Guillou Improvisation St Eustache

[gerdi911]

merci beaucaups!! mr Guilou!!

[Funemployment420]

Closed captions would make this video much more interesting

[xSGuillou]

Hey! Thats my last name!!

[JoePeterzak]

I am glad that he waited till the last part of the improv to use any mixtures. I dislike the sound of mixtures. Too shrill sounding,

The rankette sounded cool.... Reminded me of the sound of a Godfried Kinura on 10" of wind.

[TheCantael]

JEAN GUILLOU I ADORE YOU!!!!!

Aleksandra

[BHKchannel]

Is it only me or does anybody else see Clint Eastwood there, sitting on the organ when Guillou is filmed from the left?

[stylusfantasticus]

Horrible instrument with a total lack of personality. Solo reeds sound the same. Worldwide known as a total failure this organ which purchase could be better directed to restore all the historic organs in France.... the previous instrument located at that glorious buffet was undoubtedely better in quality. Van der Heuvel: Fehler. Guillou is guilty for this capricious dutch creature.

[apietrini]

@stylusfantasticus : I remind you that Guillou was the victim of an organ breakdown for 12 years! The previous organ was killed despite efforts by Guillou (not the opposite!). And finally, the great VdH is a wonderful instrument that I invite you to come and hear on the spot: you should change your mind!

And I think you're wrong on the budget for reconstruction of the organ ... It was less expensive than the simple restoration of Notre-Dame (1992)!

[MultiPFR]

Andfroggart Malde , elbast kerishat kemmendcuiter derbas gogfruntais.

Debddeler tianddrog uyt nunds gabrigointrareas fer " renekete" habrigonter !!

Meterkaldais frencies biat ! :)

[Christo77B]

cool ta musique ! ta pas du rap !!:))

[aderocks5]

guillou? Crap im related to this dude!

[margyoseven]

A most amazing musical experience! Thank you! 

[eidotevil]

Γιατί ο καθ' ένας γράφει στη δικιά του γλώσσα;

Μέγας ο Γκουλλώ πάντως, δεν εχω να πώ τίποτα!

[starbreez3]

I love his french! It's sooo easy to understand.

[Rastattt]

Es ist nicht zu fassen, was von diesem Kopf aus an überschäumenden Ideen auf die Finger und Füße projiziert wird.

Jean Guillou ist Visionär und Perfektionist - sein Spiel ein sinfonisches Feuerwerk.

[4candles]

Guillou is one of the strangest looking people I have ever seen! A great, unique haircut and piercing eyes - he could almost be Dracula! Great improvisor too ;)

[japansekip]

in eerste instantie begreep ik de vrije werken niet . Maar later vond ik dat hij uitstekend een orgel kan laten horen qua klank en vermogen. en dat kan enorm zijn . dat haalt geen enkele versterker of pop muziekant. Zijn werken van Cesar Frank op het Eustachius orgel in Parijs zijn mijn fijnste cd en dat wil wat zeggen.

[proustafarian]

I love Guillou. I've been to hear his recitals at St. Eustache maybe 10 times. And by the time he gets to the end of his performance, I feel like my heart is being shot out of a cannon.

[felix0911176727]

À la claire fontaine! Magnifique!

[chopiniraqi]

this man idont have any word to comment about him he is more then great

[dirkjan1001]

Een topmusicus met een eigen vizie op muziek en spel.

[nsegemen]

helal süper

[Orguedu22]

j' adore la ranquette et toutes les anches ainsi que le pédalier qui est sans doute en 32 pieds car il en possède 2 sur les 5 de l'orgue

I love the "ranquette" and the de reeds and the pedalboard this organ has five 32 foots and 2 is on the pedalboard

[StefanoF87]

trois 32' sont à la pedalier: le principale basse 32', la contre-bombarde 32' et le contre-trombone 32' (sans considerer la gran quinte de 12' que accouplé avec le contrebbasse de 16' dait un acoustique de 32')

[Bachlives2]

c'est fantastique! J'aime aussi la ranquette!

Plus 32 dans les pédales!

[tjugofyra]

No!!

It takes hours wearing a beret to get it look like that! It makes him 10 cm taller which is nice since he's getting shorter!

[fotosonic]

c'est vraiment du gros son! you tube est complètement largué par rapport à ce que l'on doit entendre en étant sur place.

[stexus]

Love his Haircut!

[nonameully]

love is in the air........

but its the best organist in the complete berndregime

[JFSnail]

No matter how many times I see this, I still marvel at Guillou's ability, just incredible!!

[richard50000]

Ce gars là est un CHARLATAN de l'orgue!!!

[SuperElBorba]

Meh . . I've never been terribly impressed by Guillou's improvisations. About 3 of the 30 or so I've heard over the years strike me as being particularly musically coherent or pleasant to listen to. And I find his performances of organ literature to be poor . .

[bac21380]

C'est évident qu'il a l'oreille absolu! Je suis convaincu que tout les grands musiciens ont le "pitch"

[RobertoFasciano]

J'aime le français organe improvisation. Merci!

[Silverdaddy101]

Bravo, Maitre!

[hustler8691]

Impresionant, no tinc paraules.

[kikakon]

Great!!!

[kwintadena]

Uwielbiam Jeana Guillou i te cudowne organy - potrafią wręcz zaszokować!

[spootyrat]

WOW, a brilliant musician! Although, the console looked uncomfortable as can be, having to really reach to grab those knobs and to get to that top manual. Harumph.

[biblosz]

Many organist say: this is the one of the most comfortable (five manuals) consol, they ever played.

[ludwig123456789]

Actuallly this console is a miracle of machanical engineering built in the19th century by one of THE GREATEST ORGANbuildiers the world has ever know---Cavaille-Coll. This instrument is much easier to play than those seen in America in which the Organist is buried in the console and can not be seen by anyone else---a problem if you are conducting a choir or someone is conducting an orchestra with organ. This instrument has two consoles---one more modern and an electrically operated one.

[GJmusique]

The console and organ are built by VAN DEN HEUVEL, a dutch builder.

As for the two consoles, there is one up on the loft which looks identical. I've heard the only difference is that the one upstairs has barker machines only on the Récit and Grand Orgue.

[cromorne]

It really is a very beautiful instrument.

[codeman2008]

This organ is not a cavaille-coll and neither are the consoles. Additionally, American consoles aren't all exactly the same, there are wider ones, shorter ones, etc. There isn't one exact standard.

[organcomposer]

J'aime beaucoup cette vidéo et l'impro de notre grand maitre. J(ai moi-meme écrit une modeste version de cette vielle chanson française et je serais heureux de la partager avec vous.

I really enjoy this vidéo. I have also composed a piece based on this old french song. I hope you will like it too.

[MrQuebec]

Guillou, quel personnage!!!

[lwnf360]

How is this guy even famous? All of his recordings here on youtube are horrible! He is as crazy as his hair!

[cattfarts]

i love his playing, and i think he is an adorable old man that you just want to hug! merci and lot of hugs jean guillou!

[davlber]

What in the hell was that he improvised? "A cat walking across the keys?" Poor man looked like he was having a seizure!

[davlber]

I feel like I'm in that bar on the movie "Star Wars!" GREAT ORGANIST! But can't get past the looks!

[MonsieurOrgue]

Amazing instrument, masterfully demonstrated! Simply wonderful!

[sachatomik]

geantissime genialissime

[tjugofyra]

The part 04:20 - 04:32 is stunning.

brilliant...

[Reesman95]

I wish I knew what he was saying

[BeFrSc]

same here.

[gerdi911]

ca fait extraordinaire!!! quelle musique!!!

[TrompenCh167]

A very fine achievement by Van den Heuvel-tres bien!

[TrompenCh167]

I love the resources this organ has to offer. Shame he didn't demonstrate the Trompette en Chamade! The tutti is mind-blowing-so is the 32 foot Bombarde!

[AndrewJirele]

He did demonstrate the Trompette en Chamade I-III ranks. This was done at 03:23 after he says "une autre trompette..." He plays it on the fifth manual -the Solo division. You might be thinking of the Trompeteria II stop also on the Solo which is essentially a mixture that adds a Trompette at 2'and 4' in the bass, then 4' and 16' in the mid-range, then 16' and 32' in the treble... I believe this stop was used in the Tutti! I agree with you! The organ is mind-blowing!! Cheers!

[TrompenCh167]

Thanks for the reply AndrewJirele! If you go onto the Van den Heuvel website, you can find some excellent pieces played on the organ at St. Eustache (I really want to play there and meet Jean Guillou one day)!

[TrompenCh167]

Oh, and make sure you get a copy of Jean Guillou's CD with the Rachmaninov Trois Danses Symphonique. Here, he plays the St. Eustache organ with Yanka Hekimova in a simply magnificent and ingeniously rehearsed performance. I think that all three dances use every stop on the organ by the end of it all- it's amazing!

[biblosz]

Talented, remarkable, incommensurable!

[PointyTail]

The sad thing is, how does one pass on these amazing skills? I think ones brain must be wired for this from birth...

[Organiste06]

Excellent!

[hangassli]

Who can do it better?

[a55b47]

Well, Gerre Hancock, for one. Olivier Latry, for two. Daniel Roth, for three. Philippe Lefebvre, for four. Shall I continue? ;-)

[hangassli]

Monsieur Jean Guillou the greatest living

French organist.Need any evidence?Just watch

this video...

[kempedkemp]

Certainly, ONE of the greatest anyway. Up until seeing this I didn't care much for his playing. He's a genius and people that brilliant just plain intimidate me.

[jmeister321684]

Faire la démonstration d'un orgue de 101 jeux en quelque 5 minutes il faut le faire, et Jean Guillou réussi admirablement, en communicateur et improvisateur! JW

[fluteceleste]

very nice explanation of the organ stops!

[orgelliefhebber]

Thank you very much for sharing with us this true master on the organ and certainly of improvisation. We can only hope you have more!!

[widor78]

Très intéressant! Jean GUILLOU fait partie des plus grands improvisateurs de notre époque! Bravo pour cette démonstration accompagnée de commentaires!