I’ve always found it fitting that Bach, the greatest of Christian musicians by far, loved the music of an Italian priest so much.

🥹❤

Lovely. Always makes me cry.

Magnificent playing Nic!

Farinelli?

For those who have had a "tortured" experience playing Dupre, I would both agree and disagree. If my quotation marks indicate a kind of word play, it is partly because of fun we have preparing something nobody else has any joy to listen to. Much of Dupre is hellacious. My first was the Prelude and Fugue in B-Major, and my last was the Cortege, but just the first part. When I started the second part I stopped and said "no" because I knew I was never going to program it and the effort to polish it could go to better to use on something more attractive to the ear, as opposed say, to the mind. That is the problem, the trouble is very high, a middling reward in its own thing, but it is all for organists only, no wonder about it out on the street. Most of us do not much, and nobody else enjoys hearing any of it. For our dear parishioners, one ding on the chimes is worth, say, ten Bach fugues. The Reubke is more fun and hardly anyone likes it as much as I did.

McNeil Robinson was the great master teacher who did make playing Dupré a fearless proposition! After studying Dupre with Robinson, it certainly was playable with great relaxation and natural technical output.

Lots of interesting - and logical - posts here. Better we focus upon his great abilities as an organist, not just a composer. Whilst the technique was unsurpassed in substance, more substantial was his "musicality" during performances. Nothing can compare to his performances in this very room 66 years ago (on the iconic instrument, which was completely removed from service - not that is was even close in its last days, to what it was then). I still insist that his Triptyque, Op. 51 - performed, and recorded at St. Thomas [and written for the Ford Auditorium dedication in Detroit] - is perhaps his best work in displaying colors of organ tone. In reading Bill Self's book, what I had taken away is that Bonnet was more amiable and approachable, than was Dupre. Ironically, a number of large-scale French organ compositions, were dedicated to Bonnet, including a Vierne symphony, and several of Tournemire's L'Orgue Mystique suites.

You said it best when you said, "He is missed a lot." A true understatement.

Superb!

Thanks to everyone for the work in putting this performance together. I stumbled across it last night quite by accident. This is a stunning performance of a powerful work of art. Truly, many thanks for this gift.

Stunning.

I sang in his first, last, and memorial services. I was also the first recipient, that he presented, of the T. Tertius Noble award. I can also still his version of the Widor Toccata. Glorious times. So good to see Judith again as well. My first hearing the new organ...someday in person...

Tears, smiles. Thank you for this! Judy, you still look beautiful!🥰

I don't disagree that the audio is not the best. But, this is such a great piece, and glad we can hear any performance!

I don't get it. This is just dumb. Hard pieces are never a reason to NEVER play any works of a particular composer. And why these three pieces? What about the B Major fugue?

I was there at the innaugural recital. And let me tell you the sound was tremendous! Very exciting recital. Daniel Hyde is an excellent organist and choral director!!

Bravissimo!!!

Almighty Bach, splendidly rendered by Maestro Hyde!( BTW I see the Maestro is now choirmaster at King’s College Cambridge! Kudos to the Maestro!!)

BEAUTIFUL INSTRUMENT

How can I find organ music on KZfaq? Each I time I think I have found music, it turns out to be another lecture or demonstration.

What a moving and beautifully-produced film.

The compositions listed here would be considered "easy" Dupre. For the REALLY hard stuff, try his Evocation suite, his Symphonie Passion and in particular, his Trois Esquisses which he wrote for his star pupil, Jeanne Demessieux. The Esquisses, especially the third in B flat minor, are so ferociously difficult they're playable only by a handful of organists worldwide. Even his early compositions were incredibly tough. His three preludes and fugues, written in the early 1900's, were as noted below, declared as unplayable by no less a figure than Charles Marie Widor himself. Here's the Esquisses: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sJ9xoLp6ntTZiXk.html&ab_channel=DiscordBaroqueSociety

My favorite cathedral in the whole city. I remember John well. Cheers!

I can hear Uncle Gerre in the background with a gorgeous accompaniment!

I hear that in fine the instrument has no real guts. This would be in harmony with this deracinated age in which principles and foundations are negotiable across the board.

Such eclecticism is always doomed to failure. You don’t need a versatile organ, especially as you have the T&B - you need an organ of power, richness and stylistic conviction. The treble-heavy, quinty plenum sounds audible in this video are fine in a 1960s neoclassical organ, but not in a large symphonic organ such as this pretends to be.

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!

True and beautiful words of Aunty Judy and Mr. Corey-James Crawford. It was a pleasure to rehearse under them.

Pianist?? Terrell is everything but a pianist...she might be good at cleaning floors

Vivaldi lives on !

Excellent Daniel!

It is well played, bravo, but the sound through my speakers is not so good unfortunately...

The most beatifull allegro ever composed. This similar a God's Joy. Fantástico. God Bless us!

Great music.

I’ll add a reason. It’s because most are not educated enough.

Dupré was genius. He, by the way, played the entire oeuvre by Bach and also did so in a series of several concerts playing all pieces just by memory.

Nice horse.

Wanna play Dupre? Do pray. (and rehearse).

I was part of building that new organ. Funny how back in the 80s I lived in the building on Broadway and Houston st that the original St Thomas occupied and was demolished to build, my loft on the 7th floor corner was about where the top of the steeple once was.

Sounds pretty good to me! But must be nightmarish to play!

Reason Nr. 0 is that it's monstrous music that nobody wants to hear. Just because it's difficult and fast doesn't mean it's great.

Difficult? Pff... play Reger than we talk again about difficulty