Latry - Improvisation on The Simpsons Theme

[DannyDaWriter]

This improvisation gives me the odd urge to suddenly covert to Catholicism for some reason.

[musicalhotcha]

Great stuff.........kind of inspired at the beginning by Guillou's "Icarus." I once heard Guillou himself improvise on the theme to the TV show "Dallas."

[MrThomasm95]

my bros favorite show

[goodguysdoll]

yuck. this is just smoke and mirrors. this is not real improvisation as done by the masters. what master would ever start a piece in that fashion and then go into that soft uninspired nothing section? and there is zero resemblance to that theme once he proceeds. and dont tell me i don't know what i'm talking about because I have seen latry and others do this for years. It's always the same crap done with different tunes.

[ricecrispos]

@goodguysdoll

But the theme is actually present throughout the whole entire improvisation.. he uses lots of rhythmic motives that suggest the rhythm of the theme.. the theme is inverted a few times I even think. This is a killer improvisation. French improv like this isn't supposed to be all clean and pretty and church-like. Smoke and mirrors is a term I hate because improvisation, like I said, isn't supposed to sound prim and proper all the time; Latry happens to have tons of spark.

[OrganoAeternam]

@goodguysdoll I think it takes a special person to appreciate this type of improv. I hear the tune throughout this pretty intense improvisation. He gives us the theme then takes chunks of it and plays around them. Its just his style. You don't have to like his style. However, just because you do not like it does not make Mr. Latry any less of a very gifted and talented master musician. We all have different styles. One style is not right or wrong over another.

[stephen12470]

WHERE is this?

[jmeister321684]

@stephen12470 Roy Thompson Hall Toronto Canada 1982 large 4 man mechanical Gabriel Kney organ. (73 stops I believe)

[Dbsusan]

Rock and/or Roll!

[darkprose]

@Dbsusan I remember when I used to make out to this hymn.

[ENZODEROSA1964]

!!!!!!!!!!

[NiallMS]

It would have been good to see this great organist actually playing this piece!

[isaacdelaconcha]

Awesome.

[choirboyfromhell1]

Makes me want to say DOH! LOL.

[bigt082]

Hah, love the audience reaction in the beginning!

[Diapasonic]

Sounds kinda like the "Icarus" of Guillou.

[4candles]

A great organist and improvisor taking on a classic and, importantly, well-known tune. What a way to connect with and surprise an audience!

Fantastic!

[passacaglia28]

Now here is an awesome way to take the Simpsons theme to a whole new level!

[louislancelotti]

Je l'ai entendu improviser sur les grandes orgues de la cathedrale de Bruxelles, le jours de leur inauguration:

l'assemblée était subjuguée, tétanisée. il y a eu un silence de quelques secondes avnt que les applaudissements n'éclatent;il est complètement génial..

[willowthebored]

...wow.

I will never hear his recording of Widor's 5th Symphony in the same light again.

:D

[tursiopsgp]

wow talk about the simpsons treehouse of horror theme sounds like it nice loll!

[praisethelord333]

er ist und bleibt der große meister unserer tage.

hi is and still is the matster of organ in ower days

[praisethelord333]

grandious :-)

[akarpowicz]

How cute! Thanks for posting!

[jschroeder1991]

the roy thompson hall is in toronto :)

[bombarde1701]

The SImpsons theme huh? LOL

[cornwallthedragon]

Ah, Roy Thompson Hall. Very nice :)

[mach37]

It's nice to know WHERE. Thanks for partially identifying the venue. Where is Roy Thompson Hall?

[AllenJBlodgettJrmota]

In Canada someplace, I think the Tabernacle Choir have sang there once.

[cornwallthedragon]

It's in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It houses the only dual console, dual action organ that I know of that Gabriel Kney has built. It is a mechanical key action and stop action instrument, but it has a computerized, movable console which uses electric key action and stop action.

[hominoider]

Have you heard of Google? You should try it sometime.

[mach37]

If only the one word "Toronto" had been included in the description...