Pipe Organ Chartres Cathedral Duruflé "Veni Creator"

[nancyterrell]

How very lovely - thank you so very much for this video as it was most inspiring. Please do more - it was absolutely perfect. I cannot walk to visit these cathedrals and so your videos with organ music mean more than you can ever imagine. Blessings xxxooo

[meliux]

is it me or is the CD skipping at around 6:25?

[a55b47]

@meliux This was a CD I made from a very old & heavily-traveled LP: it's highly possible -- in fact, highly likely.

[mon3cz]

Beautiful, such technical proficiency and phrasing. It is a little fast for my taste -- feels more frantic than I perceive it. I play it more relaxed, more like easy ripples in a stream. Nonetheless, a gem of a recording by a true master.

[deearedub]

To a55b47 - there are many churches in the U.S. modelled after the great European cathedrals. I grew up in Chicago and the immigrants there donated every last dime they earned to building enormous edifices that rival those of Europe. But you're right, the churches here are not as old and because of that don't evoke so much awe, though some come pretty close! Lastly, anyone who can play this piece has my respect - it is difficult beyond belief.

[Bachlives2]

Lefebvre was quite young when this was recorded I believe... I own this album,

[volutes12]

I like the music and I like the intelligent conversation in all these comments!

[JenseninBrizo]

Think of all the echoe it can produce with sublime voices.

[haholol]

why is the organ tuned a half step up? must be an ancient organ..

[keraulophone]

The organ is a Gonzalez and was built in 1971...

[keraulophone]

It was built in 1971.

[smalbery]

was fortunate enough to sing in this cathedral when i attended Mars Hill College. While on tour, we sang in Notre Dame while workman were drilling and hammering.

[a55b47]

I've been singing in choirs for a lot longer than I'd care to admit; I've always maintained that every American choir should have the opportunity at least once in a lifetime to sing in those great European spaces. There's just nothing like it here in the U.S., except for a few East Coast churches & Washington Cathedral.

[mastropazzo]

but you should olso add that in Europe we should learn from American people the enthusiasm of listening to the greit misic. I've never seen in my live people giving so much attention to modern composers, improvisations etc...I worked/plaied just for a little while in USA and I think it was just fantastic, absolutely, more then here in Europe, and the differece was the publicum...it means American people!

[2lipsonmy0rgan]

This is true, musical education in the US is far more advanced than in any other European country - By the way, I am German. Greetings -

[mastropazzo]

ya absolutely..theUS music education is far from advanced but publicum is more and more opened to moder music in US than here in EU. That's my experience and just an opinion. Have you ever worked in US?? Have ever attended a season of concerts over there? I'm not talking just about NY and Boston but about the normal everage of churches and little towns.

Greetings :)

[AristideCavCol]

@mastropazzo I agree to this. Glad to read someone quoting this eloquently.

[HopePoisoned]

Where are you from? I'm in central Jersey and there are loads of big stone churches (Episcopal); the one I sing in every week is 19th century stone, but not so grand, but still a lively space - just go into NYC if you want to sing in the st. john the divine or something

[AnOrganCornucopia]

@a55b47 - Grace Cathedral in San Francisco also fits the bill! The new Assistant Organist there is a friend of mine...