ADESTE FIDELES - XAVER VARNUS (ORGAN) AT NOTRE-DAME-DES-NEIGES IN ALPE D'HUEZ, FRANCE

[l000kin]

Amazing! Xaver Varnus is a bit extravagant, but great musician! Combining organ with piano is very rare, but beautiful, also is a joy to hear so inspiring new setting as is in 3rd and 4th verse. Great job and beutiful music. I love loud pipe organ music with singing.

[canyoubelievethis220]

The soloist is awesome, but the piano is definitely not needed. The organ setting is horrible, also. It sounds like some out of tune whistle in the background. What a shame. It would have been so much more beautiful without that "racket." What was the organist thinking (or was he even thinking)?

[yewtreelodge]

why do you need a piano to play with the organ?

[resultant64]

Thats right.. or people should praise God nice and loud... Piano not required..Whose idea was it? Strings and brass is ok...

[1212wolfgang1212]

That is a crazy harmonization in the 3rd verse, the rest of my day is going to be spent figuring it out! Love it!

[Davidclarkeuk]

Clearly the organ is the senior partner in this collaboration of instruments but the piano scoring does indeed add very positively and enables the inclusion of a timbre not possible with the organ alone. Organ with piano and full orchestra would be even better but those treats are few and far between.

[pablodr100]

A todos les deseo una Feliz y Santa Navidad del Señor.

Je vous souhaite un heureux et saint Noël du Seigneur.

Auguro a tutti voi un felice e Santo Natale del Signore.

Ich wünsche Ihnen allen ein frohes und Heiligen Geburt des Herrn.

[sealinux]

You have a beautiful organ, what in hell do you need a piano for?!?

[lockiper]

@4902STEVEN certainly , the piano was not necessary... but give at the melody a fantastic sound ...

[ppaajjeerroo]

Magnificat vos est in eternum gloriae summa gratia secula seculorum

[ivymvv]

VOX CELESTE!!!!!!

[100marklow]

Pero muchos acordes dan un tono un poco feo, como de casa de Dracula o de halloween, perdon pero es la verdad.

[100marklow]

The most beautiful christmas song...

[jlaynetn]

Vocem Dei Audivi!

Venite Adoremus!

[4902STEVEN]

The piano is not necessary.

[Loiginer]

@4902STEVEN

in this case, really not necessary!

[szom02]

Beautiful.....................­.......

[mInIBs1]

Hello, is incredible, but better left open whether the organ would have been a bit lower.

Not to criticize but I think it is good comment

[daniel390625]

it is in latin

[herb0001]

Adeste fideles, laeti triumphantes,

Venite, venite in Bethlehem.

Natum videte, regem angelorum,

Venite adoremus,

Venite adoremus,

Venite adoremus, Dominum.

[uwchlaw]

Awesome

[apietrini]

navrant de devoir subir cela pour entendre l'Alpe...

[qivory]

The organ ain't too loud, it is nobly taking its place!

Can someone name the composers of the harmonization for each verse?

[counterstrikeforces]

very talented organ player.

[myspain82]

This song is a hymn of the Roman Catholic Church. It was composed hundreds of years ago, is a Gregorian chant written in Latin, is one of my favorite Christmas carols. Merry Christmas to all

[techman85]

It is also a carol of many other Christian denominations and the most popular arrangements have been made for the Anglican church.

[florianchurch]

Most fantastic and beautifullest.

Thanks for positing.

[lilboime]

Never knew that was a different name for oh come all ye faithful well anyways i will be going to my first mass i can't  wait i lds btw lol

[octavebasse8]

Well, it's the same name, but in the original language. I believe that is German. I could be wrong though.

[dunkco94]

adeste fiedeles is latin!

[clarky2k9]

even though i am protestant i love it when the catholic chuch dresses the children up to sing

[fivepointsdude]

Please no piano and organ together. Don't destroy our young people's musical taste!

[sists43]

I completely agree!

And I think also that the organ is too loud!

[dunkco94]

The pipe organ is the king of all instrements, therefore it is only right for it to be loud. It is meant to drowned out any singers and to echo through the church and rumble and nearly collape the church to the ground and leave the audience hanging with their mouthes open, just as it does in this song.

[Phantphan1993]

the organ isn't meant to drown out the singers!

[speaks3703]

It is a surprisingly loud organ given it's rather modest size. However, what it lacks in size, it makes up for in unique design. Someone very creative came up with the design for the "handy" organ.

[lorganiste1]

This organ was designed by none other than the great improvisateur Jean Gillou, titulaire of St. Eustache, Paris. The organ as the hand of God at work in music is obvious here!

[pipeorgan12345]

Thats because he knows how to play the organ. Never hold back, let it sing. They wouldn't have put all thoes pipes in it if they didn't want them to be played!

[dunkco94]

Which one would you like to take out?

[cliveso]

I begin to cast doubt on the Hungarian musical scene...

[counterstrikeforces]

excellent.

[tippymugs]

The combination of organ and piano is often distasteful. This should really be played with organ, only, for the most part.

[octavebasse8]

agreed.

[dunkco94]

I AGREE WITH YOU 100%!

[celichowster]

there is a small typo in the title: it should be "Adeste Fideles", is there a way to correct this? otherwise beautiful music (my favourite christmas song), thanks for posting it!

[Breedoe]

It will soon be that time again.Lovely!Veniti adoremus,let us adore him.

[richardprathap]

It made me Aprreciate Christmas. Thanks Xaver.

[fluteceleste]

awesome harmonization in the 3rd verse and great interlude thereafter- what a great organist. thank you xaver

[PatrikMan9]

Jó hogy több videó is felkerül az internetre.:-)