need a few years of practice first to become a beginner. Oh dear...

Next time Bélier toccata?

Frrrench

Mitglied werden? 3:44

That's the reason I hate electric pneumatic organs, just because of this delay this organs bring! I played an organ once that had at least 2 seconds of delay before the sound got to my ears......a terrible way of playing organ!!

Wow just three small mistakes well played.

Please play the Gigout much slower!!

WoW - lovely to listen to - but hellish (for an ignoramous choral singer) to get his mind around...