Thanks! No luck needed. I didn't study this work first-hand with Naji, but as close as could be possible. In fact, I have the original score, a facsimile of the manuscript (that's how I learned it!) and I also have an early working of this, by Naji, on cassette tape. However, that version is different than the published version we have here. Mr. Marshall doesn't 'get' Hakim. I tack on five minutes to this (like the maitre does) and it's even MORE exciting!!!!!
@cliveso I can't answer that. Either way, this performance is, well, accurate. But it's far too fast, self-important, and has nothing of the essence that makes it 'Naji'
I can say this with confidence. I have (on cassette and paper only, from 1995) the original score of this, and Naji's 'working' recording or version of this work. Leo Abbott in Boston premiered this extraordinary work. I was happy to give the first performance in Canada in the same year. I need to get the VHS tape converted.
I'm closing a noon hour concert with this here in Toronto in late August (23rd, St. James Cathedral). Jongen Sonata Eroica before that. Starting with Vierne 6 Final. Yes, I wear deodorant.
@originaltommy Fantastic concert you've got right there! The Vierne and Jongen pieces are two of my all time favourite works for organ, though I have yet to hear a completely satisfying performance of the Jongen! If I lived in south east Canada, I would definitely look this concert up! Good luck!
I had the great pleasure to present the Canadian Premiere of this work in the summer of 1995 at the Jack Singer Concert Hall in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on the magnificent Carthy Organ (Casavant). One of the highlights of my life! I was performing from the facsimile of the manuscript. I took as inspiration a recording that Naji kindly sent me, although it was a different version than the published one. Have played this work many times since!
@4candles Thanks! Yes, I did!!! I even have a video tape of it somewhere...Lord it was 1995! Haha! I'd love to get it converted somehow and upload it!
@4candles I did indeed! I have it on videotape and would love to get it transferred at some point. With all due respect as well, to Mr. Marshall, this is played FAR FAR too fast!!!!
@PJMurray730 YES!!! It was very clear on the manuscript I had from Naji (his writing is phenomenal too!), inscribed right at the top of the first page. It was a treat to work from that copy of the manuscript, which I have cherished since. I suspect Leo likely would have done the same thing, and I bet he gave one hell of a world premiere!
@originaltommy Yeah, Marshall has attracted quite a bit of criticism for the tempi which he employs. Very much a 'divides the critics' sort of guy. Good to have another Hakim piece on YT though! ;)
@4candles - divides the critics? Everyone I've ever met thinks he's crap. He's such a flash showoff, plays everything way too fast... his "Transports de Joie" at the Proms about ten years ago (which is on YouTube) is just one example. If only he'd stuck to being a jazz pianist, because he's bloody brilliant at that.
@EccentricRichard It's true he is a great jazz pianist - his recordings of Gershwin have been very well received. In terms of the tempi he uses, I suppose you are either going to like them or not like them. Some of his interpretations are too fast, but others, like the ones of his I have posted, work very well, but like everyone else, that's just my personal opinion.
@4candles - also, having listened to his 50th birthday recital at Bridgwater Hall, he wasn't just FAR too fast, but also very, very splatty. I've never heard such a bad Saint-Seans Danse Macabre, for example.
Thanks! No luck needed. I didn't study this work first-hand with Naji, but as close as could be possible. In fact, I have the original score, a facsimile of the manuscript (that's how I learned it!) and I also have an early working of this, by Naji, on cassette tape. However, that version is different than the published version we have here. Mr. Marshall doesn't 'get' Hakim. I tack on five minutes to this (like the maitre does) and it's even MORE exciting!!!!!
originaltommy 8 months ago
Where was the recording made? The trumpets sound like they are from Sacre-Coeur.
cliveso 1 year ago
@cliveso Hi - the recording was made in the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, England.
4candles 1 year ago
@4candles That's amazing! What a well-balanced instrument.
cliveso 1 year ago
@cliveso I can't answer that. Either way, this performance is, well, accurate. But it's far too fast, self-important, and has nothing of the essence that makes it 'Naji'
I can say this with confidence. I have (on cassette and paper only, from 1995) the original score of this, and Naji's 'working' recording or version of this work. Leo Abbott in Boston premiered this extraordinary work. I was happy to give the first performance in Canada in the same year. I need to get the VHS tape converted.
originaltommy 8 months ago
I'm closing a noon hour concert with this here in Toronto in late August (23rd, St. James Cathedral). Jongen Sonata Eroica before that. Starting with Vierne 6 Final. Yes, I wear deodorant.
originaltommy 8 months ago
@originaltommy Fantastic concert you've got right there! The Vierne and Jongen pieces are two of my all time favourite works for organ, though I have yet to hear a completely satisfying performance of the Jongen! If I lived in south east Canada, I would definitely look this concert up! Good luck!
4candles 8 months ago
I had the great pleasure to present the Canadian Premiere of this work in the summer of 1995 at the Jack Singer Concert Hall in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on the magnificent Carthy Organ (Casavant). One of the highlights of my life! I was performing from the facsimile of the manuscript. I took as inspiration a recording that Naji kindly sent me, although it was a different version than the published one. Have played this work many times since!
originaltommy 1 year ago
@originaltommy What a privilege! I'm sure you did the composer proud :)
4candles 1 year ago
@4candles Thanks! Yes, I did!!! I even have a video tape of it somewhere...Lord it was 1995! Haha! I'd love to get it converted somehow and upload it!
originaltommy 1 year ago
@4candles I did indeed! I have it on videotape and would love to get it transferred at some point. With all due respect as well, to Mr. Marshall, this is played FAR FAR too fast!!!!
originaltommy 8 months ago
My teacher, Leo Abbott, commissioned and premiered this work!
PJMurray730 1 year ago
@PJMurray730 YES!!! It was very clear on the manuscript I had from Naji (his writing is phenomenal too!), inscribed right at the top of the first page. It was a treat to work from that copy of the manuscript, which I have cherished since. I suspect Leo likely would have done the same thing, and I bet he gave one hell of a world premiere!
originaltommy 1 year ago
Une piece vivante et remplie de mystère!
Bravo au compositeur contemporain et à l'interprete Wayne Marshall !
Rigilkentarus974 1 year ago
@Rigilkentarus974 Merci pour votre commentaire favorable!
4candles 1 year ago
With all due respect, played far too quickly.
originaltommy 2 years ago
@originaltommy Yeah, Marshall has attracted quite a bit of criticism for the tempi which he employs. Very much a 'divides the critics' sort of guy. Good to have another Hakim piece on YT though! ;)
4candles 2 years ago
@4candles - divides the critics? Everyone I've ever met thinks he's crap. He's such a flash showoff, plays everything way too fast... his "Transports de Joie" at the Proms about ten years ago (which is on YouTube) is just one example. If only he'd stuck to being a jazz pianist, because he's bloody brilliant at that.
EccentricRichard 10 months ago
@EccentricRichard It's true he is a great jazz pianist - his recordings of Gershwin have been very well received. In terms of the tempi he uses, I suppose you are either going to like them or not like them. Some of his interpretations are too fast, but others, like the ones of his I have posted, work very well, but like everyone else, that's just my personal opinion.
4candles 10 months ago
@4candles - also, having listened to his 50th birthday recital at Bridgwater Hall, he wasn't just FAR too fast, but also very, very splatty. I've never heard such a bad Saint-Seans Danse Macabre, for example.
EccentricRichard 3 months ago
If you think this was fast, just listen to his version of Hakim's Pange Lingua!
I have Hakim's own version of this from the Albert Hall, I will try and post it sometime...
JFSnail 2 years ago
Thanks - I look forward to hearing it!
4candles 2 years ago
Where's the organ Hakim is shown at the console of? It looks German.
a55b47 2 years ago
I think it's the organ of St Moritz Church in Olomouc, Czech Republic.
4candles 2 years ago