Lefébure-Wély: Bolero de Concert

[KhagarBalugrak]

What a brilliant piece.

[11300jep]

Philippe : comment peux tu rester aussi sérieux en jouant ça ! Mais surtout, comment fais tu pour transcender a ce point cette niaiserie musicale ? Chapeau!

[bfs1888]

i think it's a great performance. nice to hear him let the organ speak with not to much over lay. it's PERFECT (so there)

[goodchappy]

I love this, I think all sorts of music should be played on the organ, if not, why not?!

Quite frankly I get bored with a lot of organ music, this piece is light and melodic and well played and the organ sounds nice.

[voixhumaine]

Though I don't like Lefébur-Wély at all (sounds more like fun fair music than anything else) I must recognize Philippe Delacour is serving here a rather clever interpretation, on an organ he must appreciate - if only Metz and the eastern France more generally were were granted enough money to keep organs in similar conditions as they are in Letzebuerg...

[classy8888]

Wow - the tempo is an ear-opener! I play this twice as fast - but not any more!

[john1801rambo]

my score is marked crotchet = 92 so this seems about right. Nice performance...

[Organistabianconero]

You can find this sheet on the werner music archive but it is arranged for solo manual organ even if on the original score there is pedal and -this is my personal opinion- it is more difficult without pedal than with it.

This is the best interpretation avaible on YT

[asb141]

Great performance! I have a question: where can I download this sheet? this is one of my favourite plays and I'd like to study.

[MarkHarmer]

Nice selection of angles to the cameras - nicely done. Music is fab, of course!

[graant71]

Among the several I've heard here this is, and by far, the best Lefebure's Bolero. Bravissimo! 5/5

[intelligent92]

Филипп Делакур как всегда на высоте..Отлично,маэстро!

[Bachingguy]

Many play this piece too quickly, while slow, it allows us to hear all the notes. I enjoyed the performance.

[therealkingfuse]

this is how this should be done. fully.

[therealkingfuse]

sheer brilliance

[keanur1]

A new urtext edition of that fine Boléro de Concert Op. 166 by L.-J.-A. Lefébure-Wély is available for free on the Werner Icking Music Archive (WIMA) on the net, for all to enjoy!

En passant, l'interprétation de M. Delacour est la meilleure disponible actuellement sur YT. Il joue en artiste et avec goût une pièce qui peut paraître vulgaire sous d'autres mains moins fines.

[trmptplyr100]

Thanks a lot!

[steff2929]

Very tasteful and balanced performance. No overspeeding, no showing off. The music of Lefébure-Wély deserves much more respect than being some kind of peculiar circus music where the organist plays clown. This performance shows how beutiful it can be when it's done right.

[BeFrSc]

This is what a Bolero should sound like, Ian likes to show off a lot, therefore he sometimes neglects the feeling and effect of the piece, this is from Wikipedia on the subject"

"Bolero is a name given to certain slow, romantic latin music and its associated dance and song."

"Bolero is a 3/4 dance that originated in Spain in the late 18th century"

"It is in a moderately SLOW tempo and is performed to music which is sung and accompanied by castanets and guitars"

[BaardTheLegoDude]

@BeFrSc Yes, I'm agree with you, and the meaning of the melody was wery ineresting;)

[badon20]

This piece is one of my favorites. Not many people that I know of enjoyed the music of Lefebure-Wely. I find his music quite interesting. I find this organist is playing it too slowly. Great Job Though!

[marsvltor2]

This is not me speaking at all - as I'm a Francophile, but a finer performance of this, believe it or not, is Ian Tracey's from Liverpool. Worth a look (and listen). It also has humour aplenty (registration for a start!!!)

Regards

Paul :-)

[Organiste06]

What a boring music !

[Jsbfugue1]

You must be a member of the AGO, right?

[Organiste06]

What is it ?

[BoilerMan75]

I do have it and it's available in a collection with other Lefebure-Wely pieces. Alfred is the press I think. I had to import it actually.

[chidlers99]

You can order the sheet music from St. George's Music Shop in Norwich, UK (they have a website). You can buy it separately or in an "Anthology of 19th century French organ music, ed. Drayton, vol. 2"

[BeFrSc]

Does anywone have the sheet music for this? Its in public domain, but I can't find it.

[trogastieplas]

Même si c'est bien écrit, musicalement c'est peu intéressant, c'est juste de la variét' Second Empire. tagadoum tsouin tsouin