Widor Toccata Benita Rose Rochester, Minnesota

[dave12122]

Super duper Benita, I didn't realize you were so accomplished on the organ!

[piano6861]

@dave12122 Thanks!

[facinum]

This is really awesome! Great work !!

[oldguy442]

Very Nice - Thank You

[didzhus]

Wow! just- WOW! :)

I'm going to study organs this year in academy.

it's very, very impressive!

[ziplesswonder]

I'm speechless.. Wow!

[italco312]

The multi-talented Benita Rose strikes again! Another awesome performance! Is there any keyboard you haven't mastered? Do you play accordion too?

[dadsaloser]

Excellent seems a rather weak word but if you use it with Brilliant you will well understand the word Fantastic you are a Queen of the keyboard Benita there is no "Could do better" with your playing choice or style it just cannot be bettered.

~ Faultless & Brilliant Playing ~

[Pianoloverok]

This is great!!!!!!!!!!!

[gromoglas77]

wonderful performance, thanks for sharing it!

[MussoGorski]

Benita, that's my favorite organ piece! You play it beautifully!

[piano50]

Hello, Benita, that Widor was excellent! This is such an exquisite piece of music and you make it sound great!

[piano50]

Spectacular!

[piano6861]

Thank-you!

[piano50]

Virtuoso! This is one of the best renditions I've heart. Congratulations on a wonderful performance of one of the greatest pieces of organ music. Please post more organ music, just as many as your piano! You're piano is just as wonderful as your organ playing.

[xxTaylorAnnexx]

wow youre so good!! i love it. 5 stars.:)

[mistmv12]

fantascis performace !!!

[AED1staid]

I love Widor!

[Pianoloverok]

This is great!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Linhdanvo]

Amazing! You are doing several great jobs!

[piano50]

That was really impressive!

[kgirl4music]

Nice job!

[blueyoyi]

I like it !!

[costep]

Listening to this video lets me feel the obvious joy that you felt when you played it. Although I should be on my way to downtown, I will sit a little bit on the piano and play my envy away:)

[Ankhsnammon]

the Organ,the emperor of intruments...and charles-Marie widor,that almost forgotten master from that wonderful school of Franck..and,in our most near days,maître Olivier Messiaen...

Thanks,Mademe Benita!Magnificent rendition-!

ankhsnammon

[dabiribd]

wow! that was awesome

[piano6861]

Thanks, Ben! It sure is fun to play the organ!

[lucylu1229]

SIMPLY AMAZING, BENITA!!! The organ is so cool!!! I've always wanted to learn how to play it.

[piano6861]

lucylu1229- Thanks! It really is fun to play!

[jwabacus]

WOW - that was incredible. I'm learning that piece too and find the last page - page 10 in my edition - to be the hardest. Maybe it's the 'sempre staccato' that finally gets to me near the end (as my arms fall off). I found the pedal part to be OK - mostly octaves - even though you use almost the whole pedalboard (all but the top F# and G).

Thanks for the inspiration to keep plugging away at this, Benita! 5-stars+. It sounds like that organ, too, breathes fire from the pedal reeds.

[piano6861]

Thanks, Josh! It is an incredible instrument! As you improve your piano technique, your arms won't tire.

[EstebanChurches]

Ok, now I'm baffled. What are those three foot pedals for? And all those knobs? The loud-soft changes in this piece make it entertaining to listen to. Excellent organ playing.

[jwabacus]

On our pipe organ (which is quite similar), the right-most pedal is the crescendo pedal. At it's pressed, more and more stops are added - making a louder and thicker sound. The other two pedals control louvres - sort of like large venetian blinds which cover different divisions of the organ -like the swell or choir divisions (again, on our organ). The stops on the wings of the organ each control a rank of pipes each with a characteristic sound. The silver toe studs control combinations of pipes.

[piano6861]

EstebanChurches- Those 3 pedals are crescendo pedals for different manuals. The knobs are pistons. When the hands are too busy to change registrations, they can be pre-set, and accessed by a foot! Thanks for visiting and appreciating!

[Gulbransen14]

NICE!!

[LarsenPiano]

Wow, I didn't know you played both piano AND organ. Very nice video, thanks for sharing it!

[piano6861]

LarsenPiano-Thanks! I had the opportunity to learn and fell in love with it, too!

[ocdyiim]

wow!!!wonderful performance, you are really great!!

[priscillayuen]

Great!!

[lelouchemile]

C'est une immense découverte de constater que vous jouez aussi bien de l'orgue que du piano.

Cette œuvre gigantesque, colossale est interprétée magistralement Bravo Benita Rose

[prestomoltoagitato]

masterful

[decimaquinta69]

Eccellente

[pianogirl98]

You are an amazing organist and pianist!

[freddyrabbitfoot]

great. Who is the composer? thx.

[piano6861]

freddyrabbitfoot- The composer is Charles-Marie Widor. It is the Toccata from Symphony No.5.

[freddyrabbitfoot]

Thank You.

It sounds (for me) a little bit like Cesar Franck and/or Max Reger. But I'm not sure.

A new Experience! thx.

[italco312]

Benita is there any keyboard instrument you can't play with complete command? Accordian maybe?

Another powerful performance. Fabulous!

[piano6861]

italco312- Thanks. The accorion is my dad's instrument! We need boundaries!

[mayablanca]

Wow! That's so cool!

[pianogirl4ever]

Amazing! I can't imagine playing with both my feet and my hands! 5\5! (*^^*)

[koubache]

great job ! =D

[aawpiano2007]

Hi Benita, you are so good on this! Thank you for sharing this wonderful video!

[piano6861]

aawpiano2007- We all make progress!

[1992peter]

GREAT JOB.

[piapiapiapiano]

cool another organ piece....your just amazing benita truely like...ur kids and husband must be so proud of you brilliant

[mosley2k]

Simply amazing. I had to take a double take just to make sure I get to see one of my favorite organ pieces performed by you! Thank you for treating us another great organ video, and I look forward for more! :)

By the way, you look mighty fashionable in your attire in this performance (from head to toe)! ;D

[piano6861]

mosley2k- Thank-yu so much for your appreciation of all!

[blueyoyi]

Benita .. you are so versatile !!

[TheComposer94]

oh my god!very good!i love this piece!you are a very.very,very ,very good organist and pianist!

[piano6861]

TheComposer94- thanks for your appreciation!